10 using your oven, Before using your oven, Oven shelves – GE 164D2966P205-1 User Manual
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10
USING YOUR OVEN
Before Using Your Oven
1. Look at the controls. Be sure you understand
how to set them properly. Read over the directions
for the Oven Controls so you understand how to
use them.
2. Check the inside of the oven. Look at the shelves.
Take a practice run at removing and replacing them
properly to give sure, sturdy support.
3. Read over the information and tips that follow.
4. Keep this guide handy so you can refer to it,
especially during the first weeks of using your
new oven.
NOTE:
• You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the first
few times you turn your oven on. This is normal in a
new oven and will disappear in a short time. To speed
the process, set a self-clean cycle for 4 hours. See
the Self-Cleaning Oven section.
• A cooling fan may automatically turn on and off to
cool internal parts. This is normal, and the fan may
continue to run even after the oven is turned off.
• You will hear a convection fan while cooking with
the convection feature. The fan will stop when the
door is opened, but the heat will not turn off.
Oven Shelves
The shelves are designed with stop-locks so that,
when 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 bump on the shelf support. Place the cookware
on the shelf, then slide the shelf back into the oven.
This will eliminate reaching into the hot oven.
To remove a shelf
from the oven, pull
it toward you, tilt
the front end upward
and pull the shelf
out. Be sure the
shelf is cool before
touching it.
To replace, place
the shelf on the
shelf support with
the stop-locks (curved extension of shelf) facing up
and toward the rear of the oven. Tilt up the front and
push the shelf toward the back of the oven until it
goes past the bump on the shelf support. Then lower
the front of the shelf and push it all the way back.
NOTE: The shelves for the convection oven are
2 inches shorter than the regular oven shelves.
Bump
Shelf Positions
The oven has seven shelf supports identified in this
illustration as A (bottom), B, C, D, E, F and G (top).
Shelf positions for cooking are suggested in the
Convection Cooking, Baking, Roasting and Broiling
sections.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G