Surface Cooking; How To Use - GE JHP68G Use And Care Manual

Surface Cooking
Your range top is designed to give
you flexibility of boiling, steaming,
sauteing, browning, frying, canning,
or pressure cooking. It heats
through the metal coils of four
Calrod@ units thus giving the cor-
rect amount of energy for each
setting you choose.
How to Set Controls
You must push the knob in only
when it is set at OFF; this is to pre-
vent you from turning the knob on
accidentally. When the knob is in
any other position, you can turn it
without pushing it in. You will feel
it pop out when you turn it to OFF.
The lowest setting is between OFF
and WARM. At the HI setting, you
will feel the knob lightly click into
place.
In a quiet kitchen, you may hear
slight "popping" sounds during
cooking, indicating heat settings
are being maintained.
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Step 1: Push in control knob.
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Step 2: Turn the knob in either
direction to the heat setting you
want.
SPECIAL NOTE: You may find
foods you boil on the surface units
causing condensation to gather
under the upper microwave oven.
This is especially true of foods
boiled with water or naturally high
in moisture.
Steam condensation will not harm
your range. However, you may min-
imize condensation by:
Covering pots and pans with lids,
especially when cooking high mois-
ture foods on the range top.
. Select a surface unit at the front
of the range for boiling foods.
Cooking Tips
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Keep range and ventilating hood
free from grease accumulation.
When cooking is almost com-
pleted, use the retained heat to
finish cooking. Turn the knob to
OFF and leave the cooking utensil
in place. When surface unit has
cooled, remove the utensil and the
cooked food.
To prevent certain foods from
foaming, add a tablespoon of
cooking oil to the water before
cooking.
Never leave food unattended
when you are cooking at HI or
VIED HI settings. Boilovers cause
smoking and grease spillover may
catch fire.
When canning foods, be sure to
check manufacturer's instructions
and recipes. Be sure canner is flat-
bottomed and fits securely over
center of Calrod@ unit.
* Make sure Calrod@ plug-in unit is
securely plugged in and seated on
ring/pan properly for even heating
results.
Container Tips
Pots and pans should be flat on
the bottom and match the size of
the surface units. Large containers
should be on large units and small
one on small units.
It is important that pans fit the
units you are using. A pan that
extends more than one inch beyond
the edge of the trim ring may reach
temperatures that could eventually
harm cooktop surfaces around units.
Center pots and pans on a sur-
face unit which closely matches the
bottom of the utensil in size.
Containers of various materials
may require different heat settings
and/or cooking time. Check the
manufacturer's instructions before
using.
Special cooking equipment
without flat bottoms, such as the
oriental wok, are not recommended
and could shorten the life of the
surface unit and/or range top since
high heat temperatures are reqiired
in this type cooking.
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