Usingthe Oven - GE JKP18 Owner's Manual

Usingthe oven.
To avoid possible bums, place the shelves in the desired position before you turn the oven on.
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30" ovens (shown)have 7 shelf
positions.
27"ovens have 4 shelf positions.
Before you begin...
The shelves have stop-locks, so that when
plated (one(tly rm the supports, they will
stop betore reining (ompletely rmt, and
will not tilt.
When pladng and removing cr)okware,
pull the shelf out to the bump on the
shelf support.
To remove a shelf,pull it toward yrm, tilt
the firmt end up and pull it out.
To replace,place the end ritthe shelf
(stop-h)cks) rm the suppr)rt, tilt up the
firmt and push the shelf in.
How to Set the Oven for Baking or Roasting
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Press the BAKEpad.
[] Press the number pads to set the
desired temperature.
[] Press the
$rARTpad.
[] Check toed fi)r doneness at
minimum time on redpe, rook
longer itnecessauy.
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Press the CLEAR/OFF pad when
cr)oking is cr)mplete.
NOTE." A coolingfanmayautomatically turnon
andoff tocoolinternal p arts.Thisis normal, a nd
thefanmaycontinue torun evenaftertheovenis
turnedoff.
Shelf Position
Type
of Food 27" Oven 30" Oven
Frozen pies Bor C Cor D
(oncookiesheet)
Angelfoodcake, A B
bundtor poundcakes
Biscuits, m uffins, Bor C Cor D
brownies, c ookies,
cupcakes, layer
cakes, p ies
Casseroles Bor C Cor D
Preheating and Pan Placement
Preheat the oven if the recipe calls fi)r it.
To preheat, set the oven at the correct
temperature. Preheating is necessm T tot
good resuhs when baking cakes, cookies,
past U and breads.
Forovens withouta preheatindicator lightor
tone,preheat10minutes.
l'_lking resuhs will be better if baking pans
me centered in the oven
as
IIlllch as
possible. Pans shouM not u)uch each
other or the walls of the oven. If you need
to use two shelves, stagger the pans so one
is not directly ab()ve the other, and leave
approximamly 1W' belween pans, flom
the flont, back and sides of the wall.
Cut slits in flTefoil just like flTegrid.
Aluminum Foil
You can use ahmfinum ti)il to line the
broiler pan and broiler grid. However,
you nmst rooM the ti)il tightly to the grid
and cut slits in it just like the grid.
Aluminum foil mayalsobe usedtocatcha
spillover
Never entirely cr)ver a shelf with
alunfinum fi)il. This _dll disturb the heat
dr(ulation and resuh in poor baking.
A smaller sheet offi)il may be used tr)
(awh a spillover by plating it on a h)wer
shelf several inches below the tbod.
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