GE JGB281 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

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Oven MoistureAs your oven heats up, the temperaturechange of the air in the oven may causewater droplets to form on the door glass.These droplets are harmless and willevaporate as the oven continues to heat up.13If your model has a door latch, do not lock the oven door with the latch during baking or roasting. The latch is usedfor self-cleaning only.Using the upper oven. GEAppliances.comOperatingInstructions Care and Cleaning InstallationInstructionsTroubleshootingTipsSafety Instructions Consumer SupportHow to Set the Upper Oven for Baking or RoastingYour oven is not designed for open-doorcooking.Touch the BAKE pad.Touch the number pads to setthe desired temperature.Touch the START pad.The word ON and 100° will be displayed.As the oven heats up, the display will showthe changing temperature. When the ovenreaches the temperature you set, a tonewill sound.To change the oven temperature duringBaKe cycle, press the BAKE pad and thenthe number pads to get the new temperature.Check food for doneness at minimumtime on recipe. Cook longer if necessary.Touch the CLEAR/OFF pad whencooking is complete.Preheating and Pan PlacementPreheat the oven if the recipe calls for it.To preheat, set the oven at the correcttemperature. Preheating is necessarywhen convection baking and for goodresults when baking cakes, cookies,pastry and breads.Baking results will be better if foods arecentered in the oven as much as possible.Pans should not touch each other or thewalls of the oven.For best results when baking four cake layersat a time, use racks B and D. Place the lowerpans at the back of the rack and the upperpans at the front of the rack as shown so thatone pan is not directly above another leavingapproximately 1-1/2″ between pans, fromthe front, back and sides of the walls.The oven has a special low rack (R)position just above the oven bottom.Use it when extra cooking space isneeded, for example, when cookinga large turkey. The rack is not designedto slide out at this position.Aluminum FoilDo not use aluminum foil on the bottomof the oven.Never entirely cover a rack with aluminumfoil. This will disturb the heat circulationand result in poor baking.A smaller sheet of foil may be used to catcha spillover by placing it on a lower rackseveral inches below the food.Type of Food Rack PositionAngel food cake A or CBundt or pound cakes A or CBiscuits, muffins, brownies, Ccookies, cupcakes,layer cakes, piesCasseroles B or CPies – On cookie sheet B or CRoasting R or A4-Layer cakes B & DWhen baking on a single rack, usethe rack position from the chart foryour type of food. Baking results willbe better if baking pans are centeredin the oven as much as possible.When baking four cake layers at a time,use racks B and D. Place the lower pansat the back of the rack and the upperpans to the front of the rack shownso that one pan is not directly aboveanother.