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Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . .2–7
Owner’s Manual
Operating Instructions
JGSP28
Baking or Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Broiling, Broiling Guide . . . . . . . . .14
Clock and Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Control Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Lift-Off Oven Door . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Cookware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Light Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 24
Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! ANTI-TIP DEVICE ALL RANGES CAN TIP INJURY TO PERSONS COULD RESULT INSTALL ANTI-TIP DEVICES PACKED WITH RANGE SEE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 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
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.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. ANTI-TIP DEVICE All ranges can tip and injury could result. To prevent accidental tipping of the range, attach it to the wall or floor by
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following: Use this appliance only for its intended Do not attempt to repair or replace any purpose as described in this Owner’s part of your range unless it is specifically Manual. recommended in this manual. All other service should be referred to a qualified Be sure your appliance is properly installed
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Always keep wooden and plastic utensils Do not store flammable materials in an and canned food a safe distance from your oven, a range storage drawer or near a range. cooktop. Always keep combustible wall coverings, Do not store or use combustible materials, curtains or drapes a safe distance from gasoline or
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! SURFACE BURNERS Use proper pan size—avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover burner grates. To avoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large enough to contain the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since heavy spattering or spillovers left on range can ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com COOK MEAT AND POULTRY THOROUGHLY… Cook meat and poultry thoroughly—meat to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 160°F and poultry to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 180°F. Cooking to these temperatures usually protects against foodborne illness. WARNING! OVEN Stand away from the range when opening the oven door. Hot air or steam which escapes can cause burns to hands, face
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Using the gas surface burners. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. How to Light a Gas Surface Burner Push the control knob in and turn it to When one burner is turned to LITE, all the LITE position. the burners spark. Do not attempt to disassemble or clean around any burner You will hear a little clicking noise— while another burner is on. An electric the sound of the electric spark igniting shock may result, which could cause you the burner. to knock ove
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com Top-of-Range Cookware Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware is Heatproof Glass Ceramic: Can be used recommended because it heats quickly for either surface or oven cooking. It and evenly. Most foods brown evenly in conducts heat very slowly and cools very an aluminum skillet. Use saucepans with slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s tight-f
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Using the oven controls. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. CONTROL LOCK/UNLOCK PRESS + AND – AND HOLD FOR 3 SECONDS Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings BAKE/TEMP RECALL Pad KITCHEN TIMER ON/OFF Pad Touch this pad to select the bake function. Touch this pad to select the timer feature. Then press + and – pads to adjust time. BAKE Light TIMER Light Flashes while in edit mode—you can change the oven temperature at this point. Glows Flashes whi
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings – Pad CLEAR/OFF Pad Short taps to this pad will decrease the time Touch this pad to cancel ALL oven or temperature by small amounts. Touch operations except the clock and timer. and hold the pad to decrease the time or BROIL HI/LO Pad temperature by larger amounts. Touch this pad to select the broil function. + Pad BROIL Light
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Using the oven. To avoid possible burns, place the racks in the desired position before you turn the oven on. Before you begin… The racks have stops, so that when placed To replace, place the end of the rack correctly on the supports, they will stop (stop-locks) on the support, tilt up the before coming completely out, and will front and push the rack in. not tilt. CAUTION: When you are using the When placing and removing cookware, rack in the lowest position (A), you will need to pull the rack
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com Preheating and Pan Placement Preheat the oven if the recipe calls for it. Baking results will be better if baking Preheating is necessary for good results pans are centered in the oven as much when baking cakes, cookies, pastry and as possible. If baking with more than one breads. pan, place the pans so each has at least 1″ 1 to 1 ⁄2″ of air space around it. To preheat, set t
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Using the oven. How to Set the Oven for Broiling IMPORTANT: To avoid possible burns, place the Use LO Broil to cook foods such as poultry racks in the desired position before you turn the or thick cuts of meat thoroughly without oven on. over-browning them. Always use the broiler pan and grid that came with your oven. It Place the meat or fish on the broiler Touch the START/ON pad. is designed to minimize smoking grid in the broiler pan. and spattering by trapping juices When broiling is finish
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support Using the clock and timer. www.GEAppliances.com Not all features are on all models. To Set the Clock The clock must be set to the correct time setting. If this happens, touch the CLOCK of day for the automatic oven timing pad twice and reenter the time of day. functions to work properly. The time of Touch the START/ON pad until the day cannot be changed du
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Using the timed baking and roasting features. Do not lock the oven door with the latch during timed cooking. The latch is used for self-cleaning only. NOTE: Foods that spoil easily—such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork—should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking. Room temperature promotes the growth of harmful bacteria. Be sure that the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed harmful bacteria growth. How to Set an Immediate Start a
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support Special features of your oven control. www.GEAppliances.com 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. They remain in the control’s memory until the steps are repe
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Using the Sabbath Feature. (Designed for use on the Jewish Sabbath and Holidays) The Sabbath feature can be used for baking/roasting only. It cannot be used for broiling, self-cleaning or Delay Start cooking. NOTE: The oven light comes on automatically (on some models) when the door is opened and goes off when the door is closed. The bulb may be removed. See the Oven Light Replacement section. On models with a light switch on the control panel, the oven light may be turned on and left on. Ho
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Safety Instructions Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support www.GEAppliances.com How to Exit the Sabbath Feature Touch the CLEAR/OFF pad. Tap the CLOCK pad until ON or OFF appears in the display. ON indicates that If the oven is cooking, wait for a random the oven will automatically turn off after delay period of approximately 30 12 hours. OFF indicates that the oven seconds to 1 minute, until only ⊃ is in will
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Using the self-cleaning oven. Never force the latch handle. Forcing the handle will damage the door lock mechanism. Before a Clean Cycle We recommend venting your kitchen Do not clean the gasket. The fiberglass with an open window or using a material of the oven door gasket cannot ventilation fan or hood during the withstand abrasion. It is essential for the first self-clean cycle. gasket to remain intact. If you notice it becoming worn or frayed, replace it. Remove the racks, broiler pan, broil
