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Use andCare Guide
Built-in Electric Convection Oven
Safety Instructions.................... 3, 4 Problem Solver ...................... 37, 38
Thermostat Adjustment—
Do It Yourself............................................ 22
More questions ?…call
Operating Instructions, Tips
GE Answer Center® 800.626.2000
Aluminum Foil .......................... 4, 19, 23, 28
Baking .................................................... 17–19
Broiling/Broiling Guide...................... 27–29
Control Panel ....
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HELP US HELP YOU… Before using your oven, read this Write down the model and serial guide carefully. numbers. It is intended to help you operate and maintain You’ll find them on a label on the front of the lower your new oven properly. oven behind the oven door. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your If you don’t understand something or need more help, call: oven. Before sending in this card, pl
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If You Need Service Important Safety Instructions IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE • Teach children not to play with the controls or any other part of the oven. • The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of • Never leave the oven door open when you are California to publish a list of substances known to not watching the oven. the state to cause birth defects or other reproductive •
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) • Do not use water on grease fires. • When using cooking or roasting bags in the Smother fire or flame or use a multi- oven, follow the manufacturer’s directions. purpose dry chemical or foam-type • Do not use your oven to dry newspapers. fire extinguisher. If overheated, they can catch fire. Flame in the oven can be smothered completely • Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils by closing the oven door and turning the oven off or food in the oven
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Important Safety Instructions Features of Your Ovens FEATURES OF YOUR OVENS 7 8 UPPER OVEN LOWER OVEN HI= + HI= + BAKE BROIL CONVECTION CONVECTION START START BAKE BROIL AUTO SELF LO= - BAKE ROAST OVEN LO= - CLEAN LIGHT 15 COOKING DELAY AUTO SELF 1 2 3 4 5 COOKING DELAY OVEN TIME START CLEAN PROBE ON/OFF CLEAR CLEAR TIME START LIGHT OFF TIMER CLOCK OFF ON/OFF ON/OFF 6 7 8 9 0 7 6 9 5 10 11 3 12 16 2 13 17 1 14 3 10 18 4 12 13 1 14 Explained Explained Feature Index on page Feature Index on page 1
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FEATURES OF YOUR OVEN CONTROL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 1 2 8 UPPER OVEN LOWER OVEN + + HI= HI= CONVECTION CONVECTION START AUTO SELF START BAKE BROIL BAKE BROIL LO= - BAKE ROAST LO= - CLEAN OVEN LIGHT 1 2 3 4 5 COOKING DELAY AUTO SELF COOKING DELAY OVEN ON/OFF CLEAR PROBE CLEAR TIME START CLEAN TIME START LIGHT OFF TIMER CLOCK ON/OFF OFF ON/OFF 6 7 8 9 0 10 9 8 15 11 14 13 12 11 10 9 5 1. BAKE. Press to select the bake function. 10. COOKING TIME. Use for Timed Bake, Timed Convection Bake and Timed Convec
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Features of Your Oven Control Oven Control, Clock and Timer OVEN CONTROL, CLOCK AND TIMER Clock The clock must be set for the automatic oven timing functions to work properly. The time of day clock cannot be changed during Delay Start. (It can be changed during a regular bake or broil operation.) To Set the Clock 1. Press CLOCK. If number pads are not pressed within one minute after you press CLOCK, the display reverts to the CLOCK original setting. If this happens, press CLOCK and reenter the
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OVEN CONTROL, CLOCK AND TIMER (continued) The control has a series of tones that will sound at different times. These tones may sound while you set the control for an oven function or at the end of the oven function. They will also alert you when an incorrect time or temperature has been entered or if there is a problem with the oven. Tones While Setting the Control Preheat Notification Tone When you press a touch pad you will hear a beep. When you set an oven temperature the oven This beep wil
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Oven Control, Clock and Timer Special Features of Your Oven Control 12 Hour Shut-Off Cook and Hold Your new control has a cook and hold feature that With this feature, should you forget and leave the keeps cooked foods warm for up to 3 hours after the oven on, the control will automatically turn off the cooking function is finished. To activate this feature, oven after 12 hours during baking functions or after follow the steps below. 3 hours during a broil function. If you wish to turn off thi
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USING YOUR OVEN Before Using Your Oven NOTE: 1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand how to set them properly. Read over the directions • You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the first for the Oven Controls so you understand how to few times you turn your oven on. This is normal in a use them. new oven and will disappear in a short time. To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for 4 hours. See 2. Check the inside of the oven. Look at the shelves. Take a practice run at remo
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Using Your Oven Convection Cooking CONVECTION COOKING What is Convection? Because food is heated faster in a convection oven In a convection UPPER OVEN LOWER OVEN oven, a fan circulates BROIL HI= + CONVECTION CONVECTION START START BROIL HI= + AUTO SELF when using the convection modes, many types of food BAKE LO= - BAKE ROAST BAKE LO= - CLEAN LIGHT OVEN COOKING DELAY AUTO SELF PROBE ON/OFF CLEAR 1 2 3 4 5 COOKING DELAY OVEN TIME START CLEAN OFF TIMER CLOCK CLEAR TIME START LIGHT ON/OFF ON/OFF 6
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CONVECTION BAKING (upper oven only) As a general rule, reduce the temperature by 25°F. for Check foods for doneness at the minimum convection baking. suggested cooking time. Preheating is not necessary with foods having a bake Use pan size recommended in the recipe. time of over 15 minutes. Multi-Shelf Baking Because heated air is circulated evenly throughout the When baking on oven, foods can be baked with excellent results on three shelves, place two, three or more shelves at a time. Multi-sh
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Convection Baking Timed Convection Baking TIMED CONVECTION BAKING (upper oven only) How to Convection Time Bake The oven control allows you to turn the oven on or off • You can use Timed Bake in one oven while automatically at specific times that you set. Examples using Self-Clean in the other. of Immediate Start (oven turns on now and you set it to turn off automatically at the end of cooking time) • You can use Timed Bake in both ovens at the and Delay Start and Stop (setting the oven to turn
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TIMED CONVECTION BAKING (upper oven only—continued) How to Set Delay Start and Automatic Stop Convection Bake 7. Press START. Easy Steps: START 1. Press CONVECTION BAKE. 2. Press the number pads to set the oven If you would like to check the times you DELAY START temperature. have set, press DELAY START to check the start time you have set or 3. Press COOKING TIME. press COOKING TIME to check the 4. Press the number pads to set the length length of cooking time you have set. of baking time. Whe
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Timed Convection Baking Convection Roasting CONVECTION ROASTING (upper oven only) Meats cooked in a convection oven are dark brown on NOTE: the outside and tender and juicy on the inside. In most • Use the temperature recommended in the cases, cooking time will be less when using the Convection Roasting Guide. Convection Roast feature. Sometimes cooking time is • Preheating is not necessary. reduced by 10 minutes per hour. • Check foods for doneness at the minimum To make sure the meat is cooke
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CONVECTION ROASTING (upper oven only—continued) How to Set Your Oven for Convection Roasting When Using the Temperature Probe 8. When the internal temperature of the meat NOTE: For best results when roasting large turkeys CLEAR and roasts, we recommend using the probe included reaches the temperature you have set, the OFF probe and the oven turn off and the oven in the convection oven. For the correct placement of the probe, see the description in the Roasting section. control signals. To stop t
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Convection Roasting Convection Roasting Guide Baking CONVECTION ROASTING GUIDE Meats Minutes/Lb. Oven Temperature (°F.) Internal Temperature (°F.) Beef Rib, Boneless Rib, Rare 20–24 325° 140°† Top Sirloin (3 to 5 lbs.) Medium 24–28 325° 160° Well 28–32 325° 170° Beef Tenderloin Rare 10–14 325° 140°† Medium 14–18 325° 160° 1 Pot Roast (2 ⁄2 to 3 lbs.) Chuck, Rump 35–45 300° 170° Pork Bone-in, Boneless (3 to 5 lbs.) 23–27 325° 170° Chops 2 chops 30–35 total 325° 170° (1/2 to 1-inch thick) 4 chops
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BAKING (continued) Oven Shelves Arrange the oven Type of Food Shelf Position shelf or shelves in G the desired locations Angel food cake B F while the oven is Biscuits or muffins C or D cool. The correct E shelf position D Cookies or cupcakes C or D depends on the kind C of food and the Brownies C or D B browning desired. Layer cakes C or D As a general rule, A place most foods in Bundt or pound cakes B the middle of the Pies or pie shells C or D oven, on either shelf position C or D. See the
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Baking Cookies When baking cookies, flat cookie sheets (without sides) produce better-looking cookies. Cookies baked in a jelly roll pan (short sides all around) may have darker edges and pale or light browning may occur. Do not use a cookie sheet so large that it touches the walls or the door of the oven. Never entirely cover a shelf with a large cookie sheet. For best results during baking, use only one cookie sheet in the oven at a time. Also see the Multi-Shelf Baking section. Pies Cakes F
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TIMED BAKING How to Set Your Oven for Time Bake The oven control allows you to turn the oven on or off • You can use Timed Bake in one oven while automatically at specific times that you set. Examples using Self-Clean in the other. of Immediate Start (oven turns on now and you set it to turn off automatically at the end of cooking time) • You can use Timed Bake in both ovens at the and Delay Start and Stop (setting the oven to turn on same time. automatically at a later time and turn off after a
