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Safety Instructions . . . . . .2–6 Before You Call For
Owner’s Manual
Service
Operating Instructions, Tips JGRP20
Thermostat adjustment —
Aluminum foil . . . . . . . . .14, 19
do it yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Baking feature . . . . . . . . .14, 15
Troubleshooting tips . . . . .29–31
Broiling feature . . . . . . . .21, 22
Clock and timer . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Consumer Support
Control features and settings . .7 Consumer Support . .Back Cover
Door latch . . . . . . . . . . . .
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death. — Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance. — WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS Do not try to light any appliance. Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building. Immediately cal
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support ge.com WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury or loss of life. IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause birth defects or other reproductiv
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Do not let cooking grease or other flammable CAUTION: Items of interest to materials accumulate in or near the oven. children should not be stored in cabinets Do not use water on grease fires. Smother above an oven—children climbing on the fire or flame or use a multi-purpose dry oven to reach items could be seriously chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher. injured. Flame in the oven can be smothered co
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support ge.com OVEN Stand away from the oven when opening the door of a hot oven. The hot air and steam that escape can cause burns to hands, face and eyes. Do not use the oven for a storage area. Items stored in the oven can ignite. WARNING: NEVER cover any slots, holes or passages in the oven Keep the oven vent ducts unobstructed. bottom or cover an entire rack with Keep the oven free from grease buildup. material
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. SELF-CLEANING OVEN Be sure to wipe up excess spillage before If the self-cleaning mode malfunctions, self-cleaning operation. turn the oven off and disconnect the power supply. Have it serviced by a qualified Before self-cleaning the oven, remove shiny, technician. silver-colored oven shelves (on some models) and all other cookware. Do not use oven cleaners. No commercial oven cleaner or oven liner of any kind Do not cl
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support Using the oven controls. ge.com Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings BAKE Pad START Pad Touch this pad to select the bake function. Must be touched to start any cooking function. BAKE Light – Pad Flashes while in edit mode—you can change Short taps to this pad will decrease the time the oven temperature at this point. Glows when the oven is in bake mode. or temperature by small amounts. Touch and hol
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Using the clock and timer. Not all features are on all models. To Set the Clock The clock must be set to the correct time the original setting. If this happens, touch of day for the automatic oven timing the TIMER/CLOCK pad twice and reenter functions to work properly. The time of the time of day. day cannot be changed during a delayed Touch the START pad until the time cooking or a delayed self-cleaning cycle. of day shows in the display. This Touch the TIMER/CLOCK pad twice. enters the time an
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support ge.com Power Failure If a flashing time of day is in the display, you have experienced a power failure. Reset the clock. To reset the clock, touch the TIMER/CLOCK pad and hold 3 seconds. Enter the correct time of day by touching the + or – pad. Touch the START pad. The control has a series of tones that will sound at different times. These tones may sound while you set the control for an oven function or at the end
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Special features of your oven control. Your new touch pad control has additional features that you may choose to use. The following are the features and how you may activate them. The special feature modes can only be activated while the display is showing the time of day clock. They remain in the control’s memory until the steps are repeated. When the display shows your choice, touch the START pad. The special features will remain in memory after a power failure. Tones at the End of a Time
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support ge.com 12-Hour, 24-Hour or Clock Black-Out Your control is set to use a 12-hour clock. Touch the TIMER/CLOCK pad again to change to the 24-hour military time If you would prefer to have a 24-hour clock. The display will show 24 hr. military time clock or black-out the clock display, follow the steps below: Touch the TIMER/CLOCK pad again to black-out the clock display. The display Touch the BAKE and BROIL HI/LO will
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Using the oven. Before you begin… Look at the controls. Be sure you NOTES: understand how to set them properly. You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the first few times you turn your oven on. Check the oven interior. Look at This is normal in a new oven and will the shelves. Take a practice run at disappear in a short time. To speed the removing and replacing them process, set a Self-Clean cycle for 4 hours. properly to give sure, sturdy support. See the Using the Self-Cleaning Oven Rea
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support ge.com Oven Shelves Bump The shelves are designed with stop-locks To remove a shelf from the oven, pull the so that, when placed correctly on the shelf shelf toward you, tilt the front end upward supports, they will stop before coming and pull the shelf out. completely out of the oven and will not tilt To replace, place the shelf on the shelf when you are removing food from them or support with the stop-locks (curve
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Using the baking feature. Your oven temperature is controlled very accurately using an oven control system. It is recommended that you operate the oven for a number of weeks using the time given on recipes as a guide to become familiar with your new oven’s performance. If you think an adjustment is necessary, see the Adjust the Oven Thermostat section. It lists easy Do It Yourself instructions on how to adjust the thermostat. How to Set Your Oven for Baking To avoid possible burns, place the
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support ge.com Baking Pans Pan Placement Use the proper baking pan. The type of For even cooking and proper browning, finish on the pan determines the amount there must be enough room for air of browning that will occur. circulation in the oven. Baking results will be better if baking pans are centered as Dark, rough or dull pans absorb heat much as possible rather than being placed resulting in a browner, crisper crust.
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Using the timed baking feature. How to Set Your Oven for Time Bake The oven control allows you to turn the oven on NOTE: An attention tone will sound if you or off automatically at specific times that you are using Timed Baking and do not touch set. Examples of Immediate Start (oven turns on the START pad after entering the baking now and you set it to turn off automatically at temperature. the end of cooking time) and Delay Start and Stop (setting the oven to turn on automatically at a later
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support ge.com How to Set Delay Start and Automatic Stop CAUTION: To avoid possible burns, place the NOTES: shelves in the correct position before you turn The low temperature zone of this oven the oven on. (between 170°F and 200°F) is available to keep hot cooked foods warm. Food kept in You can set the control to delay the start of the oven longer than two hours at these low cooking, cook for a specific length of time
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Adjust the oven thermostat—Do it yourself! You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one it replaced. Use your new oven for a few weeks to become more familiar with it. If you still think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust the thermostat yourself. Do not use thermometers, such as those found in grocery stores, to check the temperature setting of your oven. These thermometers may vary 20–40 degrees. NOTE: This adjustment will not affect the broiling or self-cl
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support Using the roasting feature. ge.com Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven. Roasting temperatures, which should be low and steady, keep spattering to a minimum. Before You Begin Roasting… Roasting is really a baking procedure used To compensate for this rise in temperature, for meats. Therefore, the oven controls are you may want to remove the roast sooner set fo
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Using the roasting feature. Questions and Answers Q. Is it necessary to check for doneness Q. Do I need to preheat my oven each with a meat thermometer? time I cook a roast or poultry? A. Checking the finished internal A. It is not necessary to preheat your temperature at the completion of oven. cooking time is recommended. Q. When buying a roast, are there any Temperatures are shown in the special tips that would help me cook Roasting Guide. For roasts over 8 lbs. it more evenly? check with the
