Aluminum Foil - GE 164D2966P053 Use And Care Manual

General electric gas slide-in range use and care guide
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Aluminum Foil

Never entirely cover a shelf with aluminum foil.
This will disturb the heat circulation and result
in poor baking. A smaller sheet of foil may be used
to catch a spillover by placing it on a lower shelf
several inches below the food.
Don't Peek
Set the timer for the estimated cooking time and do
not open the door to look at your food. Most recipes
provide minimum and maximum baking times such as
"bake 3040 minutes."
ADJUST THE OVEN THERMOSTAT-DO IT
You may feel that your new oven cooks differently
than the one it replaced. We recommend that you
use your new oven for a few weeks to become more
familiar with it, following the times given in your
recipes as a guide.
If you think your new oven is too hot or too cold,
you can adjust the thermostat yourself. If you think
it is too hot, adjust the thermostat to make it cooler.
If you think it is too cool, adjust the thermostat to
make it hotter.
thermometers, such as those found in grocery stores,
to check the temperature setting of your new oven.
These thermometers may vary 2040 degrees.
To Adjust the Thermostat:
1. Pull the OVEN TEMP
knob off the shaft,
look at the back of the
knob and note the
current setting before
making any
adjustment. The knob
is factory set with the
top screw directly under
the ~ointer.
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BAKING
(continued)
Bottom screw moves toward
HOTTER or COOLER
.
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Back of the OVEN TEMP knob
DO NOT open the door to check until the minimum
time. Opening the oven door frequently during
cooking allows heat to escape and makes baking
times longer. Your baking results may also be
affected.
2. Loosen both screws on back of the knob.
3. Hold the knob as shown in the illustration of' the back
of the OVEN TEMP knob and turn so the
screw moves in the desired direction. You will hear
and feel notches as you turn the knob. Each notch
changes the temperature about 100 Fahrenheit.
The bottom screw
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moves toward HOTTER
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to increase the temperature.
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The bottom screw
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moves toward COOLER
to decrease the
4. Tighten the screws.
5. Return the knob to the range.
Re-check oven performance before making any
additional adjustments.
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bottom
temperature.

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