Hobart RGJ515GEL, RGJ616GEL Use And Care Manual

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Built-In Oven

Contents

Aluminum Foil

9

Use and Care of

Appliance Registration

2

models

Baking, Baking Guide

9, 10

Broiling, Broiling Guide

12, 13

RGJ515GEL

Care and Cleaning

14-17

Clock

7

RGJ616GEL

Continuous Cleaning Care

14

Door Removal

15

Electronic Controls

7,8

Energy-Saving Tips

4

Features

5

Light; Bulb Replacement

6, 15

Minor Adjustments You Can Make 16
Model and Serial Numbers

2

Preheating

10

Problem Solver

18

Repair Service

19

Roasting, Roasting Guide

11

Safety Instructions

2-4

Shelves

6, 15

Thermostat Adjustment

16

Warranty

Back Cover

GE Answer

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800.626.2000

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Help us help you...

IMPOKI’ANT

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

label

on the

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

Serial

Numbel

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.

FOR YOUR SAFETY

If you smell gas:

1. Open windows.

2.

Don’t touch

electrical switchesf

3.

Extinguish any

open flame.

4.

Immediately call

your gas supplier.

●

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

FOR YOUR SAFETY

Do

not store or use
gasoline or other
flammable vapors and

liquids

inthe

vicinity
of this or any other
appliance.

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

installer show you

the location of

the oven gas cut­off valve and how to shut it off if
necessary.

●

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

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

2

●

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

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 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

is

hot or in

operation.

They could

be seriously burned.

c

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

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 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.

c

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.

c

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.

3

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

(continued)

●

Don’t use aluminum foil

anywhere in the oven except

as

described in this book.

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

.

Use only

glass cookware that

is

recommended

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

broiler pan is in

place correctly

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.

Clean only parts listed in this
Use and Care Book.

If You Need Service

●

Read

~~’1’he

~oblem

fjolver~~

on page 18

of 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.

SAW

THESE

INSTRUCTIONS

Energy-SavingTips

. 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.

c

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.

Q

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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Features of

Your

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RGJ616GEL with continuous cleaning oven

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)

Explained

on page

2

6

7, 8

8

7
7

8

Explained

Feature Index

on page

5 Electronic Display Panel

7

6 Oven “On” Indicator

7

7 SET Knob

7, 8

8 Oven Vent

1-

9 Oven Interior Light

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6,15

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10 Oven Shelves (easily removed

6, 15, 17

or repositioned on shelf supports)

11 Oven Shelf Supports

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6,15

12 Removable Oven & Broiler Doors

15

(easily removed for oven cleaning)

13 Broiler Pan and Rack

12, 13, 15, 17

14 Removable Oven Bottom

15, 17

5

Using Your Oven

Automatic Ignition

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

To light either burner,

push the

pad for the desired function

and

turn the SET knob until the desired
temperature is displayed. The
burner

should

ignite within 60

seconds.

Power outage?

The oven and broiler burners will

not light in the event of

an

electrical

power outage.

Do not attempt

to

light them manually with a match.

Shelf Positions

The oven has four shelf

supports—

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

Oven Shelves

Hook

stop

To remove a shelf

from

the oven,
pull it toward you, tilt front end
upward, raising rack stop to

clear

shelf support and pull it out.

To replace,

place shelf on shelf

support with raised extension

of

shelf facing up and toward rear

of

oven getting shelf hook started
under selected shelf support. Keep
front of shelf tilted

utI

and

Push

toward back of oven

~ntil

shelf stop
can engage inside shelf support.
Then lower front of shelf and push

it all the way back.

Oven Light

Use the switch on the control

panel

m turn the

light

on and off.

Oven

Vent

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

The shelves are designed with stops

The vent area could get hot during

and hooks so when placed correctly

oven use.

on the shelf supports, they

will

stop

before coming completely out of

The vent is needed for proper air

flow in the oven and good baking

the oven and will not tilt when you
are removing food from them or

results. Do not block this vent.
Doing so may cause failure, fire

placing food on them.

or damage to the oven.
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.

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