GE JGCS54EH Use And Care Manual page 7

Surface Cooking
Automatic Ignition
Your surface burners are lighted by
electric ignition, eliminating the
need for pilot lights with constantly
burning flames.
In case of a power outage, you can
light the surface burners on your
range with a match. Hold a lighted
match to the burner, then turn the
knob to the LITE position. Use
extreme caution when lighting
burners this way.
Surface Burner controls
Knobs that turn the surface burners
on and off are located on the lower
front panel. The two on the left and
the two on the right are marked as
to which burners they control. The
knob in between controls the griddle
and fifth burner.
T{]Light a Surface Burner
Push the control knob in and turn
it to LITE. You will hear a little
clicking noise—the sound of the
burner lighting. After the burner
ignites, turn the knob to adjust the
flame size.
Check to be sure the burner you
turned on is the one you want to use.
Do not operate a burner for an
extended period of time without
cookware on the grate. The finish
on the grate may chip without
cookware to absorb the heat.
Be sure the burners and grates are
cool before you place your hand, a
potholder, cleaning cloths or other
materials on them.
How to Select Flame Size
The flame size on a gas burner
should match the cookware you
are using.
NEVER LET THE FLAME
EXTEND UP THE SIDES OF
THE COOKWARE. Any flame
larger than the bottom of the
cookware is wasted and only serves
to heat the handles.
When using aluminum or
aluminum-clad stainless steel
pots and pans, adjust the flame so
the circle it makes is about 1/2 inch
smaller than the bottom of the
cookware.
When boiling, use this same flame
size—1/2 inch smaller than the
bottom of the cookware—no matter
what the cookware is made of. Foods
cook just as quickly at a gentle boil
as they do at a furious rolling boil.
A high boil creates steam and cooks
away moisture, flavor and nutrition.
Avoid it except for the few cooking
processes which need a vigorous boil.
When frying or warming foods
in stainless steel, cast iron or
enamelware, keep the flame down
lower—to about 1/2 the diameter of
the pan.
When frying in glass or ceramic
cookware, lower the flame even
more.
Air Adjustment
An air adjustment shutter for each
surface burner regulates the flow of
air to the flame.
When the right amount of air
flows into the burner, the flame
will be steady, relatively quiet and
have approximately 3/4" sharp blue
cones. This usually results when
the shutter is about halfivay open.
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With too much air, the flame will
be unsteady, possibly won't bum all
the way around, and will be noisy,
sounding like a blowtorch.
With not enough air, you won't
see any sharp blue cones in the
flame, you may see yellow tips, and
soot may accumulate on cookware.
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Air adjustmt%t shutter
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The air adjustment shutters set on
the hood ~f the valve and are either
locked in place with Phillips head
screws or positioned on the burner
tubes by friction fit.
To adjust the flow of air to the
burners, loosen the Phillips head
screws and rotate the shutters (or
apply a blade-type screwdriver
against the friction-fit shutters and
push) to allow more or less air into
the burner tubes as needed.
Interchangeable Griddle
and Fifth Burner
Model JGCC58EH
The nonstick griddle changes places
quickly and easily with the fifth drip
pan and burner grate, and can be
kept in the storage compartment
right at the range when not in use.
An enamel cover helps protect the
nonstick finish when you leave the
griddle on the range.