GE JBC16GP manual

*W . Electric Range - r-- Contents Aluminum Fofl 18 Door Removal 20 Anti-Tip Device 3,6,25,27 Ligh~ Bulb Replacement 13,20 Appliance Registration 2 Roasting 16 c arming Tips 9 Roasting Guide 17 Care &d Cleaning 20-23 Thermostat Adjustment 21 Clock/Timer 12 Vent Duct 20 Consumer Services 31 Problem Solver 24 Energy-Saving Tips 5 Safety Instructi[...]

I Help us help you... Before using your oven, read this book carefully. It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new oven 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 Writ[...]

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. P’ K.. . ,. L* When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed~including the following: . Use this appliance only for its intended use as described in this manual. ● Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by a qualif[...]

mORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) ● Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up a flaming pan. Smother flaming pan on surface unit by covering pan completely with well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tray. Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out by covering with baking soda or, if available, a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam ty[...]

Installing Your Range Your range, like 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 installed on a l/4-inch-thick sheet[...]

Features of Your Range JBS26P JBS26GP JBC26P IV?T Broiler Pan (not included on all models) (Note: not all doors have windows) JBS02P JBS03P JBS03GP JBS16P JBS16GP JBC16GP 6[...]

-, Feature Index See (not all models will have all features) page 1 Model and Serial Numbers 2 2 Surface Unit Controls 8 3 “ON” Indicator Light/Lights for Surface Units 8 4 Oven Set Control 13 5 Oven Temp Control 13 6 Oven Cycling Light 13 7 Automatic Oven Timer, Clock and Minute Timer (on models so equipped) 12 8 Surface Units, Trim Rings/Drip[...]

,- Surface Cooking See Surface Cooking Guide. Surface Cooking with Infinite Heat Controls Your surface units and controls are designed to give you an infinite choice of heat settings for surface unit cooking. At both OFF and HIGH positions, there is a slight niche so control “clicks” at those positions; “click” on HIGH marks the highest set[...]

Questions & Answers ~Q . May I can foods and ~‘ preserves on my surface unit? A. Yes, but only use cookware designed for canning purposes. Check the manufacturer’s instructions and recipes for preserving foods. Be sure canner is flat-bottomed and fits over the center of your Calrod@ unit. Since canning generates large amounts of steam, be[...]

Surface Cooking Guide Cookware Tips 2. To conserve the most cooking 3. Deep Fat Frying. Do not overfill energy, pans should be flat on the kettle with fat that may spill over 1. Use medium-or heavy-weight bottom, have straight sides and when adding food. Frosty foods cookware. Aluminum cookware tight fitting lids. Match the size of bubble vigorousl[...]

RIGHT WRONG “-OVER 1 “ OVER 1“ Directions and Setting to Start Cooking Directions and Setting to Complete Cooking Food Cookware Comments HI. Melt fat. Switch to MED LO. Cover skillet and Fried Chicken Covered Skillet For crisp, dry chicken, cover only after switching to LO for 10 minutes. Uncover and cook, turning occasionally for 10 to 20 mi[...]

Automatic Timer and Clock The automatic timer and clock on your range are helpful devices that serve several purposes. The knob locations on some range models may vary and will look like one of the two sets of timers below, Clock style on models so equipped. To Set Clock TO SET THE CLOCK, push the center knob in and turn the clock hands to the corr[...]

Using Your Oven Before Using Your Oven 1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand how to set them properly. Read over the directions for the Automatic Oven Timer so you understand its use with the controls. 2. Check oven interior. Look at the shelves. Thke a practice run at removing and replacing them properly, to give sure, sturdy support. 3.[...]

Baking When cooking a food for the first time in your new oven, use time given on recipes as a guide. Oven thermostats, over a period of years, may “drift” from the factory setting and a difference in timing between an old and a new oven of 5 to 10 minutes is not unusual. You may be inclined to think that the new oven is not performing correctl[...]

Baking Guide 1. Aluminum pans conduct heat 2. Dark or non-shiny finishes and 3. Preheating the oven is not always quickly. For most conventional glass cookware generally absorb necessary, especially for foods baking, light, shiny finishes heat, which may result in dry, crisp which cook longer than 30 to 40 generally give best results because crusts[...]

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. When roasting, it is not necessary to sear, baste, cover or add water to your meat. Roasting is really a baking procedure used for meats. Therefore, oven control[...]

Roasting Guide 1. Position oven shelf at B for small-size roasts (3 to 7 lbs.) and at A for larger roasts. 2. Place meat fat-side up, or poultry breast-side up, on broiler pan or other shallow pan with trivet. Do not cover. Do not stuff poultry until just before roasting. Use meat thermometer for more accurate doneness. (Do not place thermometer in[...]

Broiling Broiling is cooking food by intense radiant heat from the upper unit in the oven. Most fish and tender cuts of meat can be broiled. Follow these steps to keep spattering and smoking-to a minimum. - Step 1: If meat has fat or gristle near edge, cut vertical slashes through both about 2“ apart. If desired, fat may be trimmed, leaving layer[...]

I t , e ‘f ‘ .,’ e ,. . ‘1’ fy b ., . — Broiling Guide 1. Always use the 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. foods, or to increase browning, preheat if desired. 7. Frozen Steaks can be conventionally broiled by positio[...]

care tind CleaIliIlg (see Cleaning Guide) Proper care and cleaning are important so your range will give you efllcient and satisfactory service. Follow these directions carefully in caring for your range to assure safe and proper maintenance. Cooktop The porcelain enamel cooktop is sturdy but breakable if misused. This finish is acid-resistant. How[...]

4? ,,~ Tilt-Lock (stand-up) Units $2 ,:) ... . Tilt-Lock units cannot be removed. You can lift a tilt-lock unit upward about 6 inches and it will lock in the up position. To reposition the tilt-lock unit: ● Replace the drip pan then the trim ring into the recess in the cooktop. ● Put the trim ring in place over the drip pan. The drip pan must b[...]

Cleaning Guide NOTE: Let range/oven parts cool before touching or handling, PART Bake Unit and Broil Unit UATERIALS TO USE GENERAL DIRECTIONS C@ not clean the bake unit or broil unit. Any soil will burn off when the unit is heated. NOTE: rhe bake unit is hinged and can be lifted gently to clean the oven floor. If spillover, residue, or ]sh accumula[...]

6) -’, , J Continuous-Cleaning Oven Care Do not attempt to clean the oven until you have read this section. The top, bottom, sides and back of the oven liner and door inner liner are finished with a special coating which cannot be cleaned in the usual manner with soap, detergents, commercial oven cleaners, coarse abrasive pads or coarse brushes. [...]

= Questions? ~ Use This Problem Solver PROBLEM OVEN WILL NOT WORK OVEN LIGHT DOES NOT WORK FOOD DOES NOT BROIL PROPERLY FOOD DOES NOT ROAST OR BAKE PROPERLY CALROD” SURFACE UNITS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY ● Plug on range is not completely inserted in the electrical outlet. . The circuit breaker in your house has been tr[...]

# BEFORE YOU BEGIN ~ Read these instructions completely and carefully. IMPORTANT: Save these instructions for the local electrical inspector’s use. IMPORTANT: OBSERVE ALL GOVERNING CODES AND ORDINANCES. NOTE TO INSTALLER Leave these instructions with the appliance after installation is completed. NOTE TO CONSUMER Keep this Use and Care Guide and [...]

STEP 2 PREPARE FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION Use only a 3-conductor, or if required a 4- conductor range cord set as noted below. These cord sets are provided with ring type terminals. The electrical rating of the cord must be 125/250 volts minimum, 40 amperes. NOTE: Only a 4-conductor cm-d is to be used when the appliance is installed in a mobile home[...]

!! J? WARNING: CONNECTOR BLOCK IS APPROVED FOR COPPER WIRE . ~ CONNECTION ONLY. 1 ““’ 2. Aluminum Wiring A. Connect length of copper building wire to range terminal block. B. Splice copper wires to aluminum wiring using special connectors designed and U.L. approved for joining copper to aluminum, and follow the connector manufacturer’s reco[...]

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YOUR GE ELECTRIC RANGE WARRANTY t’? I ‘<,. II 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[...]