USING YOUR OVEN

Before Using Your Oven

1.

Look
at
the controls. Be sure you understand how
3. Read over information and tips that 1011ow.
to set them properly. Read over the directions for the
Oven Controls so you understand how to use them. 4. Keep this book handy
so
you can refer to it,
especially during the first weeks of using your
2. Check oven interior. Look
at
the shelves. Take a new range.
practice run at removing and replacing them
properly, to give sure, sturdy support.

Oven Shelves Shelf Positions

The shelves are designed with stop-locks so that
The oven has 4 shelf
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.
To remove
the
shelves from the
oven, pull toward
you, tilt the front
end upward and
pull them out.
.-d
supports identified in
this illustration as
A
(bottolm),
B, C and
D (top). Shelf
positions for cooking
are suggested in the
Baking, Roasting and
Broiling sections.
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.
To replace,
place
the
shelf
on the shelf support with
oven Light
the stop-locks (the curved extension under the
shelf]
facing up toward the rear of the oven. Tilt up the front Use the right hand switch on the
cooktop
control panel
and push the shelf toward the back of the oven until it to turn the oven light on and off. Note that the same
xoes
past “stop” on the oven wall. Then lower the switch also turns the downdraft vent blower on and off.
Front
;f
the
sh~lf
and push it all the way back.

Adjusting the Oven Thermostat

If you don’t think the oven is heating at the right
temperature when you are baking or roasting,
yOLI
can reset the thermostat yourself.
When cooking food for the first time in your new
oven, use time given on recipes as a guide. Oven
thermostats, over
a
period of years, may “drift” from
the factory setting and the differences in timing
between an old and a new oven of 5 to
10
minutes are
not unusual. Your oven has been set correctly at the
factory and is more likely to be accurate than the oven
which it replaced.
We do not recommend the use of inexpensive
thermometers,
such as those found in the grocery
store, to check the temperature setting of your new
oven. These thermometers can vary by 2043 degrees.
To decide how much to change the temperature,
set the oven temperature
25°F.
higher or lower than
the temperature in your recipe, then bake. The results
of the’’test” should give you an idea of how much the
temperature should be changed.
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To
adjust the temperature:
1.
Push the BAKE button.
2. Select a temperature between
500°F.
and
550°F.
with the SET knob.
3. Quickly (within 2 seconds, before the BAKE
function starts) push and hold the BAKE button for
about 5 seconds. The display will show a plus
number, a minus number, or 00.
4. Turn the SET knob to adjust the temperature in
5°F.
intervals. You can raise it until
+35°F.
shows on
display or lower it until
-35°F.
shows on display. If
the control beeps and flashes, push the
CANCEI-
button and start over.
5. When you have made the desired adjustment, push
the CLOCK button to go back to the time of day
display or to use your oven as you would normally.
NOTE:
The adjustment described above will not
affect the Broil or Clean temperatures.