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Contents
Aluminum Foil
'18
Vent Duct
22
Useand Careof
Anti-Tip Bracket
3,5
Problem Solver
26
Appliance Registration
.2
Repair Service
27
model
Canning Tips
'9
Safety Instructions
3,4
Care and Cleaning
22-25
Surface Cooking
8-11
Clock/Timer
12
Control Settings
8
Energy-Saving Tips
5
Cooking Guide
10, 11
Features
6,7
Cookware Tips
10, 11
Installation Instructions
5
Light Bulb Replacement
22
Leveling
5
3-in-1 Burner
23
Model and Serial Numbers
2
Warranty
Back Cover
Oven
13
Baking, Baking Guide
' 14, 15
Broiling, Broiling Guide
18, 19
Control Settings
13
Door Removal
22
Light; Bulb Replacement
13,22
Preheating
13
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Roasting, Roasting Guide
16, 17
Self-Cleaning Instructions 20,21
Shelves
13
GE Answer Center@
Thermostat Adjustment
24
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  • Page 2 Help us help you... If you received Before using your range, read this book carefully. a damaged range... Immediately contact the dealer (or It is intended to help you operate builder) that sold you the range. and maintain your new range properly.
  • Page 3 Read all imructiom before mi~ thk appliance. children should not be lefi alone basic safety precautions should clean to maintain good venting or unattended in an area where an be followed, including the and to avoid grease fires. following: appliance is in use. They should Do not let cooking grease never be allowed to sit or stand Use this...
  • Page 4 Oven Surface Cooting Uni@ Keep an eye on foods being fried at HIGH or ~DI~ away from range when Stand Use proper pan size—This opening oven door. Hot air or appliance is equipped with one To avoid the possib~ty steam which escapes can cause or more surface units of different of a burn or electric shock, burns to hands, face and/or...
  • Page 5 Instilling Your Range Surface Cooting Oven Cooting Your range, like many other household items, is heavy and Preheat oven only when can settle into soft floor coverings aluminum, with tight-fitting covers, necessary. Most foods will cook such as cushioned vinyl or satisfactorily without preheating.
  • Page 6 Features of Your Range Model RB747GJ...
  • Page 7 Explained Feature Index on page Feature Index on page 1 Model and Serial Numbers 18 Oven Locked Light (Glows during self-cleaning when oven has reached 2 Surface Unit Controls cleaning temperature. Oven door cannot be opened when this light is on. ) 3 Two “ON”...
  • Page 8 Surface CooMng See Surface Cooking Guide on pages 10 and U. Surface CootiW with Match unit size selection to size of Control must be pushed in to set only from OFF position. When the cookware. Infinite Heat Controh control is in any position other OFF, it maybe rotated than Your surface units and controls...
  • Page 9 Questions &Answers Q. Why does my cookware tilt Q. May I can foods and preserves Q. Can I use special cooking when I place it on the surface unit? on my surface units? equipment, like an oriental wok, on any surface uni~? A.
  • Page 10: Cookware Tips

    Surface Cooking Guide Cookware Tips Use non-stick or coated metal cookware. Flat ground firoceram” saucepan to the size of the surface 1. Use medium-or heavy-weight saucepans or skillets coated on the unit. A pan that extends more than cookware. Aluminum cookware bottom with aluminum generally conducts heat faster than other cook evenly.
  • Page 11 RIGHT 3. Deep Fat Frying. Do not overfill when adding food. Frosty foods bubble vigorously. Watch foods frying at HIGH temperatures and keep range and hood clean from accumulated grease. OVER 1“ Directions and Setting Setting to Complete Food Cookware to Start Cooking Cooking Comments...
  • Page 12 Automatic ~mer and Clock The automatic timer and clock on Time Bake Uses Questions and Answers your range are helpful devices that Automatic Timer Q. How can I use my Minute serve several purposes. Timer to make my surface Using the Automatic Timer, you cooking easier? can TIME BAKE with the oven starting immediately and turning...
  • Page 13: Using Your Oven

    Using Your Oven Before Using Your Oven Oven Light Oven Interior Shelves 1. Look at the controls. Be sure The shelves are designed with stop- you understand how to set them locks so that when placed correctly properly. Read over the directions on the shelf supports, they (a) will stop before coming completely you understand its use with the...
  • Page 14 Baking When cooking a food for the first that you set. Examples of Immediate How to Set Delay Stirt time in your new oven, use time Start (oven turns on now and you and Stop given on recipes as a guide. Oven set it to turn off automatically) or thermostats, over a period of years, Delay Start and Stop (setting the...
  • Page 15: Baking Guide

    Baking Guide Aluminum pans conduct heat 2. Dark or non-shiny finishes, which cook longer than 30 to 40 glass and Pyroceram” cookware, minutes. For food with short baking, light, shiny finishes generally generally absorb heat, which may cooking times, preheating gives give best results.
  • Page 16 Roasting Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or poultry can be Q. Is it necessary to check for roasted uncovered in your oven. doneness with a meat thermometer? Roasting temperatures, which should be low and steady, keep A. Checking the finished internal spattering to a minimum.
  • Page 17: Roasting Guide

    Roasting Guide Roasting 5. Frozen roasts can be Position oven shelf at B for 3. Remove fat and drippings as conventionally roasted by adding small-size roasts (3 to 7 lbs. ) and necessary. Baste as desired. 10 to 25 minutes per pound more at A for larger roasts.
  • Page 18 Broiling Broiling is cooking food by intense Questions & Answers radiant heat from the upper unit in Q. Why should I leave the door the oven. Most fish and tender cuts closed when broiling chicken? of meat can be broiled. Follow these steps to keep spattering and A.
  • Page 19: Broiling Guide

    Broiling Guide Broiling To slash, cut crosswise through 6. Broiler does not need to be outer fat surface just to the edge of preheated. However, for very thin 1. Always use broiler pan and rack the meat. Use tongs to turn meat foods, or to increase browning, that comes with your oven.
  • Page 20 Before Setting Oven Caution: Chrome trim rings Step 2: around the surface units should Controls, Check These Slide the LATCH HANDLE to the never be cleaned in the self- right as far as it will go. Things: cleaning oven. Neither should Step 1: Remove broiler pan, broiler rack chrome.
  • Page 21 Follow These Steps after Questions and Answers oven to cool for at least one hour Self-Cleaning Q. Why won’t my oven clean the excess soil and reset the clean immediately even though I set After cleaning is complete, the cycle. all the time and clean knobs door will stay locked until the oven correctly?
  • Page 22: Care And Cleaning

    Care and Cleaning Oven Vent Duct To replace cover: Proper care and cleaning are important so your range-will give Place it into groove of lamp you efficient and satisfactory receptacle. Pull wire bail forward service. Follow these directions to center of cover until it snaps into carefully in caring for your range to place.
  • Page 23: Surface Units

    Surface Units The 3-in-1 Stay-Up Surface Unit Clean the area under the drip pans often. Built-up soil, especially grease, may catch fire. To make cleaning easier, plug-in units are removable and stay-up unit lifts up and locks in the up position. Stay-up unit cannot be removed.
  • Page 24 (continued) To adjust oven thermostat: Use time given on recipe when cooking first time. Oven thermostats, in time, may “drift” from the factory setting and differences in timing between an old and a new oven of 5 to 10 minutes are not unusual.
  • Page 25 range/oven park cool before touching or handling. Note: ht Part Materials to Use General Directions Any soil will burn off when the unit is Bake Unit and Do not clean the bake unit or broil unit. Broil Unit heated. and can be lifted gently to clean the oven floor.
  • Page 26 Questions? PROBLEM OVEN WILL NOT WORK Plug on range is not completely inserted in the electrical outlet. The circuit breaker in your house has been tripped, or a fuse has been blown. Oven controls not properly set. Door left in locked position after cleaning. OVEN LIGHT Light bulb is loose.
  • Page 27: If You Need Service

    If You Need Service obtain service, see your warranty on the back page of this book. We’re proud of our service and want you to be pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with the service you receive, here are three steps to follow for further help.
  • Page 28: What Is Covered

    Look in the White or Yellow Pages of your telephone directory for HOTPOINT FACTORY SERVICE, GENERAL ELECTRIC-HOTPOINT FACTORY SERVICE or HOTPOINT CUSTOMER CARE SERVICE. Service trips to your home to Replacement of house fuses or WHAT IS N~ COVERED resetting of circuit breakers.

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