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18, 19 Continuous Cleaning Care 20 Control Settings Door Removal Light; Bulb Replacement 21 Roasting, Roasting Guide 16, 17 Thermostat Adjustment Problem Solver Safety Instructions Surface Cooking 8-11 Control Settings Cookware Tips 10, 11 Warranty Back Cover GE Answer Center” 800.626.2000...
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Help us help you... If you rweived Read this book carefully. a damaged range . . . It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new range Immediately contact the dealer (or properly. builder) that sold you the range. Keep it handy for answers to your Save time and money.
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Read all MrudiomM@~& filters hood and grease using el~tricai appiiantis~’,. ‘: ’ ‘.’’$.M.M l~ve ehiidren *- basic safety prwautions~h~l~ ‘ ~~• c@&n be followed, including the following: . a~bee isinuse. ~ tid Use this appliance o~y for~h;” ~ ~ ~tie ~w@ intended use as described in tiis accumulate “...
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To minimh the po~b~ty materials, and sp~ago, the range without @x@M@ over nearby Sufice units.
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Oven Cooting Surface Cooting Preheat oven only when Use cookware ofmedium-weight necessary. Most foods will cook aluminum, with tight-fitting covers, and flat bottoms which completely satisfactorily without preheating. If you find preheating is necessary, cover the heated portion of the watch the indicator light, and put surface unit.
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Model Model Explained Feature Index on page 1 Oven Cycling Light 2 Surface Unit “ON” Indicator Light 3 Plug-In Surface Unit (Maybe 22,23 three 6-in. three 6-in. removed when cleaning under unit.) one 8-in. one 8-in. 4 Chrome-Plated Drip Pans 22,23 5 Surface Unit Controls 6 Anti-Tip Device...
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Surface Cooting See Surface Cooking Guide on pages 10 and U. Surface Coating with How to Set the Controls Using Heat Settings HI—Quick start for cooking; bring Your surface units and controls water to boil. are designed to give you an infinite choice of heat settings for surface unit cooking.
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Questions & bwem Q. Why does my cookware tilt Q. May I can foods and preserves Q. Can I use special cooking equipment, like an oriental wok, when I place it on the surface unit? on my surface uniti? on any surface unit? A.
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Surface Cooki~ Guide Control SettiWs Cookware ~ps 2. To conserve the most cooking energy, pans should be flat on the 1. Use medium-or heavy-weight HI—Highest setting. bottom, have straight sides and cookware. Aluminum cookware tight fitting lids. Match the size of MEDIUM HI—Setting halfway conducts heat faster than other the saucepan to the size of the...
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RIGHT WRONG 3. Deep Fat Frying. Do not overfill kettle with fat that may spill over when adding food. Frosty foods bubble vigorously. Watch foods frying at high temperatures and keep range and hood clean from accumulated grease. OVER 1“ Setting to Complete Directions and Setting Comments...
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Automatic Clock and ~mer and Answers Bake Uses Questions Time The automatic clock and timer on Automatic Timer your range are helpful devices that Q. How can I use the Minute serve several purposes. Timer to make the surface Using the Automatic Timer, you can cooking easier? Model RS622GN TIME BAKE with the oven turning...
Using Your Oven Shelf Positiom Oven Shelves Before Using Your Oven Each oven has four shelf 1. Look at the control. Be sure you understand how to set it properly. A (bottom), B, C and D (top). 2. Check oven interior. Look at Shelf positions for cooking are the shelves.
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Baking How to Set Delay Start How to Set Immediate When cooking a food for the first and Stop time in your new oven, use time given on recipes as a guide. Oven Model RS622GN thermostats, over a period of years, Delay Start and Stop is setting the may “drift”...
Baking Guide 1. Aluminum pans conduct heat 2. Dark or non-shiny finishes and 3. Preheating the oven is not always necessary, especially for foods quickly. For most conventional glass cookware generally absorb baking, light, shiny finishes give best heat, which may result in dry, crisp which cook longer than 30 to 40 results because they help prevent crusts.
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Roasting Questions and Roasting is cooking by dry heat. Answers Tender meat or poultry can be Q. k it necessary to check for roasted uncovered in your oven. doneness with a meat thermometer? Roasting temperatures, which should be low and steady, keep A.
Roasting Guide 5. Frozen roash can be 3. Remove fat and drippings as 1. Position oven shelf at B for conventionally roasted by adding small-size roasts (3 to 7 Dounds) 10 to 25 minutes additional time and at A for larger roasm. 4.
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Broiling Turn food, then use times given for Broiling is c(]oking food by intense second side as a guide to preferred radiant heat from the upper unit in Q. Why should I leave the door doneness. (Where two thicknesses the oven. Most fish and tender cuts closed when broiling chicken’? of meat can be broiled.
Broiling Guide Broiling 1. Always use broiler pan and rack To slash, cut crosswise through preheated. However, for very thin that comes with your oven. It is outer fat surface just to the edge of designed to minimize smoking and the meat.
Care and Cleaning (See Cleaning Guide, page 23) Special Care of To Clean the Continuous- Porcelain Oven Interior Cleaning Oven: Model RS504GN Oven Interior 1. Let range parts cool before With proper care, the porcelain handling. We recommend rubber Model RS622GN enamel finish on the inside of the gloves be worn when cleaning.
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Door Removable Oven Note: We recommend you use an To make cleaning easier, the entire appliance bulb that is no longer cooktop maybe lifted up and than 3%;’ supported by the support rod that catches and holds the top when it’s DO N~ REMOVE SCREWS.
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Care and Cleaning (continued) Plug-In Units 1. Pull the knob off the shaft and CAUTION look at the back side. There is a Do not attempt to clean plug-in disc in the center of the knob skirt surface units in an automatic with a series of marks opposite a dishwasher.
Cleaning Guide PART GENERAL DI~ONS Do not clean the bake Any soil will burn off when the unit is heated. Bake Unit and unit or broil unit. NOTE: The bake unit can be lifted gently to clean the oven floor. If spillover, residue or ash Broil Unit accumulates around the bake unit, gently wipe around the unit with warm water.
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FOOD DOES N~ ROAST OR BAKE PROPERLY not pkugged in solidy+ ‘‘ SURFACE UNITS NOT FUN~IONING * Drip pans are not set soeumly in tbc ~g~ @p. PROPERLY you need more help.. call, toll free: GE Answer Center” 800.626.2000 consumer information service...
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24 hours a day 7 days a ~~eek. In-Home Repair Service 800-GE-CARES there after your Hotpoint product warranty expires. Purchase a GE Our consumer service professionals contract while your warranty is still in will provide expert repair service on effect and you’ll receive a substarrtiat your Hotpoint appliance, scheduled discount.
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To know what your legal rights are in your state, consult your local or state consumer affairs office or your state’s Attorney General. Warrantor: General Electric Company If further help is needed concerning this warranty, write: Manager—Consumer Affairs, GE Appliances, Louisville, KY 40225 8-90...