GE Spacemaker JMS08BDWH Owner's Manual

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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer SupportUsing the oven. ge.comTo avoid possible burns, place the shelves in the desired position before you turn the oven on.Oven Control KnobThe OVEN TEMP knob maintains thetemperature you set, from WM (150°F.)to BROIL (550°F.). The oven cycling light glows until theoven reaches your selectedtemperature, then goes off and on withthe oven element(s) during cooking.OVEN TEMPHow to Set the Oven for Baking or RoastingTurn the OVEN TEMP knob to thetemperature you desire.Check food for doneness atminimum time on recipe. Cooklonger if necessary.Turn the OVEN TEMP knob to OFFwhen cooking is complete.Type of Food Shelf PositionFrozen pies (on cookie sheet) B or CAngel food cake, Abundt or pound cakesBiscuits, muffins, brownies, B or Ccookies, cupcakes,layer cakes, piesCasseroles B or CPreheating and Pan PlacementPreheat the oven if the recipe calls for it.To preheat, set the oven at the correcttemperature. Preheating is necessary forgood results when baking cakes, cookies,pastry and breads.For ovens without a preheat indicator light ortone, preheat 10 minutes.Baking results will be better if bakingpans are centered in the oven as much aspossible. Pans should not touch eachother or the walls of the oven. If youneed to use two shelves, stagger the pansso one is not directly above the other, andleave approximately 11⁄2″ between pans,from the front, back and sides of the wall.Before you begin…The shelves have stop-locks, so that whenplaced correctly on the supports, they willstop before coming completely out, andwill not tilt.When placing and removing cookware,pull the shelf out to the bump on theshelf support.To remove a shelf, pull it toward you,tilt the front end up and pull it out.To replace, place the end of the shelf(stop-locks) on the support, tilt up thefront and push the shelf in.The oven has 4 shelf positions.Aluminum FoilYou can use aluminum foil to line thebroiler pan and broiler grid. However,you must mold the foil tightly to the gridand cut slits in it just like the grid.Aluminum foil may also be used to catcha spillover.Never entirely cover a shelf withaluminum foil. This will disturb the heatcirculation and result in poor baking.A smaller sheet of foil may be used tocatch a spillover by placing it on a lowershelf several inches below the food.Cut slits in the foil just like the grid.7