Adjust The Oven Thermostat—Easy To Do Yourself - GE JGAS02 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions

Using the oven for roasting.
Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Tender meat or poultry can be roasted uncovered in your oven. Roasting
temperatures, which should be low and steady, keep spattering to a minimum.
Roasting is really a baking procedure used for meats. Roasting is easy; just follow these directions:
Place the shelf in the A or B
position.
Adjust the oven thermostat—Easy to do yourself!
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.
Do not use thermometers, such as those found in grocery stores, to check the temperature setting of your oven.
These thermometers may vary 20–40°F.
NOTE: This adjustment will not affect the broiling temperatures. The adjustment will be retained after a power failure.
OVEN TEMP
Front of OVEN TEMP knob
(knob appearance may vary)
Back of OVEN TEMP knob
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How to Set the Oven For Roasting
Place the shelf in the A or B
position. No preheating is necessary.
Check the weight of the meat. Place
it fat side up (or for poultry, breast-
side-up) on a roasting rack in a
shallow pan. The melting fat will
baste the meat. Select a pan as close
to the size of the meat as possible.
Line the pan with aluminum foil
when using the pan for marinating,
cooking with fruits, cooking heavily
cured meats or basting food during
cooking.
To Adjust the Thermostat with this Type of Knob
Pull the OVEN TEMP knob off the range
and look at the back side.
To make an adjustment, loosen
(approximately one turn), but do
not completely remove, the two
screws on the back of the knob.
With the back of the knob facing
you, hold the outer edge of the knob
with one hand and turn the front of
the knob with the other hand.
To increase the oven temperature,
move the top screw toward the right.
You'll hear a click for each notch you
move the knob.
To decrease the oven temperature,
move the top screw toward the left.
Turn the OVEN TEMP knob to the
desired setting.
After roasting is complete, turn the
OVEN TEMP knob to OFF and then
remove the food from the oven.
Each click will change the oven
temperature approximately 10°F.
(Range is plus or minus 60°F from
the arrow.) We suggest that you make
the adjustment one click from the
original setting and check oven
performance before making any
additional adjustments.
After the adjustment is made, retighten
screws so they are snug, but be
careful not to overtighten.
Replace the knob, matching the flat
area of the knob to the shaft, and
check performance.