GE JBP15 Use And Care Manual page 6

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HOW DOESTHIS COOKTOP COMPARE
WITH YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units. The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
If you are used to cooking with gas burners or other
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
types of electric cooktops. you will notice some
surface unit you have.
differences when you use electric coils.
The following chart will help YOU to understand the
differences b~tween electric-c;il surface units
and any
other type of cooktop you may
have used in the past.
Type of Cooktop
Electric Coil
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Radiant
(Glass Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Induction
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Description
Flattened
metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Electric coils
under a glass-
ceramic 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.
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How It Works
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 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 tilmeafter they are turned off.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be [l~t 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 su&Jce unit i!"
you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a rn~gnet). Heat is
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 cotltrol
off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of'the pan, but cooking stop~right away.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for gOCI "
cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The
disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned oft'.Retnove the pan
from the solid disk if Youwant the cookinz to ston.
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan ilatncss is not critical to cooking result~.but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and chtingc
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
SURFACECONTROLS
At both OFF and HI the control "clicks" into position.
Switching to higher heat settings always results in a
When cooking in quiet kitchen, you may hear slight
quicker heat change than switching to lower settings
"c]icking" sounds—an indication that the heat settings
you selected are being maintained.
How to Set the Controls
1. Grasp the control knob and
The control must be pushed
in to turn only from
push it in.
the
OFF position.When the control
is in any
2.Turn either clockwise or
position other than
OFF, it may be turned without
counterclockwise to the
pushing it in.
desired heat setting. Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when you
finish cooking.
The surface unit "on" indicator light will glow
when ANY heat on any surface unit is on.
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