Surface Cooking - GE JHP60G Use And Care Manual

Surface Cooking
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Your range top is designed to give you the flexibility
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of boiling, steaming, sauteing, browning, frying,
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canning, or pressure cooking. It heats through the
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metal coils of four Calrod' units thus giving the cor-
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rect amount of energy for each setting you choose.
How to Set the 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.
Step 1: Push in control knob.
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
minimize condensation by:
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 2: Turn the knob in either di-
rection to the heat setting you
want.
Covering pots and pans with
lids, especially when cooking
high moisture foods on the
range top.
Selecting a surface unit at the
front of the range for boiling
foods.
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
ones on small units.
. it is important that pans fit the
units you are using. A pan that
extends more than one inch be-
yond 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
andlor cooking time. Check the
manufacturer's instruction before
using.
Special cooking equipment with-
out flat bottoms, such as the orien-
tal wok, are not recommended and
could shorten the life of the sur-
face unit and/or range top since
high heat temperatu-res are re-
quired in this type cooking.
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Cooking Tips
. Keep range and ventilating hood
free from grease accumulation.
. When cooking is almost com-
pleted, use the retained heat to fin-
ish 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
MED 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 Runit.
Make sure Calrod' plug-in unit is
securely plugged in and seated on
ring/pan properly for even heating
results.
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