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Adjust the oven thermostat—Do it yourself!
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You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one it replaced. Use your new oven for a few
weeks to become more familiar with it. If you still think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust
the thermostat yourself.
Do not use thermometers, such as those found in grocery stores, to check the temperature setting of your oven.
These thermometers may vary 20–40 degrees.
NOTE:
This adjustment will not affect the broiling or the self-cleaning temperatures. The adjustment will be
retained in memory after a power failure.
The type of margarine will affect baking performance!
Most recipes for baking have been developed using high-fat products such as butter or margarine (80% fat). If you
decrease the fat, the recipe may not give the same results as with a higher-fat product.
Recipe failure can result if cakes, pies, pastries, cookies or candies are made with low-fat spreads. The lower the fat
content of a spread product, the more noticeable these differences become.
Federal standards require products labeled “margarine” to contain at least 80% fat by weight. Low-fat spreads,
on the other hand, contain less fat and more water. The high moisture content of these spreads affects the
texture and flavor of baked goods. For best results with your old favorite recipes, use margarine, butter or
stick spreads containing at least 70% vegetable oil.
To Adjust the Thermostat
Touch the
BAKE
and
BROIL HI/LO
pads at the same time for 3 seconds
until the display shows
SF.
Touch the
BAKE
pad. A two-digit
number shows in the display.
The oven temperature can be
adjusted up to (+) 35°F hotter or (–)
35°F cooler. Touch the
+
pad to
increase the temperature in 1-degree
increments.
Touch the
–
pad to decrease the
temperature in 1-degree increments.
When you have made the
adjustment, touch the
START/ON
pad
to go back to the time of day display.
Use your oven as you would
normally.
NOTE:
This adjustment will not affect the broiling
temperatures. It will be retained in memory after a
power failure.
