GE Appliances JGB735SPSS how to set Sabbath mode
Before cooking on the Sabbath or a holiday. This is the standard Sabbath mode.
Steps
- Press the Bake and Broil pads together and hold them until the special features menu appears.
- Press 8 to reach the Sabb menu, then press 6 to open it.
- Press 8 to switch the setting to ON, then press 6 to confirm it.
- Press 4 to leave the menu.
- Check that a single left opening bracket appears in the display.
- For a continuous bake, press Bake. Press Start for 350 °F, or press a preset pad first: 1 = 170 °F, 2 = 200 °F, 3 = 250 °F, 4 = 300 °F, 5 = 325 °F, Timer = 400 °F.
- For a timed bake, press Bake. If you want 350 °F, choose a time with the 6 through 0 pads or Lock Controls; for another temperature, choose a preset temperature first, then a time: 6 = 2 hours, 7 = 2.5 hours, 8 = 3 hours, 9 = 3.5 hours, 0 = 4 hours, Lock Controls = 6 hours. Press Start.
- After the Sabbath, press Cancel/Off, open the special features menu, switch Sabb to OFF and confirm it.
Tones and oven lights are disabled and only continuous or timed baking is allowed. The heating elements cycle as they do outside Sabbath mode. After a power outage the oven returns to Sabbath mode but stays off. This standard mode has not been reviewed or approved by Orthodox Union. The range also supports an OU and CRC Sabbath mode with a separate Shabbos Keeper for Ovens (page 14).
Source: Using the Range: Sabbath Mode - Standard Source: Using the Range: Sabbath Mode - Standard, p. 15
Used for
- Bracket in the display: A single left bracket appears when Sabbath mode is set. A second bracket appears after a delay while the oven is baking, and the display returns to a single bracket when the cook time ends. No tone sounds.
- Oven or display appears not to work
Other JGB735SPSS procedures
- How to light a surface burnerTo light any of the five sealed gas burners with the electric igniter.
- How to light a surface burner during a power failureWhen the power is out. The oven cannot be used, but the surface burners can be lit with a match.
- How to set the clockTo set or reset the time of day, for example after a power outage.
- How to lock or unlock the oven controlsTo keep the touch pads from starting anything, or to clear LOC ON.
- How to run Steam CleanTo clean light soil at a lower temperature than Self Clean.
- How to run Self CleanWhen the oven is moderately or heavily soiled. Steam Clean handles light soil.
- How to clean the surface burner heads and capsWhen a burner does not light or burn evenly, and after bad spillovers.
- How to adjust the oven temperature (OFSt)When the oven bakes too hot or too cold after the first few uses.
- How to replace the oven light bulbWhen the oven light does not work and the bulb is loose or has failed.
Sources
- Owner's Manual, 30-inch Free-Standing Self-Cleaning Gas Ranges JGB660, JGB670, JGB735 and PGB935. GE Appliances, a Haier company. Document 49-2000782, revision Rev 8, 2026-10, 71 pages, en-US. images.salsify.com (PDF). Listed on the manufacturer's support page. Retrieved 13 November 2026.
- Quick Specs, JGB735SP/EP/FP/DP 30-inch Free-Standing Gas Convection Range. GE Appliances. Document JGB735SP/EP/FP/DP, revision Specification Revised 5/24, 2024-05, 2 pages, en-US. images.salsify.com (PDF). Listed on the manufacturer's support page. Retrieved 13 November 2026.
Page numbers are the numbers printed in the manual. Where this page and the manual differ, follow the manual.