Control Settings; Surface Controls; How To Set The Controls - GE JBP22 Use And Care & Installation Manual

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units.
If you are used to cooking with gas burners or other
of electric cooktops, you will notice some
types
differences when you use electric coils.
Cooktop Description
Type of
Flattened metal
Electric Coil
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a
Electric coils
Radiant
under a glass
(Glass Cooktop)
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cooktop.
Induction High
induction coils
under a glass
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surface.
Solid
Solid Disk
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Gas Burners
gas
either LP gas
or natural gtis.
At both OFF and HI the control "clicks" into
position. YOL1 may hear slight "clicking" sounds
during cooking, indicating the control is keeping
the unit at the heat level or power level you set.

How to Set the Controls

Push the knob in and turn in either direction to the
desired heat setting.
Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when yoL~
finish cooking.
The surface unit "on" indicator light will glow when
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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
heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
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continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on
continue cooking after it i~ turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if
you want cooking to stop.
frequency
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, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
cast iron
cooking results. Heats
from the ~olid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Flames Ileat the pans directly. Pan ilatness is not critical to cooking results, but
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burners use
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.

SURFACE CONTROLS

The best types of cookware 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 b=tween electric-coil surface units and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The
Switching heats to higher settings always shows
quickly but does not change