GE JTP18 Operating Instructions Safety, Tips Care and Cleaning, Customer Service Troubleshooting

Instructions

Using the convection oven.

Operating Instructions Safety

Cookware for Convection Cooking

Before using your convection oven, check to see if your cookware leaves room for air circulation in the oven. If you are baking with several pans, leave space between them. Also, be sure the pans do not touch each other or the walls of the oven.

Paper and Plastic

Heat-resistant paper and plastic containers that are recommended for use in regular ovens can be used in convection ovens. Plastic cookware that is heat-resistant to temperatures of 400°F. can also be used.

Metal and Glass

Any type of cookware will work in your convection oven. However, metal pans heat the fastest and are recommended for convection baking.

■Darkened or matte-finished pans will bake faster than shiny pans.■Glass or ceramic pans cook more slowly.

When baking cookies, you will get the best results if you use a flat cookie sheet instead of a pan with low sides.

For recipes like oven-baked chicken, use a pan with low sides. Hot air cannot circulate well around food in a pan with high sides.

How to Set the Oven for Convection Baking or Roasting

Tips Care and Cleaning

or	Press the CONVECTION BAKE or
	CONVECTION ROAST pad.

Press the number pads to set the desired oven temperature.

Press the START pad.

To change the oven temperature, press the CONVECTION BAKE or CONVECTION ROAST pad and then the number pads to set the new temperature.

When the oven starts to heat the changing temperature, starting at 100°F., will be displayed. When the oven reaches the temperature you set, 3 beeps will sound.

Press the CLEAR/OFF pad when finished.

NOTE:

■You will hear a fan while cooking with convection. The fan will stop when the door is opened but the heat will not turn off.

■You may hear the oven clicking during baking. This is normal.

Customer Service Troubleshooting

Multi-shelf position 27″ oven

Multi-shelf position 30″ oven

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Multi-Shelf Baking

When convection baking with only 1 shelf, follow the shelf positions recommended in the Using the oven section.

Because heated air is circulated evenly throughout the oven, foods can be baked with excellent results using multiple shelves.

Multi-shelf baking may increase cook times slightly for some foods but the overall result is time saved. Cookies, muffins, biscuits, and other quickbreads give very good results with multi-shelf baking.

30” Ovens

When baking on 3 shelves, place one shelf in the bottom (A) position, one on the third (C) position and one in the 5th

(E) position.

27” Ovens

When baking on 3 shelves, divide the oven into thirds by placing the offset shelf in the third (C) shelf position and the straight shelves in first (A) and fourth (D) shelf positions.

For two-shelf baking, place the offset shelf in the bottom (A) shelf position. Place the straight shelf in the third (C) shelf position.

CAUTION: When you are using the offset shelf (on 27” models) in the lowest position (A), you will need to use caution when pulling the shelf out. We recommend that you pull the shelf out several inches and then, using two pot holders, pull the shelf out by holding the sides of it. The offset shelf is low and you could be burned if you place your hand in the middle of the shelf and pull all the way out. Be very careful not to burn your hand on the door when using a shelf in the lowest position (A).