Care Ofyour Oven - GE JEM2 How To Get The Best

Care of Your Microwave Oven
Your new
Microwave Oven is a
valuable appliance. Protect it
from misuse by following these
rules:
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Keep
your oven clean and
sweet-smelling. Openingthe oven
door a few minutes after cooking
helps "air-out" the interior. An
occasional thorough wiping with a
solution of baking soda and water
keeps the interior fresh.
Don't use sharp-edged utensils
with your oven. The inside and
outside oven walls can be scratched.
The control panel can be damaged.
Don't remove the mode stirrer
cover
at
the top of the oven
imicrowave feature 8 on page 5).
You will damage the oven.
BE CERTAIN POWER 1S OFF
BEFORE CLEANING ANY
P/UITOF THIS OVEN.
How to Clean the Inside
\fhlls, floor and plastic cover.
Because there is little heat except in
the food. or sometimes in the uten-
sils. spills and spatters are easy
to remove. Some spatters can be
removed with a paper towel. others
may require a damp cloth. Remove
areasy spatters with a sudsy cloth.
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then rinse and dry. Do not use
abrasive cieaners on oven wall.
YEVER USE A COMMERCIAL
OJTEN CLEANER ON ANY PART
OF YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN.
Door (inside). Glass:
Wipe
up
spatters daily, wash when soiled,
with a minimum of sudsy warm
water. Rinse th&oughly and dry.
Metal and plastic parts on door:
Wipe frequently with a damp cloth
to remove all soil. DO N(YT' USE
ABRASIVES, SUCH AS CLEAN-
ING
POWDERS OR STEEL AND
PLASTIC PADS. THEY WILL
MAR THE SURFACE.
Removable Glass Cooking Tray.It
is
occasionally necessary to
remove
the cooking tray for cleaning of the
tray or oven.
To
prevent breakage.
do not place tray into waterjust after
cooking. Wash it carefully in warm,
sudsy water or in the dishwasher.
The tray can be broken if dropped.
Special
note when using
Brown 'N Sear Dish: If grease is
present. high heat generated on
bottom of a Brown 'N Sear dish may
cause the grease to burn onto the
oven triiy. This maybe removed with
a clcanscr such as Bar Keepers
Friend(n)Cleanser by SerV~as
Laboratories. Inc.
After using Bar Keepers Friend@
Clctinscr, rinse and dry thoroughly.
following instructions on can. Do
not use Bar Keepers Friend"
Cleanser on the painted surfaces
such as the walls. It may scmtch the
paint.
Bar Keepers Friend@ Cleanser is
sold in many grocery, hardware,
and department stores.
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How to Clean the Outside
Case. Clean the outside of your
oven with soap and damp cloth,
then rinse and dry. The outer pane
of the window is glass. Just wipe
clean with a damp cloth. Chrome
trim is best wiped with a damp cloth
and then with a dry towel.
Control I%nel. Wipe with a damp
cloth. Dry thoroughly. Do not use
abrasives or sharp objects on the
panel—they can damage it.
Door Surface. When cleaning
surfaces of door and oven that come
together on closing the door, use
only mild. non-abrasive soaps or
detergents applied with a sponge or
soft cloth .
Power Cord. If the cord becomes
soiled. unplug and wdsh with damp
cloth. For stubborn spots. sudsy
water may be used, but be certain to
rinse and dry thoroughly before '
plugging cord into outlet.
Oven Lamp Replwmnt
First, unplug the oven. Then
remove lamp compartment cover by
removing screw which holds cover
in pltice. Cover is Iocatcd on the side
of the outer case.
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Replace defective bulb with a 25
watt appliance bulb. (It is available
in drug and hardware stores. )
Replace compartment cover. Plug
in the oven.