Thermostat - GE JMS08 Owner's Manual

Adjust the oven thermostat--Do it yourself! ge.oom
You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one # replaced. Use your new oven for a few
weeks to become more familiar with it. If you still think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust the
thermostat yourself.
Do not use thermometers, such as those found in grocery stores, to check the temperature setting of your oven.
These thermometers may vary 20-40 degrees.
Back of the OVEN TEMP knob.
Lower screw moves toward hotter
or cooler,
The lower screw moves toward
HOTTERto increase the temperature,
To Adjust the Thermostat
Pull die OVEN TEMPknob off die shaft,
look at the back of file lmob and note tile
current setting before making any
adjusm_ent. The knob is factoi T set with
the mp screw directly under the poinmL
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Pull off the OVENTEMPknob.
I,oosen both screws on back of
the knob.
Hold both parts of the lulob as
shown in the illustra0on of the back
of the OVEN rEMPknob
and mrn so
the lower screw moves in the desired
direcOon. You will hear and feel the
notches as you mrn the knob. Each
notch changes mmperamre about
10 ° Fahrenheit.
[] Tighten the screws.
[] Return the OVEN
rEMPknob to
the
oven.
fie-check ovenperformance b eforemaking any
additional a djustments.
The lower screw moves toward
COOLER to decrease the temperature.
Thetype of margarine will affect baking performance!
Most recipes for baking have been developed using high fat products such as butter or margarine (80% fat). If you
decrease the fat, the recipe may not give the same results as with a higher fat product.
Recipe failure can result ff cakes, pies, pastries, cookies or candies are made with low fat spreads. The lower the fat
content of a spread product, the more noticeable these differences become.
Federal standards require products labeled "margarine" m contain at least 80% fat by weight. Iz)w fat spreads, on file
other hand, contain less fat and more wamr The high moisture content of these spreads _fffect the mxture and flavor
of baked goods. For best results with your old favorite recipes, use margmJne, burrer or stick spreads containing at least
70% vegetable oil.
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