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Gas Slide-in Range n ! Safety instructions ....................2-5 Anti-Tip Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................3, 22 E!! Operating Instructions, Tips Aluminum Foil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17 Iiid ~.~j: Care and Cleaning ....................l%24 Broiler Pan and[...]
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Read this book carefully. It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new range properly. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. If you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include your phone number): Consumer Affairs GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225 HELP US HELP YOU Write down the model and serial [...]
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IMPORTANT’ SAFETY NOTICE TIN California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcemmt Act requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or othm reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposure to such substancfis. Gas appliances can cause minor ex[...]
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS [continued) — ● Let burner grates and other surfaces cool before touching them or leaving them where children can reach them. ● Never wear loose fitting or hanging garments while using the appliance. Be careful when reaching for items stored in cabirmts over the cooktop. Flammable material could be ignited if bro[...]
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Use proper pa~ size-Avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. $&et cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover buraer grates. To avoid spilkwers, 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 spillovem left on [...]
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FLOORING AND LEVELING — Flooring Under the Range Your range, like so many other household items, is heavy and can settle into soft floor coverings such as cushioned vinyl or carpeting. When moving the range on this type of flooring, use care, and it is recommended that these simple and inexpensive instructions be followed. The range should be ins[...]
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Explained Feature Index on page 1 Broiler Drawer 17, 18,22 2 Model and Serial Numbers 2 3 Anti-Tip Device 3,22 4 Removable Oven Bottom 23,24 5 Oven Shelves (easily removed 11, 14, 19 or repositioned on shelf supports) 6 Continuous-Cleaning Oven Interior 24 7 Surface Burner Controls I 8,19 8 Surface Burners and Grates 8,20, 9 Oven Vent 4,5, 11 — 1[...]
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SURFACE COOKING Electric Ignition Your surface burners are lighted by electric ignition, Surface burners in use when an electrical power eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with failure occurs will continue to operate normally. constantly burning flames. In case of a power failure, you can light the surface burners on your range with a m[...]
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How to Select Flame Size Watch the flame, not the knob, as you reduce heat. The flame size on a gas burner should match the cookware you are using. FOR SAFE HANDLING OF COOKWARE, NEVER LET THE FLAME EXTEND UP THE SIDES OF THE COOKWARE. Any flame larger than the bottom of the cookware is wasted and only serves to heat the handle. When using aluminum[...]
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CLOCK AND TIMER To Set the Clock Push in the knob and turn the clock hands to the right to the correct time. Then let the knob $””o 4 ; out and continue turning to OFF. 9 L l / F /0, , — >10 30/ —3 3,20 2~ 30 (,,s’ ‘ “’4/,,,1 /61 Timer The Timer has been combined with the range clock. Use it to time all your precise cookin[...]
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.— Oven Shelves The shelves are designed with stop-locks so when To remove a shelf from the oven. Dull it toward VOU . placed correctly on &e shelf supp&ts, they will stop tilt front end upward and pull shelf~ut. J before coming completely out of the oven and will not To replace, place shelf on shelf support with stop- tilt when you are r[...]
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USING YOUR OVEN (continued) Oven Light Use the switch on the control panel to turn the light on and off. Oven Moisture As your oven heats up, the temperature change of the air in the oven may cause water droplets to form on the door glass. These droplets are harmless and will evaporate as the oven continues to heat up. Oven Thermostat Adjustment Th[...]
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— Your oven temperature is controlled very accurately using an oven control system. We recommend that you operate the range for a number of weeks to become familiar with you new oven’s performance. If you think an adjustment is necessary, see the Adjusting Oven Thermostat section. How to Set Your Range for Baking 1. To avoid possible burns, pla[...]
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BAKING (continued) — For best baking results, follow these suggestions: Oven Shelves Arrange the oven shelf or shelves in the desired locations while the oven is cool. The correct shelf position depends on the kind of food and the browning desired. As a general rule, place-most foods in the middle of the oven, on either the second or third shelf [...]
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-- Baking Guides Follow the recipe or the directions on the back of the box to get the best baking results. Cookies When baking cookies, flat cookie sheets (without sides) produce better-looking cookies. Cookies baked in a jelly roll pan (short sides all around) may have darker edges and pale or light browning may occur. Do not use a cookie sheet s[...]
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ROASTING 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. Roasting is easy, just follow these steps: 1. Position oven shelf at second from bottom position (B) for small size roast (3 to 5 lbs.) and at bottom position (A[...]
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Broiling is cooking food by direct heat from above Distance from the heat source may be changed by the food. Your range has a convenient compartment positioning the broiler pan and rack on one of three below the oven for broiling. It also has a specially shelf positions in the broiler compartment-A (bottom designed broiler pan and rack that allow d[...]
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BROILING GUIDE 1. 2. 3. Always use broiler pan and rack that comes with your oven. It is designed to minimize smoking and spattering by trapping juices in the shielded lower part of the pan. 4. When arranging food on pan, do not let fatty edges hang over sides, which could soil oven with fat dripping. 5. Broiler does not need to be preheated. Howev[...]
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CARE AND CLEANING Proper care and cleaning are important so your range will give you efficient and satisfactory service. Follow these directions carefully in caring for it to help assure safe and proper maintenance. BE SURE ELECTRICAL POWER IS OFF BEFORE CLEANING ANY PART OF THE RANGE. k > Control Panel and Knobs Clean up any spills or spatters [...]
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CARE AND CLEANING (continued) Range Top Burners The holes in the burners must be kept clean at all times for proper ignition and an even, unhampered flame. You should clean the burners routinely, especially after bad spillovers which could clog these holes. Burners lift out for cleaning, if the shipping screw was removed at installation. NOTE: A sc[...]
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— Drip Pans Remove the grates. Then lift out the chrome-plated When replacing drip pans, the notch on the rear drip pans. Wash them in hot, soapy water. Rinse them pan and the notch on the front pan should meet in with clean, hot water and polish them drv with a the middle. cloth. Never use abrasive ~leansers or st~el wool—thev’11 scratch the[...]
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CARE AND CLEANING (continued) Broiler Pan and Rack After broiling, remove the broiler pan and rack from Do not store a soiled broiler pan and rack in the oven the broiler compartment. Carefully pour out grease in or broiler compartment. the pan into a proper container. Wash and rinse the broiler pan and rack in hot, soapy water. The broiler pan and[...]
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Removable Oven Bottom The oven bottom can be removed to make cleaning easier. To remove: 1. Grasp oven bottom at finger slots on each side. 1 Finger , slot 2. Lift front edge of oven bottom enough to raise tabs from slots in front frame. 3. Push oven bottom back about 1/4” to release flange from front frame, then pull out. To replace the oven bot[...]
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CONTINUOUS-CLEANING OVEN CARE Do not attempt to clean the oven until you have read this section. – The Continuous-Cleaning Oven cleans itself while cooking. The oven walls are finished with a special coating that cannot be cleaned in the usual manner with soap, detergents, steel wool pads, commercial oven cleaners, coarse abrasive pads or coarse [...]
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Surface Burner Air Adjustment Shutters An air adjustment shutter for each surface burner regulates the flow of air to the flame. When the right amount of airflows into the burner, the flame will be steady, relatively quiet and have approximately 3/4” sharp blue cones. This is usually the case with factory preset shutter settings. With too much ai[...]
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QUESTIONS? USE THIS PROBLEM SOLVER -- PROBLEM TOP BURNERS DO NOT LIGHT OR DO NOT BURN EVENLY BURNERS HAVE YELLOW OR YELLOW-TIPPED FLAMES BURNER FLAMES VERY LARGE OR YELLOW OVEN DOES NOT COOK PROPERLY CLOCK DOES NOT WORK OVEN TEMPERA~RE TOO HOT OR TOO COLD OVEN LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON STRONG ODOR POSSIBLE CAUSE ● Pilots am not lit. Make sure electr[...]
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Wdll Be There With the purchase of your new GE appliance, receive the -— assurance that if you ever need itiormation or assistance from GE, we’ll be there. All you have to do is call–toll-free! GEAnswer Cente~ 80~62/i2000 In-Home Repair Service 8@GExAREs (800432-2737) AGE consumer service professional will provide expert repair service, -— [...]
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YOUR GE GAS RANGE WARRANTY Save proof of original purchase date such as your sales slip or cancelled check to establish warranty period. WHAT IS COVERED FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY This warranty is extended to For one year from date of original the original purchaser and any purchase, we will provide, free of succeeding owner for products charge, parts [...]