GE JGSP21GER, JGSP20GER User Manual

Gas

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Safety [nstructions....................3-6

Anti-Tip Device .........................................3, 31

Operating Instructions, Tips

Aluminum

Clock and Timer ....................................13, 14

Features

Oven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23

Baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Broiling, Broiling Guide ....................22, 23

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Light; Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,30

Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Roasting, Roasting Guide................20, 21

Self-Cleaning Instructions ..............24-26

Thermostat Adjustment .........................12

Vent

Surface Cooking ......................................9, 10

Control Settings ..........................................9

Super Burner ................................................9

Foil...................................5,

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Minor Adjustments

Flooring and Leveling ....................................7

Consumer Services ...................35

Appliance Registration ..................................2

Model and Serial Number Location ...........2

Warranty ........................................Back Cover

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HELP US HELP YOU

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

Write down the model and serial numbers.

You’ll find the model numbers on a frame behind the storage drawer.

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.

label

and

serial

on the front

IF YOU NEED SERVICE

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.

To obtain service, see the Consumer Services page NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the in the back of this book.

We’re proud pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with the service you receive, here further help.

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

WARNING: If the

our service and want you to be

three steps to follow for Appliance Park

information in

this

manual is not

details—including your phone number—to:

Manager, Consumer Relations GE Appliances

Louisville, KY 40225

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

Major Appliance Consumer

Action Panel 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606

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.

Clear the area of all occupants.

●

Do not touch any electrical switch; do not

Immediately call your gas supplier from a

neighbor’s 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.

use any phone in your building.

IMPORTANT SAFETY

The

California Safe Drinking Enforcement California to publish a list of substances to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposure to such substances.

Gas appliances can cause minor exposure to four of these substances, namely monoxide, formaldehyde and soot, caused primarily by the incomplete combustion of LP fuels. Properly adjusted burners, indicated by a bluish rather than a yellow flame, will incomplete combustion, Exposure to these substances can be minimized by venting with an open window or using a ventilation fan

When You

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Have the installer

the range gas cut-off valve and how

Act

requires the Governor of

Get

Your

show

NOTICE

Water

and

Toxic

known

other

benzene, carbon

natural

gas or

minimize

hood.

Range

you the location

shut

it off if necessary.

–

●

Have your range installed

grounded by a qualified

with the Installation Instructions. Any adjustment and service should be performed only by qualified gas range installers or service technicians.

and

properly

instidler,

in accordance

●

sure your range is correctly adjusted by a

qualified service technician

type

of gas

Your range can be converted type of gas. See

After prolonged use of a range,

(natiral

the

Installation Instructions.

LP)

temperatures may result and coverings will

Never install the range over that cannot withstand such type of use. Never

install it directly over interior kitchen carpeting.

not

withstand this kind of use.

instder

that is to be

for use

high floor

nwny floor

vinyl

tile or linoleum

for

the

used.

with either

Using Your Range

* Don’t

leave children alone or unattended

where a

could be seriously burned.

●

I)on’t

on the oven door, storage drawer or range top.

They

causing severe personal injury.

CAUTION:

CHILDREN CABINETS ABOVE A RANGE OR ON THE BACKSPLASH

CLIMBING ON THE RANGE TO REACH ITEMS COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

range

hat OF

in operation.

allow anyone to climb,

could damage the range and even tip it over,

ITEMS OF

SHOULD

INTEREST TO

NOT BE STORED

(IF

RANGE--CHILDREN

stand

They

or hang

●

Plug your range into a 120-volt grounded

outlet only. Do not remove the round

prong from the plug. If in doubt grounding of the home electrical system, it is your personal responsibility and obligation to have an ungrounded outlet replaced with a properly grounded, three-prong outlet in accordance with the National Electrical Code. Do not use an extension cord with this appliance.

●

Be sure all packing materials are removed

from the range

fire or smoke damage should the packing material ignite.

●

Locate range out

before operating it to prevent

of kitchen

traffk

grmmding

about

the

path and out of drafty locations to prevent pilot outage and poor air circulation.

WARNING-A1l

injury could accidental tipping of the range,

If you pull the range out from the wall for any reason, make sure the Anti-Tip device is properly engaged before you push the range back. Please refer to the Anti-Tip device information in the Installation Instructions. Failure to take this precaution could result in tipping of the range and injury.

Do not allow the chain or bracket to damage the gas plumbing in any way.

from abnormal usage, including excess loading of the oven door,

attach it to the installing

supplied. To insure the device is properly installed and engaged, remove the drawer panel and inspect the rear leveling leg. Make sure

ranges m

tie

Anti-Tip device

fits securely into the slot.

tip and

&ult.

To-prevent

wall

floor

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llMPORTANT

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

hanghig

garments

while using the appliance. Be careful when

reaching for items stored in cabinets over the cooktop. Flammable material could be ignited if brought in contact with flame or hot oven surfaces and may cause severe burns.

For your safety,

nevm

use your appliance for

warming or heating the room.

●

not use water on grease fires.

Never pick up a flaming pan. Turn off burner, then smother flaming

pan 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 leave paper products, cooking utensils,

or food

in the oven when not in use.

Surface Cooking

Always

top burners

have ignited.

Never leave surface burners unattended at

high

greasy

Adjust top

extend beyond the edge of

Excessive flame is

come Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth in place of a pot holder,

●

To minimize the possibility of burns,

flammable handles toward without extending over adjacent burners.

use the

and make sure the burners

flame

settings,

spillovers

burner

●

near

open flames

mattwials,

LITE position when igniting

Boilover

causes smoking and

that may catch on fire.

flame size so it does not

the

cookware.

hazardcms,

Use only dry pot

holders—

moist or damp pot holders cm hot

surfaces may result in burns from steam. Ih not let pot holders

when

lifting cookware,

ignition of

and spillage, turn cookware

tlw

side or back of the range

Do not store flammable materials in an oven, a

range storage drawer or near a cooktop.

●

not

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

●

Do not let cooking grease or other flammable

materials accumulate in or near the range.

* When cooking pork,

foIlow

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

killed and the meat will be

safe to eat.

●

Always turn surface burner to OFF before

removing cookware.

Q Careftily

watch foods being fried at a high

flame setting.

Never block the vents (air openings) of the

range. They

provide the air inlet and outlet that are necessary for the range to operate properly with correct combustion, Air openings are located at the rear of the cooktop, at the top of the oven door, and under the storage drawer.

* Do not use a wok on the cooking surface if the

wok has a round metal ring that is placed over the burner grate to support the wok.

acts as a heat trap, which may damage the burner grate and burner head. Also, it may cause the

. . .

This ring

burner to work improperly. This may cause a carbon monoxide level above that allowed by current standards, resulting in a health hazard.

●

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 least possible amount of fat for

shallow or deep-fat frying.

Filling

eff%ctive

the

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

●

combination of oils or fats will be used

frying,

stir together before heating or as fats

melt slowly.

●

Always heat fat slowly,

●

Use a deep fat thermometer whenever

possible

to prevent overheating fat beyond the

and

watch

as it

heats.

smoking point.

Use

proper

pan

size-Avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat bottoms To avoid

lar~e enou~h

spillo;ers,

to cover

burner

grates.

n&e sure cookware i; large enough to contain the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since heavy spattering or spillovers left on with handles that remain

●

When using glass cookware,

cool,

range

can ignite. Use pans

can be easily

grasped and

make

sure it

designed for top-of-range cooking.

●

Keep all plastics away from top burners.

●

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

ccioktop.

The

hot air from the vent may ignite flammable items and will increase pressure in closed containers, which may cause them to burst.

●

To avoid the possibility of a burn, always be

certain that the controls for

all

burners are at the OFF position and all grates are cool before attempting to remove them.

●

When flaming foods are under the

hood?

turn the fan off. The fan, if operating, may spread the flames.

●

If range is located near a window,

do not hang long curtains that could blow over the top burners and create a fire hazard.

Baking, Broiling and Roasting

●

not use

stored in the oven can ignite.

●

Stand away from the range when opening the

door of a hot escape can cause

●

K@ep

●

Place oven shelf in desired position while

is cool.

●

Pulling out shelf to the shelf stop is a

convenience in lifting heavy foods. It is also a precaution against

surfaces of the door or oven walls.

* Don’t

oven, Pressure could build up and the container could

Don’t use aluminum foil anywhere in the oven

except

result in a fire hazard or

●

When using cooking or roasting

follow the manufacturer’s directions.

●

Do not use

If overheated, they can

●

Use only glass cookware that is recommended

for use in gas ovens.

●

When broiling, if meat is too close to

the fat may ignite.

excessive flare-ups.

Always remove broiler pan from oven as soon

as you finish broiling.

catch fire if oven is used without removing the grease from

●

Make sure broiler pan is in place correctly

reduce the possibility of grease fires.

●

you should have a grease fire in the broiler

pan,

contain fire until it bums out.

oven for a

oven.

storage area,

The

hot

air

Items

and

steam that

burns to bands, face and eyes.

oven free from grease buildup.

burns

from touching hot

heat unop~md

as described in this book.

food containers in the

burs$

causing

an injury.

Misuse

darnago

to the range.

bags

your oven to dry newspapers.

catch

tire.

,the flame?

Trim excess fat to prevent

Grease

the

broiler pan.

turn off oven, and keep

left

thti

pan can

oven

door closed to

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oven

~ould

oven?

●

If you smell gas,

turn off the gas to the range and call a qualified service technician. Never use an open flame to locate a leak.

●

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Cleaning Your Range

●

Clean

only parts listed in this Use and

Care Guide.

●

Keep range clean and free of

accumulations of grease or

spillovers,

which may ignite.

Self-Cleaning Oven

●

sure to wipe up excess spillage before

self-cleaning operation.

●

Before

self-cleaning the oven, remove broiler

pan

and

other cookware.

●

not

clean door gasket.

essential for a good seal. Be careful not to rub, damage or move it.

Do not use oven cleaners. No

oven cleaner or oven liner protective coating of any kind should be used in or around any part of the oven.

The door gasket is

commercial

(continued)

●

If the self-cleaning mode malfunctions, turn off

and disconnect power supply.

Have

serviced by

a qualified technician.

●

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.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

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 recommended that these simple and inexpensive instructions be followed.

of flooring, use care, and it is

Leveling the Range

Use a 1 M“ open-end or adjustable wrench to equally back out the four legs. The flanges (rims) below the sides of the cooktop 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.

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.

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FEATURES OF YOUR RANGE

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Feature Index

i Model

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2 Oven Door Gasket 3 Removable Oven Bottom

and Serial Numbers

oven shelvps (easily removed

or repositioned on shelf supports)

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Explained

on page

6,24 31,32 11, 18,

25,26, 30

Feature Index 10 Surface Burners and Grates

11 Oven Controls, Clock and Timer

12 Oven Light Switch (lets you turn

interior oven light on and off)

13 Oven Interior Light

Explained

on page

4,9,28

13,

12,30 5 Automatic Oven Door Latch 6 Surface Burner Controls

Lift-[Jp

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8 Oven Vent

Anti-Tip Device

(see Installation Instructions)

Coaktop

24,25

9,27

4,5, 12

3,31

14 Oven Shelf Supports 15 Removable Oven Door 16 Storage Drawer 17 Broiler Pan and Rack

29,31

20,23,30

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 Super Burner

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 burner. This burner can provide burners. The two knobs on the right, nearest to the control panel, control the right front and right rear burners.

On some models, the right front burner is cone-shaped with a circular opening through the center of the

than any one of the other three. Use it for canning or large pans.

To Light a Surface Burner

Push the control knob in and turn it counterclockwise to LITE. You will hear a little clicking noise—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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more power

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 pot holder, cleaning cloths or other

materials on them.

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How to Select Flame Size

SURFACE COOKING

(continued)

Watch the flame, not the knob, as You reduce heat.

“The flame

size on a gas burner should match the

cookware you are using.

When boilinw 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

auicklv at a

izentle

boil as they do at a furious rolling boil. A high boil creates steam and 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

FOR

SAFE HANDLING OF COOKWARE, NEVER lower—to about 1/2 the diameter of the cookware.

LEq’

THE FLAME EXTEND UP THE SIDES OF

T] IE

COOKWARE. Any flame larger than the bottom

t>f [he ~~~kware

wasted

and

only

serves to heat

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

When using aluminum or aluminum-clad stainless

steel pots and pans, adjust the flame so the circle it

m:ikes

ab{.)ut

1/2 inch smaller than the bottom of

tl;f.1 Cookwal’c.

Top-of-Range Cookware

Ahminurn:

cookware

he:;t~

Medium-weight

IS recommended because

quickly and evenly. Most foods brown evenly in an aluminum skillet. Use saucepans

with tight-fitting lids for cooking

Lvith

minimum

almounts

of water.

Cast Iron: If heated slowly, most 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: There are two types of 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. It conducts heat very slowly and cools very slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s directions to be sure it can be used on gas ranges.

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.

Electric Ignition

The oven burner and broil burner are lighted by electric ignition.

To light either burner, touch the pad for the desired function and press INCREASE or DECREASE pad until the desired temperature is displayed. The burner should ignite within 30–90 seconds.

Power Outage

CAUTION: DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO

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.

Oven Shelves

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 food on them.

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.

stop-

After the oven reaches the selected temperature, the oven burner cycles—off completely, then on with a full flame-to keep the oven temperature controlled.

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

To remove a shelf from the oven, pull it toward you, tilt front end upward and pull shelf out.

To replace, place shelf on shelf support with

sto~-locks

to;”ard

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

(curved extension of

rear of oven. Tilt up front and push shelf

re-lit until power

shelf)

facing up and

Shelf Positions

The oven has four shelf supports identified in this illustration as A (bottom), B, C and D (top).

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