GE RGJ736GEP Use and Care Manual

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Contents

Aluminum Foil Appliance Registration

Baking, Baking Guide Broiling, Broiling Guide

Care and Cleaning

ClocMTimer

Consumer Services Control Panel

Door Removal

Energy-Saving Tips Features

Light; Bulb Replacement Minor Adjustments

Model and Serial Numbers

Preheating Problem Solver

Roasting, Roasting Guide Safety Instructions

9-11

14, 15 19,20

6,7

19,20

4 5

8, 19

12, 13

2-4

Oven

Use

and Care

Model

RGJ736GEP

Self-Cleaning Instructions

Shelves

Thermostat Adjustment Warranty

GE Answer Center’

800.626.2000

8, 12, 19,20

Back Cover

16–18

IIelp

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

(Iuestions.

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 label on the front frame behind the broiler

drawer. See Features Section.

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:

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. reason you are not happy with the service you receive, here are three

steps to follow for further

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

Hotpoint

Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

FINALLY, if your problem is still

not resolved, write:

Major Appliance Consumer

Action Panel 20 North Chicago, IL 60606

Wacker Drive

If for some

help.

WARNING:

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

—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.

Model Number

Serial Number

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 in this book. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.

●

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.

WORTANT SAFEH ~STRUCTIONs

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‘Wead

+mbustion.

,dbout the grounding of your

your

all instructions before using this appliance.

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE

The

California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of to publish a

fist

of substances

Cdifomia

known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other 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 benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and soot, caused primarily by the incomplete combustion of natural

gas or

fuels. Properly adjusted burners, indicated by a bluish rather than a yellow flame, will minimize incomplete

Exposure to these

‘bstances

~urther

can be minimized

by venting with an open window or using a ventilation fan or hood.

When You Get Your Oven

●

Have the installer show you

the

location of the oven gas cutoff valve and how to shut it off if

nec-sary.

●

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.

●

Plug your oven grounded outlet only.

remove the round grounding prong from the plug. If in doubt

‘Irne

electrical system, it

personal responsibility and

obligation to have an ungrounded

in accordance

into

a 120-volt

Do not

outlet replaced with a grounded, three-prong outlet in accordance with 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 which it is to be used.

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

Using Your Oven

●

Don’t leave children alone or unattended where an oven is hot or in operation.

be seriously burned.

●

Don’t allow anyone to stand or hang on the door or broiler compartment. They could damage the oven.

●

CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN CABINETS ABOVE AN

OVEN—CHILD~N

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

●

Never wear loose fitting or hanging garments the appliance.

when reaching for items stored in cabinets over the oven.

Hammable

ignited if brought in contact with flame or may cause severe burns.

hot

properly-

the

National

Your oven

They could

CH~DREN

whtie

Be careful

material could be

oven surfaces and

LP)

climb,

using

For your safety, never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.

●

Do not use water on grease

fires,

Never pick up a flaming

pan.

Turn off burner, then

smother flaming pan by covering

pan completely with

weil-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. Do not store flammable materials in an

Do not store or use gasoline

oven.

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 oven.

●

Do not use oven as a storage

area.

●

When cooking pork,

the directions

exacfly

and always cook the meat to an internal temperature of at least This assures that, in

170°F.

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 or steam burn hands, face

door.

which

escapes can

The hot air

andor

eyes.

Don’t heat unopened food containers in the oven. Pressure

codd btid

up and the container

could burst, causing an injury.

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Tips

Keep oven vent ducts

unobstructed.

Keep oven free from grease

bufidup.

●

Place oven

position

shelf

in desired

whih oven

is cool.

If shelves must be handled when

let

hot, do not

pot holder contact

heating units in the oven.

●

PuMing

stop is a convenience in

out

she~

to shelf

Mting

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,

the manufacturer’s directions.

●

Do not use your oven to dry

newspapefi.

can catch

●

Don’t use aluminum

If overheated, they

fire.

foil

anywhere in the oven except as described in this book.

could

result

in a fire

Misuse

haud

damage to the oven.

●

Use only glass cookware

that is recommended

for use

in gas ovens.

●

Always from the oven as soon as finish broiling.

pan can catch

r~move

broiler pan

Grease left in the

file

if oven is used

you

without removing the grease

the

from

broiler pan.

●

If you should have a grease

fire in the

brofler

pan,

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

Clean

only parts listed in this

Use and Care Book.

You

Need

Service

●

Read “The Problem Solver”

in this book.

●

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.

Self-cleaning Oven

●

Do not clean door gasket before reading instructions in “Operating Self-Cleaning Oven” section of this book. The

essential for a good seal. Care should be taken not to rub,

damage or move the gasket.

●

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.

●

Before

se~-cleaning

remove broiler pan and other utensils.

speciai

cleaning

the

door gasket is

the

oven?

● 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 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 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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●

When broiling, if meat is

too

close to the flare% the fat may ignite.

Trim excess fat to prevent

excessive flare-ups.

●

Make sure broiler pan is

place correctly

to reduce the

possibility of grease fires.

●

Listen for fan—a

fan noise

should be heard sometime during

the cleaning cycle.

not, call for

service before self-cleaning again.

●

Be sure to wipe up excess

spfllage

before starting the

self-cleaning operation.

SAVE T~SE ~STRUCTIONS

Features of Your Oven

Feature Index

1 Model and Serial Numbers (behind storage drawer)

2 Removable Oven Door 3 Oven Shelf Supports

4 Oven Shelves (easily removed or repositioned

on shelf supports)

5 Oven Light Switch (lets you turn interior oven light

on and of~ 6 Oven 7 Oven Vent 8 Oven Interior Light 9 Broiler Pan and Rack

10 Oven Bottom 11 Oven Door Gasket 12 Storage Drawer

ControIs,

Clock and Timer

See

page

19,20

8, 12

12,

19,20

7,8

8, 19

14, 15, 19,20

19 16

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Features of Your Oven Control

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1. CLEAWOFF.

cancel all oven operations except clock and timer.

PROGRAM STATUS.

light up in the display to show the selected oven mode.

Programmed information can be displayed at any time by touching the pad of the operation you want to see. For example, you can display the current time of day while the timer is counting down by touching the CLOCK pad.

3. TIME DISPLAY. Shows the time of day, the times set for the timer or automatic oven operation

4. OVEN TEMPERATURE

AND BROIL DISPLAY.

the oven temperature or the broil setting selected.

FUNCTION INDICATORS.

Lights up to show whether oven is in bake, broil or self-cleaning mode.

6. INCREASE. Short taps to this pad increase time or temperature by small amounts. Press and hold pad to increase time or temperature

by larger amounts.

Touch this pad to

Words

Shows

DECREASE.

pad decrease time or temperature by small amounts. Press and hold pad to decrease time or temperature by larger amounts.

8. BAKE. Touch this pad to select bake function. Then tap or press INCREASE or DECREASE pad to display desired temperature.

9. BROIL. Touch this pad to select broil function. Then tap INCREASE pad once to broil at LO

(450°F.) (550°F.).

change back to LO broil.

10. CLEAN.

select self-cleaning function. See Self-Cleaning instructions in this book.

11. COOK TIME.

and then touch the INCREASE or DECREASE pad to set the amount of time you want your food to cook. Touch BAKE and the INCREASE or DECREASE pad to set the oven temperature. The oven will shut off after the selected Cook Time has run out.

12.

STOP TIME.

along with COOK TIME and INCREASE or DECREASE pad to set the oven to start automatically, cook for a specified time and stop automatically at a time you select.

Short taps to this

or twice to broil at HI

Tap DECREASE pad to

Touch this pad to

Touch this pad

Use this pad

13.

CLOCK. Touch this pad

before setting the clock. To set clock, first touch CLOCK

pad. “TIME” will flash in the display. Tap INCREASE or DECREASE pad to change the

time of day by small amounts. Press & hold INCREASE or DECREASE pad to change the time of day by larger amounts.

14.

TIMER.

select

timer function. The timer does not control oven operations. Touch pad again to turn it off.

To set timer, first touch TIMER pad. “TIMER” will flash in the display. Tap INCREASE or DECREASE pad to change the time by small amounts. Press and hold INCREASE or DECREASE pad to change the time by larger amounts,

Hours and minutes will be displayed if the time set on the timer is more than 1 hour. Minutes and seconds will be displayed if the time set on the timer is less than 1 hour.

Touch this pad to

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Oven Control, Clock and Timer

Clock

The clock must be set for the automatic oven timing functions to work properly. The time of day cannot be changed during a Time Bake or Clean cycle.

To Set the Clock

Step 1.

Step 2. Press INCREASE or

-DECREASE pad to set the time

Power Outage?

After a power outage, when power is restored the display will flash and time shown will no longer be correct.

The display flashes until the clock is reset. All other functions that were in operation when the power went out will have to be programmed again.

Touch the CLOCK pad.

day.

Ther

The timer does not control oven operations. The maximum setting on the timer is 9 hours and 55 minutes.

To Set The Timer

Step 1. Step 2. Press INCREASE or

DECREASE pad to set the amount of time on the timer.

The timer will start automatically within a few seconds of releasing the pad.

The timer, as you are setting it, will display seconds until 60 seconds is reached.

Then it will display minutes and seconds until 60 minutes is reached.

After 60 minutes, it will display hours (“HR” now appears in display) and minutes until the maximum time of 9 hours and 55 minutes is reached.

Touch the TIMER pad.

To Reset Timer

Touch TIMER pad and then press INCREASE or DECREASE pad until the time you want shows on the display.

To Cancel Timer

Press & hold TIMER pad until the word “TIMER” quits flashing on the display (about 4 seconds).

Timer Tones

The timer tone is 3 beeps followed by 1 beep every 6 seconds. If you would like to remove the one beep every 6 seconds, press & hold

CLEAWOFF

To return the tone of 1 beep every 6 seconds, press& hold

CLEAWOFF for 10 seconds.

for 10 seconds.

Display Messages

If “door” appears on the display, LOCK flashes and oven signals, you set the self-clean cycle and not shut the oven door.

If “F” and a number flash on display, this indicates function error code. Touch pad. If function error code does not clear, disconnect power to the range

and

CLEAWOFF

call

for

service.

did

Using Your Oven

Automatic Ignition

The oven burner is lighted by electric ignition.

To light the burner,

for the desired function and press INCREASE or DECREASE pad until the desired temperature is

displayed. The burner should

ignite within 60 seconds. 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.

Power outage?

The oven burner will not the event of an electrical power outage. Do not attempt to light it

manually with a match.

touch the pad

light

Oven Light

The oven light comes on

automatically when the oven door is opened. Use the switch on the control panel to turn the light on and off when the door is closed.

Oven Vent

When the oven is on, heated air moves through a vent behind the grille (see Features of Your Oven section).

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 oven failure or fire.

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

into the oven. This will eliminate

reaching into the

To remove a

pull it

toward you, tilt front end

upward and pull shelf out.

To replace, place shelf on shelf

support with stop-locks (curved extension of shel~ facing up and toward rear of oven. Tilt up front and push shelf oven until it goes past “stop” on oven wall. Then lower front of shelf and push it all the way back.

slide

the shelf back

hot

oven.

shelf

from the oven,

toward

back of

stop-

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

For best results, we recommend that you use only one oven rack when baking. If you are baking multiple items and choose to use both oven racks for baking, place oven rack on shelf positions B and D. When baking several items

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stagger pans so that no pan is directly above another.

Oven Moisture

As your oven heats up, the changing temperature of the air in the oven may cause water droplets to form on the door glass. These droplets are harmless and will evaporate as the oven continues to heat up.

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