Using The Oven; Preheating And Pan Placement; Aluminum Foil - GE J2S968 Owner's Manual

Usingthe oven.
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Toavoid possible bums, place the racks in the desired position before you turn the oven on.
The oven has 7 rack positions.
Before you begin...
Tile racks have stops, so that when placed
correcflv Oil tile supports, they will stop
befi)re conling coinpletely ()/it, and will
not tilt.
_A]/en placing and reinoving cookware,
pull tile rack ()/It until it stops.
On sonle n/odels, tile bake heating
eleillent is tinder
tile
oven flooi:
Do
not
place fi)ods on tile
()veil bottoil/ fi)i"
cooking.
Toremove a rack, pull it toward you,
tilt tile ti'ont end up and pull it ()/It.
To replace, place tile end of tile rack
(stop-loci<s) on tile support, tilt up tile
fl'ont and push the rack in.
CAUTION: W hen
you are u sing the
rack in the lowest position (,4),you w#l need to
use caution when pulling the rack out We
recommendthat you puff the rack out several
inches and then, using two pot holders,puff the
rack out by ho/ding the sides of it The rack is low
and you could be burned if you place yourhand in
the middle of the rack and pu// a// the way out Be
very careful not to burn your hand on the door
when using the rack in the/owestposition (A).
How to Set the Oven for Baking or Roasting
[] Touch
tile BAKE pad.
[] Touch tile nun/her pads to set
tile desired ten/perature.
[] Touch tile START pad.
[] Check filed fin" doneness at
n/ininluin tilne on recipe. Cook
longer if necessai 7.
[] Touch tile CLEAR/OFFpad when
cooking, is conll)lete.
Type of Food Rack Position
Frozen pies(oncookiesheet) Cor D
Angelfoodcake A
Bundtor poundcakes Bor C
Biscuits, m uffins, b rownies, Cor D
cookies, cupcakes,
layercakes, p ies
Casseroles Cor D
Turkey A
NOTE:A coolingfanwill automatically t urnon
andoff tocoolinternal p arts.Thisisnormal, a nd
the fanmaycontinue to runevenafter theoven
in turnedoK
If baking fi)ur cake layers at file same time,
place t_) layeI_ on Iack B and two layers Oil
Iack D, Stagger i/mlS on the iack so one is
not direct]} aboxe the othei:
Donot place foodsdirectlyon the
ovenfleet
Preheating and Pan Placement
Preheat tile oven if tile recipe calls fi)r it.
Preheating is necessai y fi)r good results
when baking cakes, cookies, pasti y and
breads.
Topreheat,set the ovenat the correcttemperature.
Thecontrol wi// beep when the oven/s preheated
and the display w#/ show yourset temperature.
This wi// take approximately 15-20 minutes.
Baking results Mll be better if baking
pans are centered in tile oven as nmch as
possible. If baking with inore than one
pan, place tile pans so each has at least 1"
to 1½" of air space around it.
Cut slits in the foil just like the grid.
Aluminum Foil
'_i)l* Gm I*se a]umhmm %Jl to ]h_e the
broiler [xm amid broiler grid. H(me_ e_;
you midst todd the Iti)i] tightly to the grid
am_(] clot slits h_ it,jl_st like the grid.
_'_thol_t the slits, the ti)i] will pre_ el_t ti_t
mM mea@dces from (h:dMm_g hm) the
broiler [:xm. Thejldces could become
hot e_ol_gh to catch (m fire. If v(}u
do m_()t cut the slits, yol_ are esse_tia]Iy
fl')_m_g, m_otbroi]im_g.
Donot use aluminum re# on the bottom of
the oven.
Never el_th'elv cover a _v_c];
_ rHt])
ah*mhmm fi)iL T]lis _d]] distm'b the heat
circ_dati(m a_(] res_dt h_ poor baki_g
A smaller sheet o{ fbi] may be _se(] to
catc]l a spill()', er by p]a d _g it (m a 1()_ er
rack severM h_ches be]o_ t]_e %od.
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