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Brooklyn1

Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> Did my first ever gas oven cooking. Actually it wasn't cooking. It was
>> taking 2 lbs of frozen cheesy mac and cheese from a box and heating it but
>> hey I have no counters or sink or facuet or new electrical outlets in place
>> yet.
>>
>> Our old oven was a Moffat Electric. Our new oven is GE free standing range
>> with gas oven, model series JGB8. This oven felt like it cooked about 50
>> degrees F lower than the electric. I tried the convection and the fan
>> comes on but I set the temp for 375 and it seemed to cook around 325 or 335.
>> On the regular bake it seemed to bake around 340.
>>
>> Can anyone give me some hints about using a gas range? Are they always
>> slower than electric? Will I always have to use 425 to get 375?
>
> You shouldn't have to; why accept a workaround when you just paid for
>a brand new oven.
>>
>> When do I use use convection gas and when not too? We often will have
>> multiple trays/roasting pans or Dutch ovens in the oven. Some times three
>> racks will be full. But I tried one tray and it was slow.
>>
>> Any advice is appreciated!!!
>
> Sounds like a faulty thermostat in the oven; a quick and easy job for
>the service engineer to change for a new one under warranty.

More likely just needs to be calibrated... if "faulty" it wouldn't
work at all. The old style gas ovens are calibrated manually by
removing the oven temperature knob and adjusting the small screw down
inside the valve stem while using an oven thermometer, this may take
awhile but it's DIY. The newer gas oven temperature control is by a
computer module, there is a code to bring up the settings screen;
should be done by the service tech or one could lose all the default
settings... usually the customer service person you get on the phone
won't know the code, probably won't know a code exists. The computer
module on my stove died from a power brown out just a short while
after the five year warranty expired. A service tech came to install
the new module and checking all the default settings was quite
involved. With installation the new module cost almost $500... I
could have opted to do it myself for $75 less (instructions come with
the module) but I wasn't willing to risk damaging it... after seeing
all that was involved I'm very glad I let the tech do it, just
removing the old one entailed dismantling most of the backsplash.