GE P2S975 Owner's Manual page 11

Usingthe oven. gecem
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...
The racks have stops, so that when placed
correctly oil tile supports, they will stop
befin'e coming completely out, and will
not tilt.
_,_]/en placing and removing cookware,
pull tile rack out until it stops.
The bake heating element is under the
oven floo_: Do not place toods on the
oven bottoll/tor cooking.
Toremove a rack, pull it toward you,
tilt the fl'ont end up and pull it out.
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 will 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 iL The rack is low
and you could be burned if you place yourhand in
the middle of the rack and pu// a// the way ou_ Be
very careful not to burn your hand on the door
when using the rack in the/owestposifion CA).
How to Set the Oven for Baking or Roasting
[] Touch
tile BAKE pad.
[] Touch tile number pads to set
the desired temperature.
[] Touch
tile START pad.
[] Check fi)od fin" aloneness at
minimum time on recipe. Cook
longer if necessm).
[] Touch
tile CLEAR/OFFpad when
cooking is complete.
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 turnedoff.
If baking four cake layers at die same time,
place two la)'e_ on lack B and t_ layers on
rack D. Stagger pans on tile rack so one is
not (tirect]} ab_e the other
Do not place foods directly on the
oven floo£
Preheating and Pan Placement
Preheat tile oven if tile recipe calls for it.
Preheating is necessa_ T fi)r good results
when baking cakes, cookies, past_ T and
breads.
Topreheat,set the ovenat the correcttemperature.
Thecontrol wi// beep when the oven/s preheated
and the flisp/ay wH/show yourset temperature.
This wi// take approximately 15-20 minutes.
Baking res/dts will be better if baking
pans are centered in tile oven as much as
possible. If baking with more than one
pan, place tile pans so each has at least
1" (2.5 cm) to 1½" (3.8 cm) of air space
around it.
Aluminum Foil
Do not use aluminum foil on the bottom of
the oven.
Never entirel)' cover a rack with
ahmfinum fl)il. This will disturb tile heat
circulation and result in poor baking.
A smaller sheet of fi)il ma'_ be used to
catch a spilloxer bx, l)lacing, it on a lower
rack sexeral inches below the tood.
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