GE RGJ616GEL, RGJ515GEL Use and Care Manual

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Built-In Oven

Contents

Aluminum Foil Appliance Registration

Baking, Baking Guide Broiling, Broiling Guide

Care and Cleaning Clock

Continuous Cleaning Care

Door Removal

Electronic Controls Energy-Saving Tips

Features Light; Bulb Replacement

Minor Adjustments You Can Make 16 Model and Serial Numbers

Preheating Problem Solver

Repair Service Roasting, Roasting Guide

Safety Instructions Shelves

9 2

9, 10

12, 13

14-17

14 15

7,8

4 5

6, 15

10 18

2-4

6, 15

Use and Care of

models

RGJ515GEL

RGJ616GEL

Thermostat Adjustment

Warranty

GE Answer

800.626.2000

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Back Cover

HmPoINT

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 Hotpoint Appliance Park Louisville. KY 40225

Write down the model and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a

front

frame behind the broiler door.

See page 5.

These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership

Registration Card that came with your oven. Before sending in this card, please write these numbers here:

Model Number

Numbel

Serial

Use these numbers in any correspondence or service calls

concerning your oven.

If you received

a damaged oven . . .

Immediately contact the dealer (or

builder) that sold you the oven.

Save time and money.

Before you request service...

Check the Problem Solver on page 18. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.

label

on the

FOR YOUR SAFETY

If you smell gas:

1. Open windows.

Don’t touch

electrical switchesf

Extinguish any

open flame.

Immediately call

your gas supplier.

●

Don’t turn electric switches on or off because sparks may ignite the gas.

FOR YOUR SAFETY

not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and

liquids

inthe

vicinity of this or any other appliance.

IMPOKI’ANT

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read all instructions before using this appliance.

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause cancer and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposure to such substances.

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

When You Get Your Oven

●

Have the

the location of

off valve and how to shut it off if necessary.

●

Have your oven installed and properly grounded by a qualified installer,

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

installer show you

the oven gas cut-

in accordance

●

Plug your oven into a

120-volt grounded outlet only.

Do not remove the round grounding prong from the plug. If

in doubt about the grounding of the home electrical system, it is your personal responsibility and

ob] igation

outlet replaced with a

to have an ungrounded

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 oven

before operating it, to prevent fire or smoke damage should the packing material ignite.

●

Be sure your oven is correctly adjusted by a qualified service technician or installer for the type of gas (Natural or LP) on which it is to be used.

Your oven can be converted for use on either type of gas. See Installation Instructions.

Using Your Oven

●

Don’t leave children alone or

unattended where an oven

hot or in

be seriously burned.

Don’t allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on the door or broiler compartment. They

could

operation.

They could

damage the oven.

●

CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN CABINETS ABOVE AN OVEN–CHILDREN CLIMBING ON THE OVEN 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 flame or hot oven surfaces and may cause severe burns.

●

Never use your appliance for

warming or heating the room.

Prolonged use of the oven without adequate ventilation can be hazardous.

●

Do not use water on grease

Never pick up a flaming

fires.

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 store flammable

materials in an oven.

●

Do not let cooking grease or other flammable materials accumulate in or near the oven.

●

Do not use oven for a storage area.

●

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 meat will be safe to eat.

●

Stand away from oven when

opening oven door. The hot air

or steam which escapes can burn hands, face and/or eyes.

Don’t heat unopened food containers in the oven. Pressure could build up and the container could burst, causing an injury.

●

Keep oven vent ducts

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

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.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

(continued)

Energy-SavingTips

●

Don’t use aluminum foil anywhere in the oven except described in this book.

Misuse could result in a fire hazard or damage to the oven.

Use only

recommended

glass cookware that

for use in gas

ovens.

●

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

Grease left in the pan can catch

fire if oven is used without removing the grease from the

broiler pan.

●

When broiling, if meat is too close to the flame, the fat may

ignite.

Trim excess fat to prevent

excessive flare-ups.

●

Make sure

place correctly

broiler pan is in

to reduce the

possibility of grease fires.

●

If you should have a grease

fire in the broiler pan,

turn off oven, and keep broiler door closed to contain fire until it burns out.

If You Need Service

●

Read

~~’1’he

~oblem

on page 18

●

Don’t attempt to repair

of this book.

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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.

SAW

THESE

INSTRUCTIONS

. Preheat the oven only when necessary. Most foods will cook satisfactorily without preheating. If you find preheating is necessary, listen for the beep and put food in the oven promptly after the oven is preheated.

●

Always turn oven OFF

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 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.

before

Clean only parts listed in this Use and Care Book.

Features of

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RGJ515GEL with standard oven

RGJ616GEL with continuous cleaning oven

Explained

Feature Index

1 Model and Serial Numbers 2 Oven Light Switch (lets you turn

interior oven light on and off)

3 Electronic Controls

Automatic Oven Timer (turns your oven on and off for you automatically)

Clock Minute/Second Timer

(lets you time any kitchen function, even when the oven is in use)

4 CLEAR/OFF pad

(push it to cancel any oven

operation)

on page

7, 8

7 7

Feature Index

5 Electronic Display Panel

6 Oven “On” Indicator 7 SET Knob

8 Oven Vent

9 Oven Interior Light

10 Oven Shelves (easily removed

or repositioned on shelf supports) 11 Oven Shelf Supports 12 Removable Oven & Broiler Doors

(easily removed for oven cleaning)

13 Broiler Pan and Rack 14 Removable Oven Bottom

Explained

on page

7 7

7, 8

6,15

6, 15, 17

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6,15

12, 13, 15, 17

15, 17

Using Your Oven

Automatic Ignition

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

To light either burner,

pad for the desired function turn the SET knob until the desired temperature is displayed. The

burner seconds.

should

ignite within 60

Power outage?

The oven and broiler burners will not light in the event of power outage.

Do not attempt

light them manually with a match.

push the

and

electrical

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—

Oven Shelves

To remove a shelf

pull it toward you, tilt front end upward, raising rack stop to shelf support and pull it out.

To replace,

support with raised extension shelf facing up and toward rear oven getting shelf hook started

under selected shelf support. Keep

front of shelf tilted toward back of oven can engage inside shelf support.

Then lower front of shelf and push

it all the way back.

from

the oven,

clear

place shelf on shelf

utI

and

Push

~ntil

shelf stop

Hook

The shelves are designed with stops and hooks so when placed correctly on the shelf supports, they 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

will

stop

Oven Light

Use the switch on the control

m turn the

Oven

When the oven is on, heated air moves through a vent below the control panel.

The vent area could get hot during oven use.

The vent is needed for proper air flow in the oven and good baking results. Do not block this vent. Doing so may cause failure, fire or damage to the oven.

light

Vent

on and off.

panel

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