Surface Controls - GEAppliances JSP68 Use And Care & Installation Manual

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
new modular cooktop may have several
Your
types of cooking surface units. You will notice
some differences when you use each one.
The best types of cookware to use, plus hea-up and
cool-down times, depends upon the type of burner or
electric surface unit you are using.
Description
Type of Cooktop
Radiant Electric coils
under a glass-
(Glass Ceramic)
ceramic cooktop.
Cooktop
High frequency
Induction
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Flattened metal
Electric Coil
tubing containing
electric resistance
o
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Solid Disk Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
At both OFF and HI the control "clicks" into position.
When cooking in a quiet kitchen, you may hear slight
"clicking" sounds—an indication that the heat settings
you selected are being maintained.
How to Set the Controls
Push the knob
in and turn in _
either direction =
to the desired
heat setting.
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TO YOUR OLD ONE?
How it Works
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be tlat on
the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to
continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if
you want cooking to stop.
Pans be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
must
produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right
away and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the
control off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops
right away.
Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best
cooking resuits, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of
warped 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 cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for 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'
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. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.

SURFACE CONTROLS

The control must be pushed in to
set only from the OFF position.
When the control is in any
position other than OFF, it may
be turned without pushing it in.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences among the various cooking surface units
and how they differ from others you may have used
in the past.
want the cooking to stop.
Switching heats to higher settings always shows
a quicker change than switching to a lower setting.
Be sure you turn the control to
OFF when you finish cooking.
The surface unit "ON" indicator
light will glow when ANY heat
on any module surface unit is on.