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Read This Book Carefully

it is designed to help you operate and maintain your

new Cooking Center properly. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. If you don’t understand something or need more

The GE Answer Center’'“

800.626.2000 consumer information service

or write: (include your phone number); Consumer Affairs General Electric Company

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Write Down the Model

and Serial Mumbers

You’ll find them on a label on the front of the lower

These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Registration Card that came with your Cooking Center. Before sending in this card, please write these numbers here:

Model No. Serial No Use these numbers in any correspondence or ser

vice calls concerning your Cooking Center.

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Be Sure Your Oven as Registered

It is important that we, the manufacturer, know the location of your Microwave Oven should a need

You’re supplier is responsible for registering you as the owner.

Please check with your supplier to be sure he has

done so; also send in your Purchase Record Card. If you move, or if you are not the original purchaser please write to us, stating model and serial num bers. This appliance must be registered. Piease be certain that it is. Write to:

IF YOU RECEIVED A DAMAGED OVEN, immedi

ately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you

Before You Call for Service

See "The Problem Solver" section. (See page 18.) It

lists many minor causes of operating problems that you can correct yourself and may save you an unnecessary service call.

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Precautions for Safe Use........................... 3

Safety Tips..............................................4, 5

Features of Your Oven .. Time Cook Defrost

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Temperature Cook.....................................9

CONVENTiONAL OVEN

Safety Tips

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Features ....................................................6

Oven Controls ...........................................6

Oven Light

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Oven Shelves ...............................,

Minute Timer, Clock,

Automatic Oven Timer Baking Broiling Roasting

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Baking Chart... Broiling Chart

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Roasting Chart....................................... 17

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CARE OF YOUR COOKING CENTER Self-Clean Operation

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Lamp Replacement ............................... 13

Oven Thermostat Adjustment

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Care of Microwave Oven &

Temperature Probe

Cleaning Chart (Ail Parts)

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GENERAL Before Using Cooking Center Energy Conservation Tips Model & Serial Number Location

The Problem Solver

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Energy Conservation Tips

A. Microwave Cooking

1. Use proper power level as recommended and DO NOT OVERCOOK.

Do not operate the oven while empty. If by acci

dent the oven should run empty a minute or two,

no harm is done. However, try to avoid operating

the oven empty at all times—saves energy and also ensures good long term life of oven.

B. Oven Cooking

Preheat the oven only when necessary. Most foods will cook satisfactorily without preheating,

if you find preheating is necessary, keep an eye on the indicaior light, and put food in the oven promptly after the light goes out.

Alv/ays turn oven OFF before removing food.

During baking, avoid frequent door openings. Keep door open as short a time as possible when it is opened.

For self-cleaning oven, be sure to wipe up ex cess spillage befo.re self-cleaning operation.

Cook complete oven meals instead of just one food item. Potatoes, other vegetables, and some desserts will cook together with a main-dish cas serole, meat loaf, chicken or roast. Choose foods that cook at the same temperature in ap proximately the same time.

Use residual heat in oven whenever possible to finish cooking casseroles, oven meals, etc. Also add rolls or precooked desserts to warm oven, using residual heat to warm them.

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¥#lien you Get ¥©yr Cooking Center

• Have the installer show you the location of the circuit breaker or fuse, and mark it for easy reference.

@ Have it installed and properly grounded by a

qualified installer.

Using Your Coolcing Center ® Don’t leave children alone or onattended where an

oven

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hot or in operation. I hey could he

seriously burned.

@ Don’t allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on the

door or drawer. They could damage the oven.

of oven. These surfaces may be hotenough to burn even though they are dark in color. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials con tact any heating elements or any interior area of the oven; allow sufficient time for cooling first. Other potentially hot surfaces include oven vent openings and surfaces near the openings, crevices around the oven door and the edges of the door window.

® \¥ear proper clothing. Loose fitting or hanging

garments should never be worn while using

the app!iance=

® Never use your appliance for warming or

heating the room.

• Be sure oven vent ducts are unobstructed. ® Do not use your oven to dry newspapers. If

overheated, they can catch fire.

• CAUTION: 00 NOT STORE ITEiS OF INTEREST TO CHILDREN m CABINETS ABOVE THE OVENCHILDREN CLIMBING ON THE OVEN TO REACH ITEiS C0ÜLQ BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

® Do

not store flaiTiiiiable msteriais in the ovens.

@ Use only dry potholders—moist or damp

potholders on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam. Do not let potholders touch hot heating elements. Do not use a

towel or other bulky cloth.

• Don't use aluminum foil anywhere in the oven except as described in this book. Misuse could result in a shock, fire hazard, or damage to the cooking center.

• Do

not

use water m grease fires. When cooking in

the oven, fiaiiie can be smotherecl by completely

Closing rJoor

and turning OVEN SET to OFF.

# Stand away from the oven when opeoitig door. The

hot air or steam which escapes can cause burns to the hands, face and/or eyes.

oven is cool. If racks must be handled when hot, do not let pothoider contact heat units in the oven.

# Pulling out shelf to the shelf stop is a conven

ience in lifting heavy foods. It is also a pre caution aqainst burns from touching hot surfaces of the door or oven walls.

Don’t heat unopened food containers in the oven.

Pressure could build up and the container could burst causing an injury.

# when using cooking or roasting bags in

oven, follow the manufacturer’s directions.

the microwave oven, follow our directions

exactly and always cook the meat to at least

170°. This assures that, in the remote possi

bility that trichina may be present in the

meat, it will be killed and meat will be safe to

eat.

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Don’t heat unopened food containers or nonvented

plastic-covered dishes In the oven. Pressure can

build up causing the container or plastic covering to explode and result in injury.

Don’t defrost frozen beverages in narrow necked

bottles especially carbonated ones. Even if

the container is opened, pressure can build

up. This can cause the container to burst,

resulting in injury.

Boiling eggs in or out of the shell Is not recom

mended for microwave cooking. Pressure can

build up inside the yolk and cause it to burst, resulting in injury.

Foods with unbroken outer “skin” such as pota

toes, hot dogs or sausages, tomatoes,

apples, chicken livers and other giblets, and

eggs (see above) should be pierced to allow

steam to escape during cooking.

Ф Remove wire twist-ties on paper and plastic

bags before placing in oven. Twist-ties some

times cause bag to heat and may cause fire.

Avolu heating baby food in glass jars especially

meat and egg mixtures.

• Do not pop popcorn In pur microwave oven uniess in a special microwave popcorn accessory or unless you use popcorn in a package labeled for microwave ovens. Because of heat generated, without these precautions, the container could catch fire.

• Do not use any thermometer in food you are miGrowaving unless that thermometer is designed

or recommended for use in the microwave oven.

• Do not operate the oven while empty to avoid

damage to the oven and the danger of fire. If by accident the oven should run empty a minute or two, no harm done. However, try to avoid operating the oven empty at all times—it saves energy and prolongs life of the.oven.

Cooking utensils may become hot because of

heat transferred from the heated food. This is especially true if plastic wrap has been cov ering the top and handles of the utensil. Pot holders may be needed to handle the utensil.

"BGiiable” cooking pouches and tightly dosed

plastic bags should be slit, pricked or vented

as directed in Cookbook, if they are not,

plastic could burst during or immediately

Cleaning Your Cooking Center

after cooking, possibly resulting in injury. Also, plastic storage containers should be at least partially uncovered because they form

' Do not clean door gasket. The door gasket Is

a tight seal. When cooking with containers,

tightly covered with plastic wrap, remove

covering carefully and direct steam away

from hands and face.

• DonT over cook. Excess over cooking dehydrates potatoes, and may cause them to catch fire causing ilamage.

• Plastic utensils designed for microwave cooking are very useful, but should be used carefully. Even microwave piastic may not be as tolerant of overcooking conditions as are glass or ceramic materials and may

soften or char if subject to short periods of

overcooking, in longer exposures to over

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cooking, the food and containers may even

ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use microwave plastics only and use them in strict compiiance with the container manufacturer’s

recommendations. 2) Do not subject empty containers to microwaving. 3) Do not permit children to use piastic containers without cornpleie supervision.

Use metal

only

as ulreßted m the

Cookbook,

metal strips as used on meat roasts are helpful in cooking food when used as directed. Metal

trays may be used for TV dinners. However,

when using metal in the oven, keep metal at least l-inch''away from sides of the oven.

Sometimes, the oven shelf oars become too hot to touch. Be careful touching the shelf during and after cooking.

Remove the temperature probe from the oven when not using it to cook with, if you leave the probe inside the oven without inserting it in food or liquid, and turn on microwave energy, it can create electrical arcing in the oven, and damage oven wails.

If food

should ever ignite: Keep

the

oven door

closed. Turn off the power immediately. Turn

Timer to OFF or disconnect power cord or

shut off power at the fuse/circuit breaker panel.

Do not use your microwave oven to dry news papers. if overheated, they can catch fire.

Clean only parts listed in this

Book.

Use and Care

essential for a good seal. Care should be taken not to rub, damage or move the gasket.

Before self-cleaning the oven, remove broiler

pan and other containers. Do not use oven cleaners. No commercial oven cleaner or oven liner protective coating of any kind should be used in or around any

part of the oven. Listen for Fan—A fan noise should be heard some

time during the cleaning cycle. If not, oaf! a ser viceman before self-cleaning again.

Read “The Problem Solver” on page 18. Don’t attempt to repair or replace any part of

your range unless it is specifically recom mended in this book. All other servicing should be referred to a qualified technician. Disconnect range at range circuit breaker or main fuse before performing any service.

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atures of Your Cooking Center

Microwave Oven

Door Handle. Oven doesn’t operate unless door is securely latched. Boor Latch. Push in to open door. Window with Metal Shield. Allows cooking to be viewed while keeping microwaves

confined in oven. Oven Light. Goes on when door is opened or when oven ¡s operating iri any function.

Plastic Cover. Protects stirrer blade.

Oven Vent. Removes moisture.

Oven Shelf.

MicroThermomeier^’" Temperature Probe.

Receptacle for Temperature Probe.

10.

Time/Temp Switch. To cook by Time, push up, set timer. To cook by Temperature, push down, then set dial.

11.

Timer Control. Set timer to desired

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minutes are expanded into 1 minute increments.

12.

Temperature Control. Dial knob to desired

finished temperature.

13.

Variable Power GontroL Set from levels 1

(Warm) to 10 (High) before each use. You

can vary the amount of microwave power

between settings.

14.

Start Button. Push after all controls are set

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to start cookina ooerations.

Conventional Oven

15.

Oven Set (Clean) Knob

16.

Oven “ON” Light

17.

Oven Temp (Clean) Knob

18.

Oven Cycling Light

19.

Automatic Oven Timer, Clock, Minute

Timer

20.

Oven Tl.mer (Clean) Dial

21.

Latch Release Button

22.

Latch

23.

Self-Cleaning Oven Clean Light

24.

Lock Light

25.

Mode! and Serial Numbers-located at right side of lower oven frame.

26.

Shelf Support

27.

Oven Shelves

28.

Oven Frame

29.

Door Gasket

30.

Window

31.

Door Liner

32.

Broiler Pan and Rack

33.

Oven Light Switch—Door

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Microwave Oven