GE JGSP40 HOW does this Cooktop Compare To Your OLD ONE?, Sureace Cooking, Electric Ignition

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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE

TO YOUR OLD ONE?

Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used to cooking with induction or other electric surface units, you will notice some differences when you use gas burners,

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 gas burner cooktops and any other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.

 

Type of Cooktop

Description

 

How it Works

 

 

Gas Burners

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Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but

 

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gas-burners use

 

pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change

 

either LP gas

 

heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.

 

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or natural gas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radiant

Electric coils

 

Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on

 

(Glass Ceramic)

under a glass-

 

the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to

 

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ceramic cooktop.

 

continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if

 

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you want cooking to stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Induction

High frequency

 

Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is

 

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induction coils

 

produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away

 

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under a glass

 

and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control

 

 

 

surface.

 

off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Coil

 

Flattened metal

 

Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best

 

 

 

tubing containing

 

cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of

 

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electric resistance

 

warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change

 

 

wire suspended

 

heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

over a drip pan.

 

continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid Disk

 

Solid cast iron

 

Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good

 

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disk sealed to the

 

cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The

 

 

cooktop surface.

 

disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan

 

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from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUREACE COOKING

Electric Ignition

Your surface burners are lighted by electric ignition, eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with constantly burning flames.

In case of a power failure, you can light the surface burners on your range with a match. Hold a lighted match to the burner, then turn the knob to the LITE position. Use extreme caution when lighting burners this way.

Surface burners in use when an electrical power failure occurs will continue to operate normally.

Surface Burner Controls

Knobs that turn the surface burners on and off are marked as to which burners they control. The two knobs on the left control the left front and left rear burners. The two knobs on the right control the right front and right rear burners.

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Contents Gas Slide-h Range Read this guide carefully If YOU Need ServiceSave time and money. Before you request service Write down the model and serial numbersWhen You Get Your Range Using Your RangeImportant Safety Instructions Surface CookingSurfaces of th~ door or oven wails OvenWhile the oven is Cool Broiling, if meat is too close to the flame@ not clean the dour gaskeL The door gasket ConversionLeveling the Range How to Remove Packaging TapeFlooring Under the Range Removing Packing MaterialsFEATuMs of Your Range Explained Electric Ignition HOW does this Cooktop Compare To Your OLD ONE?Sureace Cooking Surface Burner ControlsAfter Lighting a Burner How to Select Flame Size’o Light a Surface Burner CookwareFeatures of Your Oven Control To Reset the Timer TimerTo Set the Timer Power OutageBefore Using Your Oven Using Your OvenOven Shelves Oven Vent Shelf PositionsOven Light Oven MoisturePreheating How to Set Your Range for BakingBaking Type of Food Shelf PositionBaking Guides Pan Placement3aking Pans CookiesTimed Baking How to Time BakeHow to Set Immediate Start and Automatic Stop Aluminum FoilHow to Set Delay Start and Automatic Stop Quick ReminderAdjust the Oven Thermostat To Adjust the ThermostatUse of Aluminum Foil Roasting Guide Questions and AnswersRoasting Frozen RoastsShould I salt the meat before broiling? Broiling Guide Broiling should always be done with the oven door closedOperating the SELF-CLEANING Oven Before a Clean CycleTo Stop a Clean Cycle How to Set Oven for CleaningAfter a Clean Cycle How to Set Delay Start of Cleaning Quick Reminder-Delay Start for Self-CleanWhy do I have ash left in my oven after cleaning? My oven shelves do not slide easily. What is the matter?Burner Assembly #-T’mRingControl Panel and Knobs Burner Grates eCooktop Glass Removable Storage Drawer Lift-Off Oven DoorOutside of the door Painted Surfaces Broiler Pan and RackSure Grip Handle Removable Oven Bottom Dven Light BulbTo remove ANTI-TIP Device Cooktop Burner Broil and Oven Burner Air Adjustment ShuttersAir to-either burner QUESTIONS? USE this Problem Solver Lh It Yot.wse~section Men controls not set properlyPage Wdl1 Be There Warranty