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Safety Instructions . . . . . .2–5 Installation
Owner’s Manual
Anti-tip Device . . . . .2, 3, 29, 40 Instructions . . . . . . . . . . .28–44
& Installation
Air Adjustment . . . . . . . .37, 38
Instructions
Operating Instructions, Tips
Flame Size . . . . . . . . .10, 35–38
Standard-Clean
Aluminum Foil . . .5, 15, 17, 18
Flooring Under the Range . .30
Models:
Clock and Timer . . . . . . . . . .10
Gas Conversion . . . . . . . . . . .41
JGBS02 LGB116
Features . . . . . . . . .
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HELP US HELP YOU… Read this manual carefully. It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new range properly. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. If you received a damaged range… Immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the range. Save time and money. Before you request service… Check the Before You Call for Service section in the back of this manual. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself. WARNING WARNING: If the information
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Important Safety Instructions www.GEAppliances.com IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. • Be sure all packing materials are removed from IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE the range before operating it to prevent fire or • The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic smoke damage should the packing material ignite. Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California • Be sure your range is correctly adjusted by a to publish a list of substances known to the state
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) • CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO Surface Cooking CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN • Always use the LITE position (on electric CABINETS ABOVE A RANGE OR ON THE ignition models) or the HI position (on BACKSPLASH OF A RANGE—CHILDREN standing pilot models) when igniting the top CLIMBING ON THE RANGE TO REACH burners and make sure the burners have ignited. ITEMS COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED. • Never leave the surface burners unattended at • Do not allow anyone t
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Important Safety Instructions www.GEAppliances.com • If a combination of oils or fats will be used in frying, • Place the oven shelves in the desired position stir together before heating or as fats melt slowly. while the oven is cool. • Use a deep fat thermometer whenever possible to • Stand away from the range when opening the prevent overheating fat beyond the smoking point. door of a hot oven. The hot air and steam that escapes can cause burns to hands, face and eyes. • Never try to move a p
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FEATURES OF YOUR RANGE Features and appearance vary. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 7 9 11 20 12 MASK FOR SHELVES 19 13 18 17 14 16 15 6
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Features of Your Range www.GEAppliances.com Feature Index (Not all models have all features. Appearance of features varies.) See page 1 Backguard (on some models) — 2 Surface Burners, Grates and Drip Pans (on some models) 4, 5, 8, 9, 21–23 3 Oven Light On/Off Switch (on some models) 11 4 Clock and Timer (on some models) 10 5 Oven Vent (located on cooktop on some models) 4, 5, 12, 25 6 Oven Control 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 24 7 Surface Burner Control Knobs 8, 9, 21–24 8 Gas Shut Off Valve (on some mod
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SURFACE COOKING Surface Burner Controls Knobs that turn the surface burners on and off are On ranges with sealed burners: marked as to which burners they control. The two knobs on the left control the left front and left rear • The smaller burner (right rear position) will give burners. The two knobs on the right control the right the best simmer results. It offers precise cooking front and right rear burners. performance for delicate foods, such as sauces or foods which need to cook over low h
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Surface Cooking www.GEAppliances.com How to Select Flame Size Watch the flame, not the knob, as you reduce heat. Any flame larger than the bottom of the cookware is The flame size on a gas burner should match the wasted and only serves to cookware you are using. heat the handle. FOR SAFE HANDLING OF COOKWARE NEVER LET THE FLAME EXTEND UP THE SIDES OF THE COOKWARE. Top-of-Range Cookware Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware is Glass: There are two types of glass cookware—those recommended because
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CLOCK AND TIMER (on some models) You have the choice of having the timer show the time counting down or the time of day. In either case, the timer will signal at the end of the timer period to alert you that the time is up. (appearance may vary) To Set the Clock NOTE: When you first plug in the range or after a 2. Press and hold the + or – pad and the power failure, the entire Clock/Timer display will light up. time of day will change 10 minutes at a time. To change the time by single 1. Press t
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Clock and Timer Using Your Oven www.GEAppliances.com USING YOUR OVEN Before Using Your Oven Be sure you understand how to set the controls properly. Practice removing and replacing the shelves while the oven is cool. Read the information and tips on the following pages. Keep this guide handy where you can refer to it, especially during the first weeks of using your new range. Power Outage—Electric Ignition Power Outage—Standing Pilot CAUTION: DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT An electrical power failure w
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USING YOUR OVEN (continued) Oven Shelves The shelves are To remove a shelf designed with stop- from the oven, pull it Bump locks so when placed toward you, tilt the front correctly on the shelf end upward and pull the supports, they will stop shelf out. before coming To replace, place the completely out of the shelf on the shelf support oven and will not tilt with the stop-locks when you are removing (curved extension of the food from them or shelf) facing up and toward the rear of the oven. p
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Using Your Oven Baking www.GEAppliances.com BAKING Your oven temperature is controlled using the latest If you think an adjustment is necessary, see the technology in oven control systems. It is recommended Adjust the Oven Thermostat section. It gives easy that you operate your new oven for a number of weeks Do It Yourself instructions on how to adjust the to become familiar with its performance. thermostat. How to Set Your Range for Baking To avoid possible burns, place the shelves in the 2. C
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BAKING (continued) Preheating Preheat the oven if the recipe calls for it. Preheat Preheating is necessary for good results when baking means bringing the oven up to the specified cakes, cookies, pastry and breads. For most casseroles temperature before putting the food in the oven. and roasts, preheating is not necessary. For ovens To preheat, set the oven at the correct temperature— without a preheat indicator light or tone, preheat 10 selecting a higher temperature does not shorten minutes. A
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Baking www.GEAppliances.com Pies Cakes For best results, bake For best browning pies in dark, rough or when baking dull pans to produce several 8† or 9† a browner, crisper cakes, stagger them crust. Stagger the so one pan is not pies for most even directly above browning. Frozen another. Warped or pies in foil pans bent pans will cause should be placed on uneven baking an aluminum cookie results and poorly sheet for baking since shaped products. A the shiny foil pan reflects heat away cake b
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ADJUST THE OVEN THERMOSTAT— DO IT YOURSELF! You may find that your new oven cooks differently To Adjust the Thermostat: than the one it replaced. We recommend that you use your new oven for a few weeks to become more familiar with it, following the times given in your recipes as a guide. If you think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust the thermostat yourself. If you think it is too hot, adjust the thermostat to make it cooler. If you think it is too cool, adjust the thermostat
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Adjust the Oven Thermostat Roasting www.GEAppliances.com ROASTING Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or Roasting is really a baking procedure used for meats. poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven. Therefore the oven controls are set for Baking. Roasting temperatures, which should be low and (You may hear a slight clicking sound indicating the steady, keep spattering to a minimum. oven is working properly.) The oven has a special Most meats continue to cook slightly while stand
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ROASTING (continued) Questions and Answers Q. Is it necessary to check for doneness with a Q. Do I need to preheat my oven each time I cook meat thermometer? a roast or poultry? A. Checking the finished internal temperature at the A. It is not necessary to preheat your oven. completion of cooking time is recommended. Q. When buying a roast, are there any special tips Temperatures are shown in Roasting Guide. For that would help me cook it more evenly? roasts over 8 lbs., check with thermometer
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Roasting Broiling www.GEAppliances.com BROILING Broiling is cooking food by direct heat from above the Both the oven and broiler compartment doors food. Most fish and tender cuts of meat can be broiled. must be closed during broiling. Follow these directions to keep spattering and smoking Turn most foods once during cooking (the exception to a minimum. is thin fillets of fish; oil one side, place that side Your range has a compartment below the oven for down on broiler grid and cook without tur
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BROILING GUIDE The oven and broiler compartment doors must be • If desired, marinate meats or chicken before broiling. closed during broiling. Or brush with barbecue sauce last 5 to 10 minutes only. • Always use the broiler pan and grid that comes with • When arranging the food on the pan, do not let fatty your range. It is designed to minimize smoking and edges hang over the sides because dripping fat spattering by trapping juices in the shielded lower could soil the oven. part of the pan. • T
