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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°F.
NOTE:
This adjustment will not affect the broiling temperatures. The adjustment will be retained after a power failure.
Adjust the oven thermostat—Easy to do yourself!
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 range
and look at the back side.
To make an adjustment, loosen
(approximately one turn), but do
not completely remove, the two
screws on the back of the knob.
With the back of the knob facing
you, hold the outer edge of the knob
with one hand and turn the front of
the knob with the other hand.
To increase
the oven temperature,
move the top screw toward the right.
You’ll hear a click for each notch you
move the knob.
To decrease
the oven temperature,
move the top screw toward the left.
Each click will change the oven
temperature approximately 10°F.
(Range is plus or minus 60°F from
the arrow.) We suggest that you make
the adjustment one click from the
original setting and check oven
performance before making any
additional adjustments.
After the adjustment is made,
retighten
screws so they are snug, but be
careful not to overtighten.
Replace the knob, matching the flat
area of the knob to the shaft, and
check performance.
To Adjust the Thermostat with this Type of Knob
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Back of OVEN TEMP knob
Front of OVEN TEMP knob
(knob appearance may vary)
