How Does This Cooktop Compare To Your Old One?; Surface Controls; How To Set The Controls - GE JHP56 Use And Care Manual

HOW DOES THIS
TO YOUR
Your new cooktop has electric coil surihce units.
If you are used to cooking with gas burners or other
types of electric cooktops, you will notice some
differences when you use electric coils.
COOKTOP COMPARE
OLD ONE?
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up al_d
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 ally
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
Type of Cooktop How it Works
Electric Coil
Radiant
(Glass Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Induction
Solid Disk
Gas Bnrners
Description
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Electric coils
under a glm,s-
ceramic cooktop.
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
R<mflar or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
Heats by direct contact whh the pan and by hcatit_g the air under the pan. For best
cooking results, rise good quality palls. Electric coils arc more forgiving of
warpcd 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 to
continue cooking for a short time after they are turned olT.
Heat travels |o the glass surface and d_cnIo Ihe cookware, so pans must be fiat on
the bottom f,r good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot cnough to
continue cooking after it is turned orL Remove the pan from the surt:ace unit il
you want cooking to stop.
Pansmustbe madeof ferrousmetals(metalthat attractsa magnet),Heatis
produced by-a magnetic circuit between lhe coil and dm pm. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control
off the glass cooktop is hot t%m the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must beflat on the bottom for good
cooking results. Heats up and COOLS down more slowly than electric coils. The
disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Rcmove the pan
from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
SURFACE CONTROLS
At both the OFF and tile HI positions, there is a slight
niche so the control "clicks" at those positions; HI
marks the highest setting; the lowest setting is the
word WM. In a quiet kitchen, you may hear slight
"clicking" sounds during cooking, indicating the heat
settings selected are being maintained.
Switching heats to higher settings always shows a
quicker change than switching to lower settings.
How to Set the Controls
1. Grasp tile control knob
and push in.
2. Turn the knob either
clockwise or
counterclockwise to the
desired heat setting.
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The control knob must be pushed into set only
from the OFF position. When the control is in any
position other than OFF, it may be turned without
pushing it in.
Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when you
finish cooking.
The surface unit "on" indicator light will glow when
ANY surface unit is on.