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

Usingthe oven.
Toavoid possible bums, place the shelves in the desired posifion before you turn the oven on.
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The oven has 6 shelf positions.
Before you begin...
The shelves have stop-locks, so that \_hen
placed correctl} on file shelf supports (A
through F), they will stop beii)re coming
completely out, and will not flit.
When placing and x_rrlo_ing cook\_re,
pull the shelf ()tatto tile burr H)on the shelf
support.
Toremovea shelf, pull it to_trd you, tilt the
ti'ont end up and pull it out.
To replace, place the end of the sllelf
(stop-locks) on the support, tilt up the t]'ont
and push the shelf in.
CAUTION:Whenyouare, u singthe sheffin the bwest
position(A),youwill needtousecautionwhenpulling
theshelfout. Werecommend thatyoupuffthe shelf
out severalinches andthen,usingtwopot holders, p uff
theshelfout byholdingthe sidesof it. The shelfis low
andyoucouldbe burned if youplaceyourhandin the
middleof the shelfandpu//all the wayout.Be very
careful n ot toburnyourhandon thedoorwhenusing
theshelf inthe Iowestposition(A).
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How to Set the Oven for Baking or Roasting
Your o venis not designed foropen-door c ooking.
[] Touch the BAKE pad.
] Touch the ÷ or- pads until the
desired temperature is displa_'ed.
[] Touch tile
START/ON
p ad.
Tile o_en will start automatically. The displa}
will show PREwhile px_heaflng. "_\]leil the
oven reaches the selected mrrlperatux_, the
oven control will beep several flmes and the
(tispla} will show the oven tempex_ture.
Tochange the oventemperature d uringBAKE cycle,
touchtheBAKEpadandthenthe ÷ or- padstoget
thenew temperature.
[] (i:heck fi)()(1fi)r doneness at minimum
nine on recipe. Cook longer if Hecessar}.
[] Touch the CLEAR/OFF p ad when baking
is finished and then remo_e the ii)od
t7"orrithe oven.
Type of Food Shelf Position
Frozen pies(oncookie sheet) D
Angelfoodcake A
Bundtor poundcakes Cor D
Biscuits, m uffins,brownies, Cor D
cookies, c upcakes,
layercakes, p ies
Casseroles Cor D
Turkey A
Center baking pans in flTeoven.
Preheating and Pan Placement
Preheat the oven if the recipe c_dls tier it.
Preheating is necessarx t()r good results when
baking cakes, cookies, pastr> and breads.
The Display will show "PRE" w hilepreheating. W hen
theovenreaches theselected temperature, theoven
control w inbeepandthedisplaywinshowtheoven
temperature.
Baking results will be better if baking pans are
centered in tile o_en as much as possible. If
baking with more than one pan, place the
pans so each has at least 1 to 1½" of air space
around it. ff baking fimr cake l_lyers at the
same time,
place t\_o l_Jverson rack B and two
l_ltvl-son rack D. Stagger pans on the rack so
one is not directly _dJo\e the other
Cutslits in flTefoiljust like flTegrid.
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Aluminum Foil
Nevercoverthe ovenbottorgwithaluminum foil
}tin can use alurriinum fifil to line the broiler
pan and broiler grid. Ho_er, g)u
l//llSt
mold the fi)il tightly to the grid and cut slits in
itjust like the grid.
,Jdulnii/urri foil rilav illS()be tlsed to catch a
spillo_el: To do st), place a sm_lll sheet of ti)il
on a lo_er shelf severed inches belo_ the ii)o(t.
Ne_er entirely cover a shelf with altmlintm-i
ti)il. This will disturb tile heat circulation and
x_sult in poor baking.