GE JCAS745 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions

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7Using the surface units.Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model.Surface Cooking ControlsYour surface units and controls aredesigned to give you a variety of heatsettings for surface unit cooking.At both LO and HI positions, there is aslight niche so control clicks at thosepositions; HI marks the highest setting; LO,the lowest setting.How to Set the ControlsPush the control knob in.Turn either clockwise orcounterclockwise to desired heatsetting.Control must be pushed in to set onlyfrom the OFF position.Heat Setting GuideMAX ---Quick start for cooking; bringwater to boil.MEDIUM HIGH --- Fast fry, pan broil;maintain fast boil on large amount offood.MED --- Sauce and brown; maintain slowboil on large amount of food.MEDIUM LOW – Cereal; maintain servingtemperature of most foods.Cooking TipsUse medium- or heavyweightcookware. Aluminum cookwareconducts heat faster than othermetals. Cast-iron and coated cast-iron cookware is slow to absorb heat,but generally cooks evenly at low ormedium heat settings. Steel pans maycook unevenly if not combined withother metals.Do not overfill cookware with fatthat may spill over when addingfood. Frosty foods bubble vigorously.Watch foods frying at hightemperatures. Keep range and hoodclean from accumulated grease.In a quiet kitchen, you may hearslight clicking sounds during cooking,indicating heat settings selected arebeing maintained.Switching heats to higher settingsalways shows a quicker change intemperature than switching to lowersettings.When control is in any position otherthan OFF, you can turn it withoutpushing in.Be sure you turn control to OFF when youfinish cooking. An indicator light willglow when ANY surfaces unit is on.A Burner On indicator light will glowwhen ANY surface unit is on.MIN --- Cook after starting at HI; cookwith little water in covered pan. Use tosteam rice.NOTE:At MAX or MEDIUM HIGH, neverleave food unattended. Boiloverscause smoking; greasy spilloversmay catch fire.At MIN, melt chocolate, butter onsmall unit.To conserve the most cooking energy,pans should be flat on the bottom,have straight side and tight-fitting lids.Match the size of the saucepan to thesize of the surface unit. A pan thatextends more than an inch beyondthe edge of the drip pan traps heat,which causes “crazing” (fine hairlinecracks) on porcelain, and discolorationranging from blue to dark gray onchrome drip pans.1122Consumer SupportTroubleshooting TipsCare and CleaningSafety Instructions InstallationInstructionsOperatingInstructions