GE JGSP20GEP, JGSP21GEP User Manual

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Contents

Aluminum Foil Anti-Tip Device

Appliance Registration Care and Cleaning

Clock Consumer Services

Electronic Controls Features

Flooring Under the Range Leveling

Lift-Up Cooktop Minute/Second Timer

Model and Serial Numbers Oven

Range

3,6,28

16-23

6,7 Surface Cookinz 8,9

5 5

16 10

2 9

Roasting, Roasting Guide 14 Self-Cleaning Instructions 20-22

Shelves Thermostat Adjustment 25

Vent Duct

Problem Solver Safety Instructions

Burner Grates Burners

Control Settings Cookware

Drip Pans Flame Size

Tim

9, 19

2-5

18 17

8 9

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Air Adjustment Baking, Baking Guide

Broiler Pan and Rack 15, 19,23 Warranty Broiling, Broiling Guide

Control Settings Door Removal

Light; Bulb Replacement Oven Bottom Removal

Oven Timer Preheating

12, 13

10, 11

9, 19

10,11

Lighting Instructions

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Help us help you...

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

Write down the model and

serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label located on the front frame behind the storage drawer front. See pages 6 and 7.

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 oven.

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 on page

26. 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

WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed ‘ exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death.

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Do not store or use

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

— WHAT TO DO IF YOU

SMELL GAS

●

Do not try to light any

appliance.

● Do not touch any

electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.

●

Immediately call your

gas supplier from a neighbor% phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.

●

If you cannot reach your

gas supplier, call the fire department.

— Installation and service

must be performed by a qualified installer, service agency or the gas supplier.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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(continu~d)

Read all instructions

before

* ~ ~@~ stare fl~~#Jl@

materials in the oven or the

storage drawer or near

the

Cookihp,

* Do

not ~~e or ~~

combustible materials, gasoline

other flmmmb}e

Equids

in the vicinity

any

other appliance,

*Do

not

let Hx&ing

or other

flammable

acmmdate in or

s %$%e~ coddng Porky

the directions cook the meat temperature of at least

‘l’his

assures possibility that present in

kiikxl

Shmfttce

the meat,

and

meat

Cocking

* Always use

when igniting top burners

●

N~e~

umttmded

settings.

srnuking and greasy spillovtms

that may

~jwt top burner

edge of flame

use W@

moist

surfaces may result in

steam. Do near

cookware. Do

other

holder.

o ~

of bums,

materials, cookware handles or back of extending over adjacent burners.

leave

at high

Boilmwr causes catch

does not

extend

the cookware.

is hazardous.

dry

or damp potholders on

not

open flames when lifting

bulky cloth in place of a

minimize

ignition

and

the

vapors

@ft.his or

nrateriais

mar

the rauge,

fOiiOW

oxactiy

and always

an interred

170°F.

tha$ in the

remote

trichinarmy

will be

wiil be

the

LITE

safk

poskkm

and

s~rfa~e bum~~

flame

fire,

fhtmt?

beyond

Excessive

pot

ha14ers—

burns

let

pot

holders

not use a towel or

the

possibility

affiammable

spillage, turn

toward the

range

without

and

eat

~i~

the

hot

from

come

pot

the

side

using this

●

AMiip

OFF

appkwe.

turn

surface

before removing

burner

cookware.

●

(kef~li~ watch foods

fried at a

s N~r b~~ek $h~ ve~~ (~r

opetigs) of the

provide the air iniet and outlet that

are necessary for the

operate

combustion+ Air operiings

kmted at

the top

under @ Do ~~$ use a

emking surface if

rmmd

piaceii over

support

the

burnergmte Also, work

carbon monoxide level abcwe that Wowed by current resuhi~g in

p-far frying

dry as

foods orrnoii%urton fresh can cause hot

over

●

use least fat for fat

frying.

fat

fbod

●

If a c~mbi~atjo~ of ~il~

fats wiil

together

melt

AIWayS

watch

. u=

whenever overheating fat beyond smoking point.

* Use

pans that are

high

flame

range.

properly with correct the

rem of the COOktUp,

cfthe

oven

the storage drawer.

wok on the

the

metal ring which is

the burner grate to

thfi

heat

trap which

wok.

This

and burner head.

it may

cause

the burner to

improperly. This

heaith

hazard.

should be *

possible.

sides

Frost on

M to

bubble up End

pan.

possible

effective shallow or

Filling

can cause

is added.

thepantoo

spillmwrs

beumd in f@ng,

b~fore

heating or as fats

slowly.

heat

as it

deep

fa$ Slowly$ and

heats.

fat thermometer

possible

proper

pan

size-Avoid

unstable or

being

setting,

They

range

are

door

wok has a

ring acts

may damage

may

standards,

foods

ammmt

when

to prevent

the

easily

and

cause

frozen

deep-

full

stir

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tipped.

bottoms large contain food avoiding

and

both save cleaning hazardous since heavy spattering or left on with grasped and

o When

make sure it is designed range cooking.

top

e ~0

themoktop-they

left too close to the vent.

Q Do Mot

co#ktop.

vent may

and will closed cause

s TO avoid

burn,

controls OFF position and all grates cool

remove them.

o When ilaming

under

off.

spread

e Iframge

wi~dow,

that burners and create a fire hazard. -

Seleet COOkwam having flat

enough

spi.llowxs,

eoverburner

and

l~rge

grate. This

and

tm.mmlations of

range can

handIes

ignite. We pans

that can be easily

remain cool.

iQep ail

using

glkss cookware?

plastics

away from

burners.

nut

leave

plastic

may

leav~ any

The

items on the

hot

air from

ignite flammabIe

increase pressure in

containers,

which

them to burst.

$he

possibility

always be

certai~

for

ali

burners are at

before attempti~g

foods

the hood, turn the

The

fan, if

the

do not use

could blow

operating9 may

flames.

located

over the top

near a

long

to properly

boiIovers

enough

will

prevent

food,

spilknwrs

for top-of-

items

melt

the

items

may

@f&

that

the

are

fan

curtains

Flooring Under

—

●

If you smell gas,

gas

the range and call a

qualified

service

turn

off the

technician. Never use an open flame to locate a leak.

Baking, Broiling and Roasting

●

Do not

use oven for a

area.

Items stored in the

storage

owm

can ignite.

●

Stand

away from the range when opening the door of a hot

oven.

The hot air or steam that escapes can cause burns to hands, face and eyes.

●

Place oven shelves in desired

position while oven is cool.

●

Pulling out the 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.

●

Don$t

heat unopened food containers in the oven. Pressure

could bui~d

up and the container could burst causing an injury.

●

Don% use aluminum foil anywhere in the oven except as described in this book.

could result in afire hazard or darnage to the range.

When using cooking or

roasting bags in the oven,

the manufacturer’s directions.

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Use only glass cookware that is recommended

Keep the oven free from

grease buildup.

Always remove the broiler pan from the oven as soon as you finish broiling.

in the pan cart catch fire if oven is used without removing the grease from the broiler pan.

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●

Make

sure the broiler pan

and rack are in

to reduce the possibility of a grease fire.

for use in gas ovens.

piace

Misuse

Grease left

correctly

When broiling, if meat is too close to the flames, the fat may ignite.

excessive flare-ups.

●

fire in the broiler pan,

oven, and keep oven door closed to contain

If you

Trim excess fat to prevent

shodd

have a grease

fire until

it burns out.

turn

off

Cleaning Your Range

●

Clean

only parts listed in this

Use and Care Book.

●

Keep

range

clean and free of accumulations of grease or

spillovers,

which may ignite.

Self-Cleaning Oven

●

Do not clean the door gasket before reading special cleaning instructions on page 20.

door gasket is essential for a good

sd.

catwful

damage or move it.

●

Do not use oven

commercial oven cleaner or oven liner protective coating of any kind should be any part of the oven,

Before self-cleaning the

remove broiler pan

cleaners.

used

The

not to rub,

in or around

oven?

and other

cookware.

●

Don’t attempt to repair or replace any part of your

range

unless it is specifically recommended in this book.

other servicing should be referred to a qualified technician.

●

Be sure to wipe up excess

All

spillage before starting the self-cleaning operation.

●

Listen for fan-a

should be heard sometime during the cleaning cycle. service before self-cleaning again.

●

the self-cleaning mode

fan

noise

not, call for

malfunctions, turn off and disconnect power supply. Have

serviced by a qualified technician.

SAVE

THESE

INSTRUCTIONS

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 installed on a

l/4-inch-thick sheet of plywood

(or similar material) as follows:

When the floor covering ends at

the front of the range, the area

that the range will rest on should be built up with plywood to the

same level or higher than the floor covering. This will allow the range to be moved for cleaning or

servicing.

Leveling the Range

Use a 1%” open-end or adjustable wrench to equally back out the four legs. The flanges (rims) below the sides of the maintop must be raised above the top of the countertop. Carefully slide the range into its installation space. Observe that it is clearing the countertop. Then place a spirit level or a glass measuring cup partially filled with water on one of the oven shelves to check for levelness. If using a spirit level, take two readings, with the level placed diagonally first in one

direction and then the other.

Adjust the four legs carefully. Level the range front to back and

side to side. The range legs must rest on the floor. The range must

not hang from the countertop.

Features

of Yo

Range

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Feature Index

Explained

on page

1 Model and Serial Numbers

(in burner

2 Anti-Tip Device

(see Installation Instructions)

3 Oven Door Gasket 4 Removable Oven Bottom 5 Oven Shelves

(easily removed orrepositionedon shelf supports)

6 Surface Burner Controls 7 Lift-Up CooMop

(JGSP20GEP–Brushed Chrome, JGSP21GEP–White Porcelain Enamel) (support rods hold it up to simplify cleaning underneath)

8 Oven Vent

9 Surface Burners, Grates and Chrome

Drip Pans

10 OVEN CANCEL button

(push it to cancel any oven operation)

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3,5,28

9,19

8,17,18

11 Electronic Display Panel 12 Oven “On” Indicator 13 Set Knob

(lets you set oven temperature, clock timer and

HI or LO broil)

14 Oven Light Switch

(lets you turn interior oven light on and off)

15 Electronic Controls

Automatic Oven Timer

(turns your oven on and off for you automatically) Oven Control and Thermostat Clock Minute/Second Timer

(lets you time any kitchen function, even when

the oven is in use) 16 Oven Interior Light 17 Oven Shelf Supports 18 Removable Oven Door

(easily removed for oven cleaning)

9,10

10,11

10,19

19 Storage Drawer

20 Broiler

Panand Rack

15,19

Surface Cooking

Electric Ignition

Your surface burners are lighted by electric ignition, eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with constantly burning flames.

In case of a power failure, you can light the surface burners on your range with a match. Hold a lighted match to the burner, then turn the knob to the LITE position.

Use extreme caution when lighting burners this way.

Surface burners in use when an electrical power failure occurs will continue to operate normally.

Surface Burner Controls

Knobs that turn the surface burners

on and off are marked as to which burners they control. The two knobs on the left control the left front and left rear burners. The two knobs on the right, nearest to the electronic panel, control the right front and right rear burners.

Super Burner

Some models have a cone-shaped cooktop burner, with a circular opening through the center of the burner. The right front burner is the Super Burner. This burner can provide 30% more power than the other three. Use it for cooking large amounts of food in a big pan, canning, etc.

To Light a Surface Burner

Push the control knob in and turn it counterclockwise to LITE. You will hear a little clicking the sound of the electric spark igniting the burner.

After the burner ignites, turn the knob to adjust the flame size.

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After Lighting a Burner

● Check to be sure the burner

you turned on is the one you want to use.

● Do not operate a burner for an

extended period of time without cookware on the grate. The finish on the grate may chip without cookware to absorb the heat.

● Be sure the burners and grates are

cool before you place your hand, a potholder, cleaning cloths or other

materiaIs

on them.

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 or aluminum-clad stainless steel pots and pans, adjust the flame so

the circle it makes is about 1/2 inch smaller than the bottom of the cookware.

When boiling, use this same flame

size—1/2 inch smaller than the bottom of the cookware—no matter what the cookware is made of. Foods cook just as quickly at a gentle boil as they do at a furious rolling boil. A high boil cooks away moisture, flavor and nutrition. Avoid it except for the few cooking processes which need a vigorous boil.

When frying or warming foods in stainless steel, cast iron or enamelware, keep the flame down lower—to about 1/2 the diameter of the cookware.

When frying in glass or ceramic cookware, lower the flame even more.

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Using Your Oven

Top-of-Range Cookware

Aluminum:

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heats quickly and evenly. Most brown evenly in an aluminum skillet. Minerals in fd and water will stain but will not harm aluminum. A quick scour with a soap-filled steel wool pad after each use keeps aluminum cookware looking shiny and new. Use saucepans with fitting lids for cooking with minimum amounts of water.

Cast Iron:

skillets will give satisfactory results. Enamelware: Under some

conditions, the enamel of some cookware may melt. Follow cookware manufacturer’s recommendations for cooking methods.

Glass:

cookware-those for oven use only and those for top-of-range cooking (saucepans, coffee and teapots).

Glass conducts heat very slowly.

Heatproof Glass Ceramic: Can be used for either surface or oven cooking. slowly and cools very slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s directions to be sure it can be used on gas ranges.

Medium-weight

is nxommended because it

tight-

If heated slowly, most

There are two types of glass

conducts heat very

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Electric Ignition

The oven burner and broil burner on your range are lighted by electric ignition.

To light either burner,

button for the desired function and turn the SET knob until the desired temperature is displayed. The burner should ignite within 60 seconds.

push the

Power Outage

CAUTION: DO ANY ATTEMPT OPERATE THE ELECTRIC IGNITION OVEN DURING AN ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGE. Neither the oven nor the broiler can be lit during an electrical power outage. Gas will not flow unless the glow bar is hot.

If the oven is in use when a power outage occurs, the oven burner shuts off and cannot be

re-lit until power is restored.

MAKE

TKl

Oven Shelves

To remove a shelf from the oven,

pull it toward you, tilt front end

upward and pull shelf out.

To replace,

support with stop-locks (curved extension of shelf) facing up and

toward rear of oven. Tilt up front

and push shelf toward back of oven until it goes past “stop” on oven wall. Then lower front of shelf and push it all the way back.

place shelf on shelf

Shelf Positions

The oven has four shelf A (bottom), B, C and D (top). Shelf positions for cooking are suggested on Baking and Roasting pages.

supports—

Stainless Steel: This metal alone has poor heating properties, and is usually combined with copper, aluminum or other metals for improved heat distribution. Combination metal skillets usually work satisfactorily if they are used with medium heat as the manufacturer recommends.

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The shelves are designed with locks so when placed correctly on the shelf supports, they will stop before coming completely out of the oven and will not tilt when you are removing food from them or placing

When placing cookware on a shelf, pull the shelf out to the “stop” position. Place the cookware on the shelf, then slide the shelf back into the oven. This will eliminate reaching into the hot oven.

foo{on

them.

stop-

Oven Light

Use the switch on the control panel to turn the light on and off.

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Using Your Oven

(continued)

Oven Vent

Your oven is vented through ducts at the rear of the range (see page 6).

Do not block these ducts when cooking in the oven—it is important that the flow of hot air from the oven and fresh air to the oven burner be uninterrupted. Avoid touching the vent openings or nearby surfaces during oven or broiler they may become hot.

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Vent openings and nearby surfaces may become hot. Do not touch them.

Handles of pots and pans on the cooktop may become hot if left too close to the vent.

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Electronic Controls

Oven

The word “ON” is displayed when BAKE or BROIL button is energized, and goes out when the CANCEL button is pushed or when oven burner shuts off automatically.

The oven operation is controlled electronically. The following instructions tell you how to operate the electronic controls.

To Set the Clock

1. Push CLOCK button.

“On)’

Indicator

To Cancel the

Push and hold TIMER button for three seconds. This will clear the Minute/Second Timer

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To Bake

Push BAKE button.

2. Turn SET knob until desired temperature is displayed.

A one-second beep will sound when the oven has preheated to and stabilized at selected temperature.

● Do not leave plastic items on

the cooktop—they may melt if

left too close to the vent.

●

Do not leave any items on the

cooktop.

may ignite will increase pressure in closed containers, which may cause them to burst.

●

Metal items will become very

The hot air from the vent

ammable items and

hot if they are left on the cooktop, and could cause burns.

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

harndess and will evaporate as

the oven continues to heat up.

2. Turn SET knob to correct time

of day. Clock is now set. The clock must be set to the correct time of day for accurate automatic oven timing operations.

To Set the Minute/Second

1. Push TIMER button.

2. Turn SET knob to desired amount of time (up to 9 hours and 59 minutes). The Minute/Second Timer will immediately begin to count down.

When time isup, the End-of-Cycle Tone (3 long beeps) will sound and the display will again show the time of day.

Note:

The Minute/Second Timer is a reminder only and will not operate the oven.

You can use the Minute/Second Timer whether or not the oven is being used. The Minute/Second Timer does not interfere with oven operations.

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3. When finished baking, push CANCEL button.

Note:

To recall what temperature you have selected while the rising temperature is being shown, push and hold the BAKE button. The selected temperature will be shown while you hold the BAKE button. The actual oven temperature will be shown after a few seconds.

You can push the CLOCK button to

display time of day without canceling the oven operation.

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To Broil

Push BROIL button.

2. Turn SET knob until your choice of HI BROIL or LO BROIL is visible in the display.

When finished broiling, push the CANCEL button.

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