GE JDC27GP, JDS26GP, JDS27GP Use and Care Manual

Contents

Range

Aluminum Foil
Appliance Registration

Canning Tips
Care and Cleaning

Clock
Consumer Services

Energ@kwing Tips

Features
Model and Serial Numbers

Oven

Baking/Baking Guide
Broiling/Broiling Guide

Continuous Cleaning

(kmtrol Settings

Door Removal

Li~ht: Bulb Replacement

Model

JDC27GP
JDS26GP
JDS27GP

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Preheating

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5

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Roasting/Roasting Guide 18, 19
Shelves

Thermostat Adjustment

Problem Solver
Safety Instructions 3,4

Surface Cooking 8-11

Control Settings
Cooking Guide lo, 11

Cookware

Warranty Back

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It is intended to help you operate
and maintain your new range
properly.

Keep it handy for answers to your
questions.

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or need more help, write (include
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and serial numbers.

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underneath the

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

Model Number

Serial Number

Use these numbers in any
correspondence or service calls

concerning your range.

cooktop.

If you received a
damaged range...

Immediately contact the dealer (or
builder) that sold you the range.

Save time and money.
Before you request service...

Check the Problem Solver in the
back of this book. It lists causes of
minor operating problems that you
can correct yourself.

If you need service...

To obtain service, see the
Consumer Services page in the
back of this book.

We’re proud of our service and
want you to be pleased. If for some
reason you are not happy with the
service you receive, here are three
steps to follow for further help.

FIRST, contact the people who
serviced your appliance. Explain
why you are not pleased. In most
cases, this will solve the problem.

NEXT, if you are still not pleased,
write all the details—including
your phone number—to:

Manager, Consumer Relations
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225

FINALLY, if your problem is still
not resolved, write:

Major Appliance Consumer

Action Panel
20 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read all instructions before using this appliance.

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 qualified technician in
accordance with the provided
installation instructions.

● Don’t attempt to repair

or replace any part of your
range unless it is specifically
recommended in this book. All
other servicing should be referred
to a qualified technician.

● Before performing any

service, DISCONNECT THE
RANGE POWER SUPPLY
AT THE HOUSEHOLD
DISTRIBUTION PANEL

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REMOVING THE FUSE

OR SWITCHING OFF THE

CIRCUIT BREAKER.

● Do not leave children alone—

children should not be left alone
or unattended in an area where an
appliance is in use. They should
never be allowed to sit or stand
on any part of the appliance.

● Don’t allow anyone to climb,

stand or hang on the door,
drawer or cooktop. They could
damage the range.

● CAUTION: ITEMS OF

INTEREST TO CHILDREN
SHOULD NOT BE STORED
IN CABINETS ABOVE A
RANGE OR ON THE
BACKSPLASH OF A
RANGE—CHILDREN
CLIMBING ON THE RANGE
TO REACH ITEMS COULD
BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

● Never wear loose-fitting or

hanging garments while using
the appliance. Flammable
material could be ignited if
brought in contact with hot
heating elements and may cause
severe

● Use only dry pot holders—

burns.

moist or damp pot holders on hot
surfaces may result in burns

Do

not

let

from steam.

pot
holders touch hot heating
elements. Do not use a towel or
other bulky cloth.

● For your safety, never use

your appliance for warming or
heating the room.

● Do not leave paper products,

cooking utensils, or food in the
oven when not in use. Do not
store flammable materials in an
oven or near the cooktop.

● Do not store or use

combustible materials, gasoline
or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of this or
any other appliance.

● Keep hood and grease filters

clean to maintain good venting
and to avoid grease fires.

● Do not let cooking grease or

other flammable materials
accumulate in or near the
range.

● 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-type fire

extinguisher.

●

Do

not touch heating elements
or interior surface of oven.
These surfaces may be hot
enough to burn even though they
are dark in color. During and
after use, do not touch, or let
clothing or other flammable
materials contact surface units,
areas nearby surface units or any
interior area of the oven; allow
sufficient time for cooling, first.

Potentially hot surfaces include
the cooktop, areas facing the
cooktop, oven vent opening,
surfaces near the opening,
crevices around the oven door,
the edges of the door window and
metal trim parts above the door.
Remember: The inside surface
of the oven may be hot when the
door is opened.

● When cooking pork, follow

the directions exactly and always

cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least

170°F.

This assures that, in the remote
possibility that trichina may be
present in the meat, it will be
killed and the meat will be safe
to eat.

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page)

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

(continued)

Oven

● Stand away from range when

opening oven door.
steam which escapes can cause

burns to hands, face

● Don’t heat unopened food

containers in the oven. Pressure
could build up and the container

could

burst, causing an injury.

● Keep oven vent duct

unobstructed.

● Keep oven free from grease

buildup.

● Place oven shelf in desired

position while oven is cool. If
shelves must be handled when hot,
do not let pot holder contact
heating units in the oven.

● Pulling out shelf to the shelf

stop is a convenience in lifting
heavy foods. It is also a
precaution against burns from
touching hot surfaces of the door
or oven walls.

● Do not use aluminum foil to

line oven bottom or drip pans
except as suggested in manual.
Improper installation of these
liners may result in electric shock
or fire.

● When using cooking or

roasting bags in oven, follow the
manufacturer’s directions.

● Do not use your oven to dry

newspapers. If overheated, they
can catch fire.

● Be sure the vent duct is not

covered and is in place. Its
absence during cooking could
damage range parts and wiring.

Hot air or

andlor eyes.

Surface Cooking Units

● Use proper pan size—This

appliance is equipped with one or
more

surface units of different
size. Select cookware having
bottoms large enough to cover the
surface unit heating element. The
use

of undersized cookware will

expose a portion of the heating
element to direct contact and may

result in ignition of clothing.

Proper relationship of cookware to
burner will also improve efficiency.

● Never leave surface units

unattended at HI heat settings.

Boilover

causes smoking and greasy

spillovers that may catch on fire.

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Be sure drip pans and vent
ducts are not covered and are in
place. Their absence during

cooking could damage range parts
and wiring.

● Don’t use aluminum foil to line

drip pans or anywhere in the oven

except as described in this book.
Misuse could result in a shock, fire

hazard or damage to the range.

● Only certain types of glass,

glass/ceramic, earthenware or

other glazed containers are
suitable for cooktop service;

others may break because of the

sudden change in temperature. See
section on Surface Cooking for
suggestions.

● To minimize the possibility of

burns, ignition of flammable

materials, and spiHage, the handle

of a container should be turned
toward the center of the range

without extending over nearby
surface units.

● Always turn surface unit to

OFF before removing cookware.

flat

● Keep an eye on foods being

fried at HI or MEDIUM HI
heat settings.

● To avoid the possibility of a

burn or electric shock, always be
certain that the controls for all
surface units are at OFF position
and all coils are cool before
attempting to lift or remove
the unit.

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Don’t immerse or soak
removable surface units. Don’t
put them in a dishwasher.

● When flaming foods are under

the hood, turn the fan off. The
fan, if operating, may spread
the flame.

● Foods for frying should be as

dry as possible. Frost on frozen
foods

or moisture

on fresh foods

can cause hot fat to bubble up and
over sides of pan.

● Use little fat for effective

shallow or deep-fat frying.

Filling the pan too full of fat can
cause spillovers when food
is added.

● If a combination of oils or fats

will be used in frying, stir
together before heating, or

as fats

melt slowly.

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Always heat fat slowly, and

watch as it heats.

● Use deep fat thermometer

whenever possible to prevent
overheating fat beyond the
smoking point.

SAVE THESE

INSTRUCTIONS

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Energy-Saving Tips

Surface Cooking

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Use cookware of medium-weight
aluminum, with tight-fitting
covers, and flat bottoms which
completely cover the heated
portion of the surface unit.

● Cook fresh vegetables with a

minimum amount of water in a

covered pan.

● Watch foods when bringing them

quickly to cooking temperatures at
high heat. When food reaches
cooking temperature, reduce heat

immediately to lowest setting that
will keep it cooking.

● Use residual heat with surface

cooking whenever possible. For
example, when cooking eggs in
their shell, bring water and eggs to
boil, then turn control knob to OFF
position and cover cookware with

lid to complete the cooking.

● Always turn surface unit off

before removing cookware.

Oven Cooking

● Preheat oven only when

necessary. Most foods will cook
satisfactorily without preheating, If
you find preheating is necessary,
watch the indicator light, and put
food in oven promptly after the
light goes out.

● Always turn oven OFF before

removing food.

● During baking, avoid frequent

door openings. Keep door open
as short a time as possible if it
is opened.

● Cook complete oven meals

instead of just one food item.
Potatoes, other vegetables, and
some desserts will cook together
with a main-dish casserole, meat
loaf, chicken or roast. Choose
foods that cook at the same

temperature and in approximately

the same amount of time.

● Use residual heat in the oven

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

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Features of Your Range

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Feature Index

Explained

on page

1 Bake Unit (may be lifted gently for wiping oven floor)
2 Broil Unit
3 Oven Interior Light

4 Lift-Up Cooktop

(support rods hold it up to simplify cleaning underneath)

5 Model and Serial Numbers

(under cooktop)

6 Plug-In Surface Units

7 Chrome Plated Drip Pans

8 Surface Units “ON” Indicator Light
9 Controls for Surface Units

10 Oven Vent Duct (located under right rear surface unit)

11 Oven Controls

Automatic Oven Timer
(turns your oven on and off for you automatically)
Oven Control and Thermostat
Clock
Timer
(lets you time any kitchen function, even when the oven is in use)

12 Oven Light Switch

(lets

you turn interior oven light on and off)

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25

12,23

23

2

24,25
24,25

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8
4

13, 14

15
24

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14

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12

13

Oven Shelves (easily removed or repositioned on shelf supports)
14 Oven Shelf Supports
15 Removable Oven Door (easily removed for oven cleaning)

16 Broiler Pan and Rack

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Surface Cooking

See Surface Cooking Guide.

Surface Cooking with
Infinite Heat Controls

At both OFF
there is
“clicks”

on

HI

marks
the lowest setting is LO. In
kitchen, you may hear slight

“clicking” sounds during cooking,
indicating heat settings selected are

being maintained.

Switching heats to higher settings
always shows a quicker change
than switching

and

HI positions,

a

slight

at

niche

so control

those positions; “click”

the

highest setting;

a

to

lower settings.

quiet

How to Set the Controls

Step 1: Grasp control knob and

push in.

Step 2: Turn either clockwise or
counterclockwise to desired heat
setting.

Control must be pushed into set
only from OFF position. When
control is in any position other
than OFF, it may be rotated
without pushing in.

Be sure you turn control to OFF
when you finish cooking. An
indicator light will glow when

ANY heat on any surface unit is on.

Cooking Guide for
Using Heat Settings

HI—Quick start for cooking; bring
water to boil.

MEDIUM HI (setting halfway
between
pan broil; maintain
large amount of food.

MED—Saute and brown; maintain

slow boil on large amount of food.
MEDIUM LO (setting halfway

between MED and LO)—Steam
rice, cereal; maintain serving
temperature of most foods.

1~0—Cook

cook with little water in covered
pan.

NOTE:

1. At

leave food unattended.
cause smoking; greasy
may catch fire.

2. At MEDIUM LO, LO, melt
chocolate, butter on small unit.

H]

and MED)—Fast fry,

f’ast

after starting at

Hl,

MEDIUM HI, never

boil on

HI;

Boilovers
spillovers

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Questions & Answers

‘). May I can foods and

preserves on my surface units?
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 the surface unit. Since

canning generates
steam, be careful to avoid burns
from steam or heat. Canning should

only be done on surface units.

Q. Can I cover my drip pans
with foil?

A. No. Clean as recommended in
Cleaning

Guide.

large

amounts of

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Q. Can
equipment, like an oriental wok,
on any surface unit?

A. Cookware without

is not recommended. The life of
the surface units can be shortened
and the cooktop can be damaged
from the high heat needed for this
type of cooking.

Q. Why am I not getting the heat

I

need from my surface units
even though I have the knobs on
the right setting?

A. After turning surface

and making sure they are cool,
check to make sure that
in units are securely fastened into
the surface connection.

use special cooking

flat

surfaces

units off

yoLu”

plug-

Q. Why does my cookware tilt
when I place it on the surface unit?

A. Because the surface unit is not

flat. Make sure that the “feet” on
your surface units are sitting
tightly in the cooktop indentation

and the drip pan is flat on the range

surface.

Q. Why is the porcelain finish on
my cookware coming off?

A.

lf

ybu

set your surface unit
higher than required for the
cookware material, and let the
cookware sit too long, the
cookware’s finish may smoke,
crack, pop or burn, depending on
the pot or pan. Also, cooking small
amounts of dry food may damage
the cookware’s finish.

Home Canning Tips

Canning should be done on
surface units only.

In surface cooking, the use of pots
extending more than one inch
beyond the

unit’s drip pan is not recommended.

However, when canning with a

water-bath or pressure canner,

large-diameter pots may be used.
This is because boiling water
temperatures (even under pressure)

arc

not harmful to cooktop surfaces

surrounding the surface units.

HOWEVER, DO NOT USE

LARGE-DIAMETER CANNERS
OR OTHER LARGE-DIAMETER

POTS FOR FRYING OR

BOILING FOODS OTHER
THAN WATER.

sauce mixtures—and all types of
frying—cook at temperatures
much higher than boiling water.
Such temperatures could
eventually harm cooktop surfaces

ll”rounding

edge

of the surface

Most syrup or

surface units.

Observe Following Points
in Canning

1. Be sure the canner fits over the

center of
range or its location does not allow
the canner to be centered on the
surface unit, use smaller-diameter
pots for good canning results.

2. Flat-bottomed canners must be
used. Do not use canners with

flanged or rippled bottoms (often

found in enamelware) because they
don’t make enough contact with
the surface unit and take too long

to boil water.

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the surface unit. H your

RIGHT WRONG

3. When canning, use recipes and
procedures from reputable sources.
Reliable recipes and procedures

are available from the

manufacturer of your canner;

manufacturers
canning, such as Ball and Kerr;
and the United States Department
of Agriculture Extension Service.

4. Remember that canning is a

process that generates large
amounts of steam. To avoid burns
from steam or heat, be careful
when. canning.

NOTE: If your house has low
voltage, canning may take longer
than expected, even though
directions have been carefully
followed. The process time will be

shortened by:

(1) using a pressure canner, and
(2) starting with HOT tap water for
fastest heating of large quantities
of water.

of glass jars for

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