Cookware - GE PGS908 Owner's Manual

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Top-of-Range Cookware
Aluminum: Medimn-weight cookwaxe is
iecommended because it heats quickly
and evenly. Most foods brown evenly ill
an alunlinum skillet. Use saucepans with
fight-fitting lids when cooking with
mininmm amounts ofwami.
Cast-Iron: If heated slowl);
most
skillets
will give satisfactory results.
Enamelware: Under some conditions,
file enamel of some cookware may
nlelt. Follow cookware malmfacturer's
reconnnendafions for cooking methods.
Glass:
There are two types of glass
cookware--fllose for oven use only
and those for rap-of-range cooking
(saucepans, coffbe and teapots).
Glass conducts heat very slowl):
HeatproofGlass Ceramic:Can be used
for eifller surface or oven cooking. It
conducts heat vexy slowly and cools vex y
slowly. Check cookware manufacturer's
directions to be sure it can be used on gas
I'_tI]ges.
Stainless Steel: This metM Mone has
poor heating properties and is usually
combined with coppeL alunlinunl
or other metals for improved heat
disnibufion. Combination metal skillets
usually work satisfactorily if they are used
with medium heat as the manufacturer
iecolillilends.
Stove TopGrills
Do not use stove top grills on your seMed
gas burners. If you use tile stove mp giill
on tile sealed gas burnei; it will cause
incomplete conlbusfion and can result
ill exposure m carbon monoxide levels
above allowable current standards.
Thiscanbe hazardous t o yourhealth.
Use a flat-bottomed wok.
Wok This Way
Werecommend t hatyouusea 14-inch (35.6 cm)
or smaller fiat-bottomed wok.Makesurethewok
bottomsitsflat on thegrate. They areavailable at
yourlocalretailstore.
Only a fiat-bottomed wok should be used.
Do not use a fiat-bottomed wok on a
support Iing. Placing tile ring over tile
burner or glv_m in W cause tile burner
to work improperly, resulting in carbon
monoxide levels above allowable
standards. This could be dangerous to
your heMfll.
In Case of Power Failure
In case of a power failure, you can light
tile gas surface burners on your imlge
with a match. Hold a lit match to tile
burnei; then push in and mrn tile conuol
knob to tile LITEposition. Use exueme
caution when
lighting
burnels this way:
Surface burners in use when an electric_d
power failure occuI_ will continue to
opelvtte nornlall):
NOTE: If rangelock-out i s in useat thetimeof a
powerfailure,thesurface burners cannotbelit.
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