GE JSP28, Use & Care Manual

 Using Your Oven

1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand

NOTE:

how to set them properly. Read over the directions
for the Oven Controls so you understand how to

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You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the first

few times you turn your oven on. This is normal in

use them.

a new oven and will disappear in a short time. To

2. Check the oven interior. Look at the shelves.

speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for a

Take a practice run at removing and replacing them

minimum of 3 hours. See the Operating the 

properly, to give sure, sturdy support.

Cleaning Oven section.

3. Read over information and tips that follow.

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A fan may automatically turn on and off to cool

4. Keep this guide handy so you can refer to it,

internal parts. This is normal and the fan may

especially during the first weeks of using your

continue to run even after the oven is turned off.

new range.

Oven Light

The oven light comes on automatically when the door is opened.

Use the switch on the control panel to turn the oven light on when
the door is closed.

Shelf Positions

‘he oven has four shelf supports identified in this

illustration as A (bottom), B, C and D (top).

Shelf positions for cooking are suggested in the
Baking, Roasting, and Broiling sections.

Oven Shelves

The shelves are designed with stop-locks so when

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placed correctly on the shelf supports, they will
stop before coming completely out of the oven and
will not tilt when you are removing food from them
or placing food on them.

When placing cookware on a shelf, pull the shelf out
to the “stop” position. Place the cookware on the
shelf, then slide the shelf back into the oven. This will
eliminate reaching into the hot oven.

To remove the shelf from the oven, pull it 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 of shelf) facing up

 toward the rear   the oven. Tilt up the front and

push the shelf toward the back of the oven until it goes
past “stop” on the oven wall. Then lower the front of
the shelf, and push it 

 the way back.

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