GE JBP19 Use And Care & Installation Manual page 8

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units.
If you are used to cooking with gas burners or other
types of electric cooktops, you will notice some
differences when you use electric coils.
The best types ofcookware to use, plus heat-up and
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
surface unit you have.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between electric coil surface units and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
Type of Cooktop How it Works
Electric Coil Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best cooking
results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more lbrgiving of wat-ped pans than radiant
or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change heat settings as quickly as gas or
induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to continue cooldng for a short time after they are
turned off.
Radiant
(Glass Cooktop)
Induction
Solid Disk
Gas Burners
Description
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Electric coils
under a glass
cooktop.
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
Heat travels to the glass surlhce and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on the
bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to continue cooking
after it is turned off. Removc the pan from the surface unit if you ~vant cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is produced by
a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away and cbanges heat
settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After tm-ning the control off, the glass cooktop is
hot l~om the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right a~vay.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be tlat on the bottom tbr good cooking
results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The disk stays hot
enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the solid disk if
you want the cooking to stop.
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but pans
should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change heat settings
right away. \Vhen you tuna the control off, cooking stops right away.
SURFACE CONTROLS
How to Set the Controls
~
Push the knob in and turn in
either direction to the heat
setting you want.
Be sure you turn control to
OFF when you finish cooking.
The surface unit "on" indicator light will glow
when ANY heat on any surface unit is on.
At both OFF and HI the control "clicks" into position.
You may hear slight "clicking" sounds during
cooking, indicating the control is keeping the unit at
the heat level or power level you set.
Switching heats to higher settings always shows a
quicker change than switching to a lower setting.
Cooking Guide for Using Heat Settings
Hl~Used to begin cooking or to bring water to a
urr
boil. Reduce heat setting after water boils.
LLO~ H~.I
Medium High~(Setting halfway between HI and
Medium
MED) Maintains a fast boil on large amounts of food. Low "~
MED---Saut6 and brown; keeps food at a medium
boil or simmer.
Medium Low--(Setting halfway between MED and
LO) Cook after starting at HI; cooks with little water
in covered pan.
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Medium
~ High
LO--Used for long
slow cooking
(simmering) to
tenderize and develop
flavors. Use this
setting to melt butter
and chocolate or to
keep foods warm.
NOTE: The surface unit "on" indicator light may
glow between LO and OFF, but there is no power to
the surface units.