GE Coil Top - Manual (Page 19)

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°F.
NOTE: This adjustment will not affect the broiling or the self-cleaning temperatures (on some models). The adjustment
will be retained in memory after a power failure.
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Adjust the oven thermostat—Easy to do yourself!
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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.
Pull the Oven Temp knob off the shaft,
look at the back of the knob and note
the current setting before making any
adjustments.
Loosen both screws on the back of
the knob.
To increase the oven temperature,
move the pointer toward the words
“MAKE HOTTER.”
To decrease the oven temperature,
turn the pointer toward the words
“MAKE COOLER.”
Each notch changes the temperature
by 10°F.
Tighten the screws.
Replace the knob, matching the flat
area of the knob to the shaft.
To Adjust the Thermostat with this type of knob
Back of OVEN TEMP knob
Pointer
Front of OVEN TEMP knob
(knob appearance may vary)
To Adjust the Thermostat on other Models
Put the Oven Temperature knob in the
OFF
position.
Press and hold the HOUR +/– pads for
5 seconds until the display changes.
Before display changes back, press the
HOUR +/–
pads to increase or decrease
the temperature in 5 degree
increments.
The oven temperature can be increased up
to 35°F. hotter or can be decreased down to
35°F. cooler.
If the oven adjustment is set cooler than
the factory setting a minus sign (–) will
appear in front of the number indicating
the degrees that the temperature was
decreased.
Wait several seconds for the control
to automatically set and return to its
previous setting.