GE JBP22 Use And Care & Installation Manual

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8HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARETO YOUR OLD ONE?Type of Cooktop Description How it WorksElectric Coil Flattened metal Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For besttubing containing cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving ofelectric resistance warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not changewire suspended heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough toover a drip pan. continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.Radiant Electric coils Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on(Glass Cooktop) under a glass the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough tocooktop. continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit ifyou want cooking to stop.Induction High frequency Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat isinduction coils produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right awayunder a glass and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the controlsurface. off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.Solid Disk Solid cast iron Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for gooddisk sealed to the cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. Thecooktop surface. disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the panfrom the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.Gas Burners Regular or sealed Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, butgas burners use pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and changeeither LP gas heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.or natural gas.Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units.If you are used to cooking with gas burners or othertypes of electric cooktops, you will notice somedifferences when you use electric coils.The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up andcool-down times, depend upon the type of burner orsurface unit you have.The following chart will help you to understand thedifferences between electric coil surface units and anyother type of cooktop you may have used in the past.SURFACE CONTROLSAt both OFF and HI the control “clicks” intoposition. You may hear slight “clicking” soundsduring cooking, indicating the control is keepingthe unit at the heat level or power level you set.Switching heats to higher settings always showsa quicker change than switching to a lower setting.How to Set the ControlsPush the knob in and turn in either direction to thedesired heat setting.Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when youfinish cooking.The surface unit “on” indicator light will glow whenANY heat on any surface unit is on.