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GE JCS968 Owner's Manual

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Safety Instructions
. . . . . . . . .2–5
Operating Instructions
Baking or Roasting . . . . . . . . . . .12
Broiling Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Canning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Clock and Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Control Lockout . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Convection . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17–21
Cookware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 9
Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10–29
Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Proofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Sabbath Feature . . . . . . . . . .28, 29
Self-Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 25
Special Features . . . . . . . . . .26, 27
Surface Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7
Thermostat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Timed Baking & Roasting . . . . .15
Warming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Care and Cleaning
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Glass Cooktop . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 36
Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Light Bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Packaging Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Storage Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Write the model and serial
numbers here:
# ______________
Model
# ______________
Serial
You can find them on a label
behind the open oven door
on the lower left corner of
the range frame.
Owner's Manual
Troubleshooting Tips
Accessories
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Consumer Support
Consumer Support . . . . . . . . . . 48
Product Registration . . . . . . . . 45, 46
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
29-5632-2 08-09 JR
JCS968
JCSP46
PCS968
. . . . 37–40

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  • Page 1 Safety Instructions ..2–5 Owner’s Manual JCS968 Operating Instructions JCSP46 Baking or Roasting ...12 PCS968 Broiling Guide ....13 Canning .

  • Page 2: Important Safety Information

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life. ANTI-TIP DEVICE To reduce the risk of tipping the range, the range must be secured by a properly installed anti-tip bracket.
  • Page 3 www.GEAppliances.ca WARNING! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Do not operate the oven or cooktop controls if the glass is broken. Food splatter or cleaning solution may penetrate a broken control panel or cooktop and create a risk of electrical shock. Contact a qualified technician immediately should your glass control panel or cooktop become broken. Do not store flammable materials in an Do not let cooking grease or other oven or near the cooktop.

  • Page 4: Radiant Surface Units

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. RADIANT SURFACE UNITS Use proper pan size—select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating element. The use of undersized cookware will expose a portion of the surface unit to direct contact and may result in ignition of clothing.
  • Page 5 www.GEAppliances.ca WARNING! OVEN Stand away from the range when opening the oven door. Hot air or steam which escapes can cause burns to hands, face and/or eyes. Do not heat unopened food containers. Do not use the oven to dry newspapers. Pressure could build up and the container If overheated, they can catch on fire.

  • Page 6: Using The Surface Units

    Using the surface units. NOTE: Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. How to Set Push the knob in and turn in either glow until the unit is cooled to approximately 150°F (66°C). direction to the setting you want. At both OFF and HI the control clicks into position.
  • Page 7 www.GEAppliances.ca Using the tri-ring surface unit Large Small surface surface unit setting unit setting The right front Tri-Ring surface unit has 3 sizes to knob clockwise to , stopping at the select from so you can match the size of the unit desired setting.

  • Page 8: Selecting Types Of Cookware

    Selecting types of cookware. The following information will help you choose cookware which will give good performance on glass cooktops. Stainless Steel: Glass-Ceramic: recommended usable, but not recommended Poor performance. May scratch the surface. Aluminum: heavyweight recommended Stoneware: Good conductivity. Aluminum residues sometimes appear as scratches on the usable, but not recommended Check pans for flat bottoms by...

  • Page 9: Canning

    www.GEAppliances.ca Observe the Following Points in Canning Pots that extend beyond 2.5 cm Remember that canning is a of the surface unit’s circle are not process that generates large recommended for most surface amounts of steam. To avoid burns cooking. However, when canning from steam or heat, be careful Right! with water-bath or pressure canner,...

  • Page 10: Clock And Timer

    Using the oven controls. (Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model.) Features and appearance may vary. Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings BAKE Pad Light ( ) Pad Touch to select the bake function. Touch to turn the oven light on or off.

  • Page 11: Using The Oven Controls

    Using the oven controls. (Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model.) www.GEAppliances.ca Features and appearance may vary. Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings BAKE Pad Light ( ) Pad Touch to select the bake function. Touch to turn the oven light on or off.

  • Page 12: Baking Or Roasting

    Using the oven. To avoid possible burns, place the racks in the desired position before you turn the oven on. Before you begin… The racks have stops, so that when placed To replace, place the end of the rack correctly on the supports, they will stop (stop-locks) on the support, tilt up the before coming completely out, and will front and push the rack in.

  • Page 13: Broiling Guide

    Using the oven. www.GEAppliances.ca How to Set the Oven for Broiling Leave the door open to the broil stop position. Touch the BROIL pad once for HI The door stays open by itself, yet the proper Broil. temperature is maintained in the oven. To change to LO Broil, touch the NOTE: Food can be broiled with the door BROIL pad again.

  • Page 14: Control Lockout

    Using the clock, timer and control lockout. To Set the Clock The clock must be set to the correct time Touch the CLOCK pad. of day for the automatic oven timing Touch the number pads. functions to work properly. The time of day cannot be changed during a timed Touch the START pad.

  • Page 15: Timed Baking & Roasting

    Using the timed baking and roasting features. www.GEAppliances.ca NOTE: Foods that spoil easily—such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork—should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking. Room temperature promotes the growth of harmful bacteria. Be sure that the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed harmful bacteria growth.

  • Page 16: Probe

    Using the probe. For many foods, especially roasts and poultry, internal food temperature is the best test for doneness. The temperature probe takes the guesswork out of roasting by cooking foods to the exact doneness you want. Use of probes other than the one Cable provided with this product may result in Plug...

  • Page 17: Convection

    Using the convection oven. www.GEAppliances.ca Convection Fan NOTE: The convection fan will cycle on and off while cooking to best distribute In a convection oven, a fan circulates hot air hot air in the oven. over, under and around the food. The convection oven fan shuts off when This circulating hot air is evenly distributed throughout the oven cavity.

  • Page 18: Using The Convection Oven

    Using the convection oven. Convection Roast When you are convection roasting, it is important that you use a broiler pan Good for large tender cuts of meat, uncovered. and grid designed for broiling for best The convection fan circulates the heated convection roasting results.

  • Page 19: Using The Timed Features For Convection Cooking

    Using the timed features for convection cooking. www.GEAppliances.ca You will hear a fan while cooking with these features. The fan will stop when the door is opened, but the heat will not turn off. NOTE: Foods that spoil easily—such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork—should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking.
  • Page 20 Using the timed features for convection cooking. How to Set a Delayed Start and Automatic Stop You can set the oven control to delay-start the oven, Touch the number pads to set the cook for a specific length of time and then turn off desired cooking time.

  • Page 21: Convection

    Using the convection oven. www.GEAppliances.ca How to Set the Oven for Convection Roasting when Using the Probe The display will flash PROBE and the When the internal temperature of the meat reaches the number you oven control will signal if the probe is have set, the probe and the oven inserted into the outlet, and you have not For best results when roasting large...

  • Page 22: Proofing

    Using the proofing and warming features. The proofing feature maintains a warm environment useful for rising yeast-leavened products. How to Set the Oven For Proofing Place the covered dough in a dish in When proofing is finished, touch the RESET/OFF pad. the oven on rack B or C.

  • Page 23: Thermostat

    Adjust the oven thermostat—Do it yourself! www.GEAppliances.ca You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one it 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.

  • Page 24: Self-Cleaning

    Using the self-cleaning oven. The oven door must be closed and all controls set correctly for the cycle to work properly. Before a Clean Cycle We recommend venting your Do not clean the gasket. The fiberglass kitchen with an open window or using a material of the oven door gasket cannot ventilation fan or hood during the first withstand abrasion.

  • Page 25: Self-Cleaning

    www.GEAppliances.ca The oven door must be closed and all controls must be set correctly for the cycle to work properly. How to Delay the Start of Cleaning The door locks automatically. The Touch the CLEAN pad once for display will show the start time. It will a 4-hour clean time or twice for a not be possible to open the oven door 3-hour clean time.

  • Page 26: Special Features

    Special features of your oven control. Your new touch pad control has additional features that you may choose to use. The following are the features and how you may activate them. The special feature modes can only be activated while the display is showing the time of day. They remain in the control’s memory until the steps are repeated.
  • Page 27 www.GEAppliances.ca 12-Hour, 24-Hour or Clock Blackout Your control is set to use a 12-hour clock. Touch the CLOCK pad again to change to the 24 hour military time clock. The If you would prefer to have a 24-hour display will show 24 hr. If this is the choice military time clock or black out the clock you want, touch the START pad.

  • Page 28: Using The Sabbath Feature

    Using the Sabbath Feature. (Designed for use on the Jewish Sabbath and Holidays.) The Sabbath feature can be used for baking/roasting only. It cannot be used for convection, broiling, self-cleaning or Delay Start cooking. N N O O T T E E : : The oven light comes on automatically when the door is opened and goes off when the door is closed. The bulb may be removed.
  • Page 29 www.GEAppliances.ca How to Exit the Sabbath Feature Touch the RESET/OFF pad. Touch the START pad. NOTE: If a power outage occurred while If the oven is cooking, wait for a random delay period the oven was in Sabbath, the oven will of approximately 30 seconds automatically turn off and stay off even to 1 minute, until only ⊃...

  • Page 30: Control Panel

    Care and cleaning of the range. Be sure all controls are off and all surfaces are cool before cleaning any part of the range. WARNING: If your range is removed for cleaning, servicing or any reason, be sure the anti-tip device is reengaged properly when the range is replaced. Failure to take this precaution could result in tipping of the range and cause injury.

  • Page 31: Door

    www.GEAppliances.ca Cleaning the Oven Door To clean the inside of the door: on the outside of the door. Do not let water drip into the vent openings. Because the area inside the gasket is If any stain on the door vent trim is cleaned during the self-clean cycle, you persistent, use a soft abrasive cleaner do not need to clean this by hand.

  • Page 32: Floor

    Care and cleaning of the range. Removable Oven Floor Clean the oven floor with warm To remove the oven floor: soapy water. Remove the oven door using the When reinstalling the oven floor, be instructions in the Lift-Off Oven Door sure to slide it all the way to the back section.

  • Page 33: Light Bulb

    www.GEAppliances.ca Oven Light Replacement (on some models) Socket Receptacle WARNING: SHOCK OR BURN HAZARD: Before replacing oven light bulb, disconnect the electrical power to the range at the main fuse or circuit breaker panel. Failure to do so may result Receptacle in electric shock or burn.

  • Page 34: Surfaces

    Care and cleaning of the range. Stainless Steel Surfaces Do not use a steel wool pad; it will scratch To inquire about purchasing stainless the surface. steel appliance cleaner or polish, or to find the location of a dealer or Mabe To clean the stainless steel surface, Parts Store nearest you, please call our use warm sudsy water or a stainless steel...

  • Page 35: Glass Cooktop

    Cleaning the glass cooktop. www.GEAppliances.ca Control Lockout Begin by locking the cooktop; see the Control Lockout section. Normal Daily Use Cleaning ONLY use Ceramic Cooktop Cleaner on Shake the cleaning cream well. the glass cooktop. Other creams may not Apply a few drops of Ceramic be as effective.

  • Page 36: Glass Cooktop

    Cleaning the glass cooktop. Metal Marks and Scratches Be careful not to slide pots and If pots with a thin overlay of pans across your cooktop. It will aluminum or copper are allowed leave metal markings on the to boil dry, the overlay may leave cooktop surface.

  • Page 37: Before You Call For Service

    Before You Call For Service… Troubleshooting Tips Save time and money! Review the charts on the following pages first and you may not need to call for service. Problem Possible Causes What To Do Surface units will not • Use pans which are flat and match the diameter of Improper cookware maintain a rolling boil the surface unit selected.
  • Page 38 Before You Call For Service… Troubleshooting Tips Problem Possible Causes What To Do Food does not bake • See the Using the oven section. Oven controls improperly set. or roast properly • See the Using the oven section. Rack position is incorrect or the rack is not level.
  • Page 39 www.GEAppliances.ca Problem Possible Causes What To Do Clock and timer do Plug on range is not completely • Make sure electrical plug is plugged into a live, properly not work inserted in the electrical outlet. grounded outlet. • Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker. A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped.
  • Page 40 Before You Call For Service… Troubleshooting Tips Problem Possible Causes What To Do Control signals after • Touch the BAKE pad and desired temperature or the You forgot to enter a entering cooking time CLEAN pad and desired clean time. bake temperature or or start time cleaning time.
  • Page 41 Notes. www.GEAppliances.ca...
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  • Page 44: Accessories

    Accessories. Looking For Something More? To inquire about purchasing a part or an accessory for your appliance, call our National Parts Centre at 1.800.661.1616. Oven Racks Broiler Pan Oven Elements Light Bulbs Knobs Cleaner Cleaning Pads Scraper...
  • Page 45 Please place in envelope and mail to: Veuillez mettre dans une enveloppe et envoyez à : OWNERSHIP REGISTRATION P.O. BOX 1780 MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO L4Y 4G1 (FOR CANADIAN CONSUMERS ONLY)

  • Page 47: Warranty

    For The Period Of: Mabe Will Provide: One Year (GE, GE Profile) Any part of the range which fails due to a defect in materials or workmanship. During this From the date of the limited one-year warranty, Mabe will also provide, free of charge, all labor and related service original purchase to replace the defective part.

  • Page 48: Consumer Support

    1.800.661.1616. Contact Us www.GEAppliances.ca If you are not satisfied with the service you receive from GE, contact us on our Website with all the details including your phone number, or write to: Mabe Canada Inc. 1 Factory Lane Moncton, New Brunswick...

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