Using The Oven; Preheating And Pan Placement; Aluminum Foil - GE JS905 Owner's Manual

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Toavoid possible bums, place the racks in the desired position before you turn the oven on.
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The oven has 7 rack positions.
Before you begin...
The racks have stops, so that when placed
correctly on the supports (A through G),
they will stop before coming completely
out, and will not tilt.
_,_]_en pladng and removing cookware,
pull the rack out tmtil it stops.
Toremove a rack, pull it toward you, tilt
the ti'ont end up and pull it out.
To replace, place the end _ff the rack
(stop-locks) on the support, tilt up the
ti'ont and push the rack in.
CAUTION: W hen
you are u sing the
rack in the/owestposition (,4),you wH/ need to
use caution when puffing the rack out We
recommendthat you puff the rack out several
inches and then, using two pot holders,puff the
rack out by ho/dlbg the sides of it The rack is low
and you could be burned if you place yourhand in
the middle of the rack and pu// a// the way out Be
very careful not to burn your hand on the door
when using the rack lb the/owestposition (A).
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How to Set the Oven for Baking or Roasting
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Press the BAKE pad.
] Press the nulnber pads to set the
desired temperature.
[] Press the START pad.
[] Check fi)od fi)r doneness at
minimum time on recipe. Cook
longer if necessm).
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Press the CLEAR/OFFpad when
cooking is complete.
Type of Food Rack Position
Frozen pies(oncookiesheet) Cor D
Angelfoodcake A
Bundtor poundcakes Bor C
Biscuits, m uffins, b rownies, Cor D
cookies, cupcakes,
layercakes, p ies
Casseroles Cor D
Turkey A
NOTE: A coo/Ibg fanmayautomatically turnon
andoff tocoolinternal p arts.Thisisnormal, a nd
the fanmaycont_bue t o runevenafter theoven
in turnedoff.
If baking lout cake layers at the same time,
place two laye_ on rock B and two lave_
on rack D. Stagger pans on the rock so
one is not directly above the othe_:
Center baking pans in the oven.
Preheating and Pan Placement
Preheat the oven if the recipe calls for it.
Preheating is necessary fi)r good _esults
when baking cakes, cookies, pastry and
breads.
Topreheat,set the ovenat the correcttemperature.
Thecontrol wi// beep when the ovenis preheated
and the &splay wi// show yourset temperature.
This wi// take approximately6 to 8 minutes.
Baking results will be better if baking
pans are centered in the oven as much
as possible. If baking with more than one
pan, place the pans so each has at least
1 to 1½" (2.5 cm to 3.8 cm) of air space
around it.
Aluminum Foil
You can use aluminum fi)il to line the
broiler pan and broiler grid. Howe_ el,
)ou must mold the foil tighd) to the grid
and cut slits in it just like the grid.
_ithout the slits, the foil will prevent fi_t
Cutslitsin the foiljust like the grid.
and meat juices from draining into the
broiler pan. The juices could become
hot enough to catch on fire. If ?ou
do not cut the slits ",ou are essentiall?
fi'vin,, not broilin,
Donot use a/urn/bumfoi/ on the bottom of
the oven.
Ne\vr entirely cover a rock with
ahmfinum fifil. This will disturb the heat
circulation and result in poor baldng.
A smaller sheet of foil may be used to
catch a spillover by placing it on a lower
rock several inches below the food.
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