GE Appliances Quickset III Owner's Manual page 14

Using the oven.
Door Positioning During Broiling:
For models JSS28 and JDS28,
For all other models:
How to Set the Oven for Broiling
Use Lo Broil to cook foods such as poultry
or thick cuts of meat thoroughly without
overbrowning them.
[Z] Placethe food on a broiler grid in a broiler
pan designed for broiling.
[] Follow suggested rack positions in the
Broiling Guide.
[] Touch the Broil Hi/Lo pad once for Hi
Broil.
To change to Lo Broil, touch the Broil Hi/
Lo pad again.
[] Touch the Star pad.
[] When broiling is finished, touch the Clear/
Off pad.
Leave the door open to the broil
stop position. The door stays open
by itself, yet the proper temperature
is maintained in the oven.
The size, weight, thickness,
starting temperature
and your preference
of doneness will affect
broiling times. This guide
is based on meats at
refrigerator temperature.
The U.S, Department of
Agriculture says "Rare beef is
popular: but you should know
that cooking it to only ] 4O°F
means some food poisoning
organisms may survive." (Source:
Safe Food Book. Your Kitchen
Guide. USDA Rev. June 2985.)
Broiling Guide
Preheat the broiler for 2 minutes to improve performance.
Type or
Food Doneness Thickness Rack Position Comments
Beef Rare (140°F) Steaks - 1" E or F (food should be 1" to 5" Steakslessthan !"thickare difficult to
thick from broil element) cook rare.Theycookthrough before
browning. To prevent curling of
meat, slash fat at 1" intervals.
Medium Steaks - 5/4" to E (food should be 5" to 4" from
(160°F) 1" thick broil element)
Well Done Steaks - 5/4" D or E (food should be 5" to 5"
(170°F) to 1"thick or from broil element)
Ground Beef
Patties
Chicken Breast, C (food should be 8" to 9" from Broil skin-side-down first.
boneless broil element)
Breast, bone-in C (food should be 7" to 8" from
broil element)
Fish 1/2" to 1' thick D or E (food should be 5" to 6" Handle and turn very carefully.
Fillets from broil element)
Pork Well Done 3/4" thick D (food should be 6" to 7" from I To prevent curling of meat, slash fat
Chops (170°F) broil element) at 1" intervals.
If your range is connected to 208 volts, rare steaks may be broiled by preheating the
broiler and positioning the oven rack one position higher.
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