GE 164D2966P053 Use And Care Manual

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARETO YOUR OLD ONE? —Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up andto cooking with induction or other electric surface cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner orunits, you will notice some differences when you use surface unit you have.gas burners. The following chart will help you to understand thedifferences between gas burner cooktops and anyother type of cooktop you may have used in the past.Type of Cooktop Description,Gas Burners I Remlaror sealed*.=— . gas: burners use‘ ,\ 4 either LP gasor natural gas.Radiant Electric coils(Glass Ceramic) under a glass-Cooktop ceramic cooktop.oInduction High frequency\\lllll//,,,,$$@# induction coils. under a glass-%,,,,,,,,,, surface.Electric Coil Flattened metal@tubing containing‘\” electric resistancewire suspendedover a drip pan.Solid Disk Solid cast irono~ disk sealed to thec. cooktop surface.How it WorksFlames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, butpans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and changeheat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be tlat onthe bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough tocontinue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit it’you want cooking to stop.Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat isproduced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right awayand changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the controloff, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away,Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For bestcooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving ofwarped 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 tocontinue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for goodcooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. Thedisk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the panfrom the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.SURFACE COOKINGElectric IgnitionYour surface burners are lighted by electric ignition, Surface burners in use when an electrical powereliminating the need for standing pilot lights with failure occurs will continue to operate normally.constantly burning flames.In case of a power failure, you can light the surfaceburners on your range with a match. Hold a lightedmatch to the burner, then turn the knob to the LITEposition. Use extreme caution when lightingburners in this manner.Surface Burner ControlsThe knobs that turn the surface burners on and off The two knobs on the left control the left front and —are located on the lower control panel in front of left rear burners. The two knobs on the right controlthe burners. the right front and right rear burners.8