Control Settings; Surface Cooking; Cooktop Comparison; Surface Controls - GE JBP19 Use And Care & Installation Manual

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units.
types of electric cooktops, you will notice some
differences when you use electric coils.
Description
Electric Coil Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Electric coils
Radiant
under a glass-
(Glass Ceramic)
o ceramic cooktop.
Cooktop
High frequency
Induction
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induction coils
under a glass
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surface.
Solid cast iron
Solid Disk
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
Gas Burners
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
How to Set the Controls
Push the knob in and turn in
"
either direction to the heat
setting you want.
Be sure you turn control to
OFF when you finish cooking.
The surface unit "on" indicator light will glow
when ANY heat on any surface unit is on.
Cooking Guide for Using Heat Settings
HI—Used to begin cooking or to bring water to a
boil. Reduce heat setting after water boils.
Medium High—( Setting halfway between HI and
MED) Maintains a fast boil on large amounts of food.
boil or simmer.
Medium Low—(Setting halfway between MED and
LO) Cook after starting at HI; cooks with little water
in covered pan.
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
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 \ettings as quickly as gas or
induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to continue cooking for a short time after they we
turned off.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware. so ptins must be flat on the
bottom for good cooking results. The glas$ cooktop stay~ hot enough to continue cooking
after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is produced h)
a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats
settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control off, the glass cooktop i~
hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking ~tops right away.
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 $Iowly than electric coils. The disk stays hot
enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the solid disk if
you want the cooking to stop.
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatne~s is not critical to cooking results. but pans
should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and chonge heat \etti ngs
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 between electric coil surface units and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
At both OFF and HI the control "clicks" into position.
You may hear slight "clicking" sounds during
cooking, indicating the control is keeping the unit at
the heat level or power level you set.
Switching heats to higher settings always shows a
quicker change than switching to a lower setting.
LO—Used for
long slow cooking
(simmering) to
tenderize and develop
flavors. L~se this
Medium *
Low
setting to melt butter
and chocolate or to
keep foods warm.
NOTE: The surface unit "on" indicator light may
glow between LO and OFF, but there is
the surface units.
want cooking to stop.
right away and changes heat
OFF
HI
LO
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