Using Your Oven; Oven Controls; Oven Shelves - GE JHP56 Use And Care Manual

Before Using the Upper or Lower Oven
1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand how
to set them properly. Read over the directions for
the automatic oven timer so you understand its use
with the controls.
2. Check the oven interiors. Look at the shelves.
Take a practice run at removing and replacing
them properly, to give sure, sturdy support.
3. Read over the information and tips that follow.

Oven Controls

The controls for the ovens are marked OVEN SET
and OVEN TEMP. OVEN SET has settings for
BAKE, TIME BAKE, BROIL, CLEAN (lower oven
only) and OFF. When you turn the knob to the desired
setting, the proper heating elements are then activated
for that operation.
OVEN TEMP maintains the temperature you set,
from WM ( 150°F.) to BROIL (550°F.), and also at
CLEAN (800°F.).
An Oven Cycling Light glows until the oven reaches
your selected temperature, then goes off and on with
the oven element(s) during cooking.

Oven Shelves

The shelves are designed with stop-locks so that
when placed correctly on the shelf supports, they
will stop before coming out completely from the
oven, and will not tilt when removing food from or
placing food on them.
When placing cookware on a shelf, pull the shelf out
to the bump on the shelf support. Place the cookware
on the shelf, then slide the shelf back into the oven.
This will eliminate reaching into the hot oven.
To remove a shelf from either oven, pull the shelf
toward you, tilt the front end upward and pull it out.
To replace, place the shelf on the shelf support with
the stop-locks (curved extension under shelf) facing
up toward the rear of the oven. Tilt up the front and
push the shelf toward the back of the oven until it
goes past the bump on the shelf support. Then lower
the front of the shelf and push it all the way back.
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USING YOUR OVEN

4. Keep this guide handy so you can refer to it,
NOTE: You may notice a "burning" or "oily" smell
the first few times you turn the oven on. This is
normal in a new oven and will disappear in a short
time. To speed the process in the lower oven, set a
self-clean cycle for a minimum of 3 hours. See the
Operating the Self-Cleaning Oven section.
especially during the first weeks of using your new
cooking center.
OVEN TEMP
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Lower oven controls
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