GE Appliances JT5000SFSS how to remove and replace an oven rack
To take a flat rack out for washing or to change its position.
Steps
- Pull the rack toward you, tilt the front end up and pull it out.
- To replace it, put the curved end of the rack (the stop-locks) onto the oven supports.
- Tilt the front of the rack up and push the rack in.
Pull a rack out to the bump (stop position) on the rack support when placing or removing cookware. If racks slide poorly, rub a little vegetable oil on a soft cloth or paper towel onto the left and right edges. Enameled (not shiny) flat racks can stay in the oven during self-clean.
Source: Using the Oven: Oven Racks Source: Using the Oven: Oven Racks, p. 9
Other JT5000SFSS procedures
- 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.
- How to run Steam CleanTo clean small spills at a lower temperature than Self Clean.
- How to run Self CleanWhen the oven needs the very high temperatures of Self Clean. Steam Clean handles small spills.
- How to adjust the oven temperatureWhen the oven bakes too hot or too cold after the first few uses.
- How to turn Auto Recipe Conversion on or offTo control whether the oven converts a standard recipe temperature for convection baking.
- How to set Sabbath modeBefore cooking on the Sabbath or a holiday.
- How to replace the oven light bulbWhen the oven light does not work and the bulb is loose or has failed.
- How to remove and replace the oven doorTo reach the oven interior for cleaning or to straighten a door that sits crooked.
Sources
- Owner's Manual, Convection Built-In Electric Wall Ovens JK5000, JT5000, JK5500 and JT5500. GE Appliances. Document 49-80722, revision Printed 03-14, 2014-03, 32 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.