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Use and Care & Installation Guide
TM
XL44 Gas Range
Safety Instructions ................... 2–5 Before You
Call For Service .................. 43, 44
Anti-Tip Device ........................... 2, 3, 29, 39
Thermostat Adjustment–
Do It Yourself............................................ 16
More questions ?…call
Operating Instructions, Tips
GE Answer Center® 800.626.2000
Aluminum Foil .......................... 5, 15, 17, 18
Clock and Timer .......................................... 10
Features
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HELP US HELP YOU… Read this guide carefully. It is intended to help you operate and maintain your WARNING: If the information in this new range properly. guide is not followed exactly, a fire or Keep it handy for answers to your questions. explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death. If you don’t understand something or need more help, call: ® — Do not store or use gasoline or other GE Answer Center flammable vapors and liquids in the 800.626.2000 vicinity of this o
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Important Safety Instructions 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 qualified service te
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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 standing BACKSPLASH OF A RANGE—CHILDREN pilot models) when igniting the top burners and CLIMBING ON THE RANGE TO REACH 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 • 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 pan of hot fat, especi
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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 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 models) 31, 32 9 Cooktop
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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 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 it heats quickly and
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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 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 will not affect the TO
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USING YOUR OVEN (continued) Oven Shelves To remove a shelf The shelves are designed with stop- from the oven, pull it Bump toward you, tilt the front locks so when placed 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.
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Using Your Oven Baking BAKING Your oven temperature is controlled using the latest If you think an adjustment is necessary, see the Adjust technology in oven control systems. It is recommended the Oven Thermostat section. It gives easy Do It that you operate your new oven for a number of weeks Yourself instructions on how to adjust the thermostat. to become familiar with its performance. How to Set Your Range for Baking To avoid possible burns, place the shelves in the 2. Check food for donenes
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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 Pies Cakes For best results, bake For best browning pies in dark, rough or when baking dull pans to produce several 8² or 9² 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 should be placed on cause uneven an aluminum cookie baking results and sheet for baking poorly shaped since the shiny foil pan reflects heat away products. A cake baked in a pan larger
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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 thermosta
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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 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 down Your range has a compartment below the oven for on broiler grid and cook without turning until done). bro
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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
