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GE JB552G Use And Care Manual

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How to get the best from
Energy-saving Tips
Features
Surface cooking
Minute/Second Timer
Oven cooking
How to operate the
self-cleaning oven
Questions?
Usethe Problem Solver p26
Your Direct Line to General Electric
The GE Answer Centef 800.626.2000
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GENERAL
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  • Page 1 How to get the best from Energy-saving Tips and Care of model Features Surface cooking Minute/Second Timer Oven cooking How to operate the self-cleaning oven Questions? Usethe Problem Solver p26 Your Direct Line to General Electric The GE Answer Centef 800.626.2000 GENERAL ELECTRIC...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Help us Contents help you... If you received Before Using Your Range ..2 Before using your range, a damaged range... Safety Instructions ..3,4 read this book carefully. Energy-Saving Tips ...5 Immediately contact the dealer (or It is intended to help you operate Features ofYourRange ..

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. Keep hood and grease filters Don’t allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on the door, clean to maintain good venting basic safety precautions should drawer or range top. They could and to avoid grease fires.

  • Page 4: Surface Cooking Units

    Oven Clean only parts listed in this ignition of flammable materials, and Use and Care Book. Stand away from range when spillage, the handle of a container opening oven door. Hot air or Before self-cleaning the oven, should be turned toward the center remove broiler pan and other steam which escapes can cause of the range without extending...

  • Page 5: Energy-Saving Tips

    Installing Your Range Energy-Saving l13ps Surface Cooking Oven Cooking Your range, like many other household items, is heavy and Use cookware of medium weight Preheat oven only when can settle into soft floor coverings aluminum, with tight-fitting covers, necessary. Most foods will cook such as cushioned vinyl or satisfactorily without preheating.

  • Page 6: Features Ofyourrange

    Features of Your Range IL==== ‘--’2=--- Explained Explained Feature Index on page Feature Index on page 1 Model and Serial Numbers 14 Oven Function Buttons 2 Surface Unit Controls 7, 8 15 Oven ON Indicator Light 3 Sensi-Temp Control 16 Broil Unit 4 “ON”...

  • Page 7: Surfacecooking

    Surface Cooking General Information The red dot in the center of the solid Before Using Your Cooktop element indicates built-in temperature About Solid Elements limiters that automatically reduce for the First Time The use of your solid element the heat if a pan boils dry, if the The top working surface of cooktop is quite similar to an element is turned on without a pan...

  • Page 8: Infinite Heat Controls

    Surface Cooking (continued) Infinite Heat Controls Sensi-Temp Control How to Set the Controls Step 1: Grasp control knob and push in. Your surface units and controls are This control allows you to pre-select designed to give you an infinite the desired temperature. To turn the element ON, push in and turn choice of heat settings for surface unit cooking.
  • Page 9 To Receive Maximum Performance fromYour Solid Element For cooking, the use of appropriate utensils is important. Good utensils have a thick, flat bottom which absorbs the heat from the element. The thick, flat bottom Special cooking procedures that provides good heat distribution only.
  • Page 10 (continued) Questions & Answers Q. May I can foods and preserves Q. Why is the cooktop hot to Q. Can I use special cooking on my solid element surface the touch? equipment, like an oriental wok, units? on my solid element surface A.

  • Page 11: Homecanningtips

    Home Canning Tips CAUTION: Canning should be done on Observe Following Points in Canning Safe canning requires that harmful microorganisms are destroyed and In surface cooking, the use of 1. Be sure the canner fits over the that the jars are sealed completely. cookware extending more than center of the cooking element.

  • Page 12: Surface Cookingguide

    Surface Cooking Guide Suggested Heat Settings Regular Element Food Start at Setting Complete at Setting Sensi-Temp Element Beverages WM—finish heating. Bring to a boil at 250. Heat milk at 200. cocoa 3-4—heat milk. Cover. Place coffee in basket and water in pot. To Coffee HI—bring water to perk.
  • Page 13 Suggested Heat Settings Regular Element Food Start at Setting Complete at Setting Sensi-Temp Element Rice HI—cover, bring water to 2-cover, finish timing Add rice to water, cover, cook on 200 a boil. according to package according to package directions. directions. Chocolate 2—allow about 10 to 15 minutes to melt through,...

  • Page 14: Minute/Second Timer Andclock

    Automatic Timer and Clock When Power is Questions and Answers Connected to the Range Q. How can I use my Minute/ Second Timer to ma-kc my surface Four 8’s are displayed until you set cooking easier? the time of day. Set the clock and four 8’s are replaced by time of day.

  • Page 15: Usingyouroven

    Using Your Oven Before Using Your Oven 1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand how to set them properly. Read over the directions you understand its use with the cent mls. 2. Check oven interior. Look at To remove shelf from the oven, operate, touch the oven function the shelves.

  • Page 16: Baking

    How to Bake 1. Place food in oven, being sure to leave about 1“ between pans and oven walls for good circulation of heat. Close oven door, and avoid frequent door openings during baking 3. Touch STOP TIME button. 2. Touch OVEN TEMP button and to prevent undesirable results.

  • Page 17: Bakingguide

    Baking Guide Aluminum pans conduct heat 2. Dark or non-shiny finishes, 3. Open the oven door to check quickly. For most conventional glass and Pyroceram@ cookware food as little as possible to prevent baking, light, shiny finishes generally often absorb heat, which may result uneven heating and to save energy.

  • Page 18: Roasting

    Roasting Questions and Answers Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or poultry can be Q. Is it necessary to check for roasted uncovered in your oven. doneness with a meat thermometer? Roasting temperatures, which should be low and steady, keep A.

  • Page 19: Roasting Guide

    Roasting Guide Roasting 5. Frozen roasts can be Position oven shelf at B for 3. Remove fat and drippings as necessary. Baste as desired. conventionally roasted by adding small-size roasts (3 to 7 lbs. ) and 10 to 25 minutes per pound more at A for larger roasts.

  • Page 20: Broiling

    Broiling Questions & Answers Broiling is cooking food by intense radiant heat from the upper unit in Why should I leave the door the oven. Most fish and tender cuts closed when broiling chicken? of meat can be broiled. Follow these steps to keep spattering and Chicken is the only food smoking to a minimum.

  • Page 21: Broiling Guide

    Broiling Guide Broiling To slash, cut crosswise through 6. Broiler does not need to be outer fat surface just to the edge of preheated. However, for very thin Always use broiler pan and rack foods, or to increase browning, the meat. Use torws to turn meat that comes with your oven.

  • Page 22: Operatingthe Self- Cleaning Oven

    Care and Cleaning Operating the How to Set Oven for Cleaning When cleaning is complete and Self-Cleaning Oven the oven has cooled below cleaning temperature, the COOK POT Before Setting Oven Controls, display goes out and the door may Check These Things: be unlatched.
  • Page 23 SET knob to OFF. Open windows Questions and Answers to rid room of smoke. Allow the Q. Why won’t my oven clean oven to cool for at least one hour immediately even though I set before opening the door. Wipe up the time and clean knob the excess soil and reset the clean correctly?

  • Page 24: Careandcleaning

    Care and Cleaning Proper care and cleaning are Removable Oven Door Solid Elements important so your range will give The solid element is made of hiph you efficient and satisfactory Hinge keeper In strength cast-iron alloy. The tri; service. Follow these directions normal poslhon ring is stainless steel.

  • Page 25: Cleaningguide

    Cleaning Guide NOTE: Let range/oven parts cool before touching or handling. GENERAL DIRECTIONS PART Bake Unit and Do not clean the bake unit or broil unit. Any soil will burn off when the unit is heated. Broil Unit NOTE: The bake unit is hinged and can be lifted gently to clean the oven floor. If spillover, residue, or ash accumulates around the bake unit, gently wipe around the unit with warm water.

  • Page 26: Theproblemsolver

    Questions? Use This Problem Solver PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY Plug on range is not completely inserted in the electrical outlet. OVEN WILL NOT WORK The circuit breaker in your house has been tripped, or a fuse has been blown. Oven controls not properly set.

  • Page 27: Ifyouneedservice

    OVEN SET knob must be at CLEAN or OFF before latch can be moved. Oven hasn’t cooled to a safe temperature. OVEN DOOR WON’T UNLOCK If you need more help.. call, toll free: The GE Answer Center@ 800.626.2000 consumer information service If You Need Service NEXT, if you are still not pleased, obtain service, see your warranty write all the details—including...

  • Page 28: Warranty

    Consumer Affairs office at the . Damage to product caused address below, or call, toll free: by accident, fire, floods or acts of God. The GE Answer Center” 800.626.2000 WARRANTOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE consumer information service FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. . Improper installation.

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