GE JBS05 User manual

Use and Care Guide
Electric Range
GE Appliances
Model: JBS05
164D3333P023-1
Safety Instructions ................... 3–5
Anti-Tip Device........................................ 3, 24
Operating Instructions, Tips
Aluminum Foil.......................... 5, 14, 16–18
Features....................................................... 6, 7
Oven ....................................................... 12–19
Baking ................................................. 13, 14
Broiling/Broiling Guide................... 18, 19
Oven Control Settings............................ 12
Roasting/Roasting Guide .............. 16, 17
Shelves............................ 4, 12, 13, 16, 18
Surface Cooking..................................... 8–11
Cooktop Comparison ................................ 8
Cookware Tips ......................................... 10
Home Canning Tips ................................ 11
Surface Control Settings .......................... 9
Care and Cleaning.............. 20–23
Broiler Pan and Grid.................................... 21
Control Knobs .............................................. 21
Lift-Off Oven Door....................................... 22
Oven Light Bulb ........................................... 22
Removable Storage Drawer..................... 22
Shelves .......................................................... 23
Surface Units................................................ 20
Problem Solver.............................. 25
Thermostat Adjustment–
Do It Yourself............................................ 15
More questions ?…call
GE Answer Center® 800.626.2000
Consumer Services.................. 27
Appliance and Registration......................... 2
Important Phone Numbers....................... 27
Model and Serial Numbers ......................... 2
Removal of Packaging Tape ....................... 2
Warranty ....................................... Back Cover

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HELP US HELP YOU…
Before using your range, read this
guide carefully.
It is intended to help you operate and maintain your
new range properly.
Keep it handy for answers to your questions.
If you don’t understand something or need more help, call:
GE Answer Center®
800.626.2000
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
How to Remove Packaging Tape
To assure no damage is done to the finish of the
product, the safest way to remove adhesive left from
packaging tape on new appliances is an application of
a household liquid dishwashing detergent, mineral oil
or cooking oil. Apply with a soft cloth and allow to
soak. Wipe dry and then apply an appliance polish to
thoroughly clean and protect the surface.
NOTE: The plastic tape must be removed from the
chrome trim on oven parts. It cannot be removed if it
is baked on.
Write down the model and
serial numbers.
You’ll find them on a label on the front of the range
behind the storage drawer.
These numbers are also on the Consumer Product
Ownership Registration Card that came with your
range. Before sending in this card, please write these
numbers here:
Model Number
Serial Number
Use these numbers in any correspondence or service
calls concerning your range.
If you received a damaged range…
Immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold
you the range.
Save time and money.
Before you request service…
Check the Problem Solver in the back of this guide.
It lists causes of minor operating problems that you
can correct yourself.
IF YOU NEED SERVICE…
To obtain service, see the Consumer Services page
in the back of this guide.
We’re proud of our service and want you to be
pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with
the service you receive, here are three steps to follow
for further help.
FIRST, contact the people who serviced your
appliance. Explain why you are not pleased.
In most cases, this will solve the problem.
NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the
details—including your phone number—to:
Manager, Consumer Relations
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225
FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved, write:
Major Appliance Consumer Action Program
20 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

Important Safety Instructions
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read all instructions before using this appliance.
When using electrical appliances, basic safety
precautions should be followed, including the
following:
• Use this appliance only for its intended use
as described in this guide.
• Be sure your appliance is properly installed
and grounded by a qualified technician in
accordance with the provided Installation
Instructions.
• Do not attempt to repair or replace any
part of your range unless it is specifically
recommended in this guide. All other servicing
should be referred to a qualified technician.
• Before performing any service, DISCONNECT
THE RANGE POWER SUPPLY AT THE
HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION PANEL BY
REMOVING THE FUSE OR SWITCHING OFF
THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.
• Have the installer show you the location of the
circuit breaker or fuse. Mark it for easy reference.
WARNING—
All ranges can tip and injury
could result. To prevent
accidental tipping of the
range, attach it to the wall or
floor by installing the Anti-Tip
device supplied. Make sure the
rear leveling leg fits securely
into the slot in the bracket.
If you pull the range out from the wall for any
reason, make sure the device is properly engaged
when you push the range back against the wall. If
it is not, there is a possible risk of the range tipping
over and causing injury if you or a child stand, sit
or lean on an open door.
Please refer to the Anti-Tip device information in
this guide. Failure to take this precaution could
result in tipping of the range and injury.
• Do not leave children alone—children should
not be left alone or unattended in an area where an
appliance is in use. They should never be allowed
to sit or stand on any part of the appliance.
• CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN
CABINETS ABOVE A RANGE OR ON THE
BACKSPLASH OF A RANGE—CHILDREN
CLIMBING ON THE RANGE TO REACH
ITEMS COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
• Teach children not to play with the controls
or any other part of the range.
• Never leave the oven door open when you are
not watching the range.
• Always keep combustible wall coverings,
curtains or drapes a safe distance from
your range.
• Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or hang
on the door, drawer or cooktop. They could
damage the range and even tip it over, causing
severe personal injury.
• Never wear loose-fitting or hanging garments
while using the appliance. Be careful when
reaching for items stored over the range.
Flammable material could be ignited if brought
in contact with hot surface units or heating
elements and may cause severe burns.
• Use only dry pot holders—
moist or damp pot holders on hot
surfaces may result in burns from
steam. Do not let pot holders touch hot surface
units or heating elements. Do not use a towel or
other bulky cloth. Such cloths can catch fire on a
hot surface unit or heating element.
• Always keep dish towels, dish cloths, pot
holders and other linens a safe distance from
your range.
• Always keep wooden and plastic utensils
and canned food a safe distance away from
your range.
• For your safety, never use your appliance for
warming or heating the room.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
(continued)
• Do not store flammable materials in an oven
or near the cooktop.
• DO NOT STORE OR USE COMBUSTIBLE
MATERIALS, GASOLINE OR OTHER
FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS
IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY
OTHER APPLIANCE.
• Keep the hood and grease filters clean
to maintain good venting and to avoid grease fires.
• Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the range.
• Do not use water on grease fires.
Never pick up a flaming pan. Turn
the controls off. Smother flaming pan
on a surface unit by covering the pan completely
with well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tray.
Use a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type
fire extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out by
covering with baking soda or, if available, by
using a multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type
fire extinguisher.
Flame in the oven can be smothered completely
by closing the oven door and turning the oven
off or by using a multi-purpose dry chemical or
foam-type fire extinguisher.
• Do not touch the surface units, the heating
elements or the interior surface of the oven.
These surfaces may be hot enough to burn even
though they are dark in color. During and after
use, do not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact, surface units, areas
nearby surface units or any interior area of the
oven; allow sufficient time for cooling first.
Potentially hot surfaces include the cooktop and
areas facing the cooktop, oven vent opening and
surfaces near the opening, crevices around the
oven door and metal trim parts above the door.
Remember: The inside surface of the oven may
be hot when the door is opened.
• When cooking pork, follow the directions
exactly and always cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least 170°F. This assures that,
in the remote possibility that trichina may be
present in the meat, it will be killed and the meat
will be safe to eat.
Oven
• Stand away from the range when opening the
oven door. The hot air or steam which escapes
can cause burns to hands, face and/or eyes.
• Do not heat unopened food containers.
Pressure could build up and the container
could burst, causing an injury.
• Keep the oven vent duct
unobstructed.
• Keep the oven free from
grease buildup.
• Place the oven shelf in the desired position
while the oven is cool. If the shelves must be
handled when hot, do not let pot holder contact
the heating elements.
• Pulling out the shelf to the stop-lock is a
convenience in lifting heavy foods. It is also
a precaution against burns from touching the
hot surfaces of the door or oven walls.
• When using cooking or roasting bags in the
oven, follow the manufacturer’s directions.
• Do not use your oven to dry newspapers.
If overheated, they can catch fire.
• Do not use the oven for a storage area.
Items stored in an oven can ignite.
• Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils
or food in the oven when not in use.
• After broiling, always take the broiler pan
out of the range and clean it. Leftover grease in
the broiler pan can catch fire the next time you
use the pan.
• Never leave jars or cans of fat drippings on or
near your range.
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Important Safety Instructions
Surface Cooking Units
• Use proper pan size—
Select cookware having flat bottoms
large enough to cover the surface unit
heating element. The use of undersized cookware
will expose a portion of the surface unit to direct
contact and may result in ignition of clothing.
Proper relationship of cookware to surface unit
will also improve efficiency.
• Never leave the surface units unattended at
high heat settings. Boilovers cause smoking and
greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.
• Be sure the drip pans and vent are not covered
and are in place. Their absence during cooking
could damage range parts and wiring.
• Do not use aluminum foil to line the drip pans
or anywhere in the oven except as described in
this guide. Misuse could result in a shock, fire
hazard or damage to the range.
• Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic,
earthenware or other glazed containers are
suitable for cooktop cooking; others may break
because of the sudden change in temperature.
• To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, the handle
of a container should be turned toward the center
of the range without extending over the nearby
surface units.
• Always turn the surface unit controls off before
removing the cookware.
• To avoid the possibility of a burn or electric
shock, always be certain that the controls for all
surface units are at the off position and all coils
are cool before attempting to lift or remove a unit.
• When flaming foods are under the hood,
turn the fan off. The fan, if operating, may spread
the flame.
• Do not immerse or soak the removable surface
units. Do not put them in a dishwasher.
• Carefully watch for spillovers or over-heating
of foods when frying at high or medium high
temperatures.
• Foods for frying should be as dry as possible.
Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh foods
can cause hot fat to bubble up and over the sides
of the pan.
• Use little fat for effective shallow or deep-fat
frying. Filling the pan too full of fat can cause
spillovers when food is added.
• If a combination of oils or fats will be used
in frying, stir together before heating, or as fats
melt slowly.
• Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
• Use a deep fat thermometer whenever
possible to prevent overheating fat beyond the
smoking point.
• Never clean the cooktop surface when it is hot.
Some cleaners produce noxious fumes and wet
cloths could cause steam burns if used on a
hot surface.
• Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially
a deep fat fryer. Wait until the fat is cool.
SAVE THESE
INSTRUCTIONS

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FEATURES OF YOUR RANGE
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JBS05
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Features of Your Range
Explained
Feature Index on page
1Storage Drawer 3, 22
2Model and Serial Number Location 2
3Anti-Tip Device 3, 24
See the Installation Instructions.
4Broil Element 4, 18, 19, 23
5Oven Light 22
6Surface Unit Controls 5, 9, 21
7Cooktop 20
8Oven Cycling Light 12
Glows until the oven reaches the selected temperature,
then goes off and on during cooking with the oven
elements as temperature is maintained.
9Oven Vent Duct 4, 21
Located under the right rear surface unit.
10 Plug-In Surface Units 3, 5,
(three 6-inch, one 8-inch) 8–11,
May be removed when cleaning under the unit. 20
11 Drip Pans 3, 20
12 Oven Light Switch —
13 Surface Unit “ON” Indicator Light 9
14 Oven Control Knob 12, 13, 15,
16, 18, 21
15 Oven Shelf Supports 12
Shelf positions for cooking are suggested in the
Baking, Roasting and Broiling sections.
16 Oven Shelves with Stop-Locks 4, 12, 13,
16, 23
17 Bake Element 4, 23
May be lifted gently for wiping the oven floor.
18 Lift-Off Oven Door with Broil Stop Position 3, 18, 22
Easily removed for oven cleaning.
19 Broiler Pan and Grid 4, 16, 18,
19, 21

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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
WITH YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units. If you
are used to cooking on gas burners or other types of
electric cooktops you will notice some differences
when you use electric coils.
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
surface unit you have.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between electric coil surface units and any
other type you may have used in the past.
Type of Cooktop Description How It Works
Electric Coil Flattened metal Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best
tubing containing cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of
electric resistance warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change
wire suspended heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
over a drip pan. continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Radiant Electric coils Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on
(Glass Ceramic) under a glass- the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to
Cooktop ceramic cooktop. continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if
you want cooking to stop.
Induction High frequency Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
induction coils produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right
under a glass away and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the
surface. control off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops
right away.
Solid Disk Solid cast iron Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
disk sealed to the cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The
cooktop surface. disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Gas Burners Regular or sealed Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
gas burners use pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
either LP gas heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
or natural gas.

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SURFACE CONTROLS
Your surface units and controls are designed to give you an infinite choice
of heat settings for surface unit cooking.
At both OFF and HI the control “clicks” into position. When cooking in a
quiet kitchen, you may hear slight “clicking” sounds–an indication that the
heat settings you selected are being maintained.
Switching to higher heat settings always shows a quicker heat change than
switching to lower settings.
Cooking Guide for Using Heat Settings
HI—Quick start for cooking; bring water to boil.
Medium High—(Setting halfway between HI and
MED) Maintains a fast boil on large amounts of food.
MED—Sauté and brown; keeps food at medium boil
or simmer.
Medium Low—
(Setting halfway between MED and
LO) Cook after starting at HI; cooks with little water in a
covered pan.
LO— Steam rice, cereal; maintains serving temperature
of foods. Slow cooking and simmering. At LO settings,
melt chocolate and butter on a small surface unit.
NOTE: At HI or Medium High never leave food
unattended. Boilovers cause smoking; greasy
spillovers may catch fire.
H
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O
F
F
L
O
M
E
D
Medium
High Medium
Low
How to Set the Controls
1. Grasp the control
knob and push in.
2. Turn either clockwise
or counterclockwise to
the desired heat setting.
The control must be pushed in to set only from
the OFF position. When the control is in any
position other than OFF, it may be rotated without
pushing it in.
Be sure you turn the control to OFF when you
finish cooking.
The surface unit indicator light will glow when
ANY heat on any surface unit is on.
O
F
F
L
O
H
I
Medium
Low
Medium
High
Cooktop Comparison Surface Controls

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COOKWARE TIPS
Cookware
Use medium- or heavy-weight cookware. Aluminum
cookware conducts heat faster than other metals.
Cast-iron and coated cast-iron cookware are slow to
absorb heat, but generally cook evenly at low to
medium heat settings. Steel pans may cook unevenly
if not combined with other metals.
For best cooking results pans should be flat on the
bottom. Match the size of the saucepan to the size of
the surface unit. The pan should not extend over the
edge of the surface unit more than 1 inch.
Deep Fat Frying
Do not overfill cookware with fat that may spill over when adding food.
Frosty foods bubble vigorously. Watch food frying at high temperatures.
Keep range and hood clean from grease.
Right Wrong
NOT OVER 1 INCH OVER 1 INCH
Wok Cooking
We recommend that
you use only a flat-
bottomed wok.
They are available
at your local retail
store.
Do not use woks that have
support rings. Use of these
types of woks, with or
without the ring in place,
can be dangerous. Placing
the ring over the surface
unit will cause a build-up of heat that will damage
the porcelain cooktop. Do not try to use such woks
without the ring. You could be seriously burned if the
wok tipped over.
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