Bosch Appliances JGP641 How Does This Cooktop Compare, To Your Old One?, Features, Electric, Auto

		FEATURES			OF	YOUR	COOKTOP
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Electric		Ignition				Auto	Relight
All of	the	burners on this cooktop	are	equipped	with	The burners		on this	cooktop relight	automatically
electric	igniters that eliminate the		need	for standing		if the	flame	goes out. This helps prevent			the
pilot lights.						inconvenience		of having to manually		relight a burner.
All the igniters make clicking sounds and spark even						As with electric ignition, all of the burner igniters
						spark	while	a burner	is relighting. Do not		touch any
when only a single burner is being turned on. Do not

touch any of the burners when the igniters are clicking. of the burners when the igniters are clicking.

Vent

The vent may be left in any position between fully extended and fully closed but the fan will only operate in the fully extended position.

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	Regular or sealed	Flames heat	the pans	directly. Pan	flatness	is not critical	to cooking results,	but
	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.
	or natural gas.

Radiant	Electric	coils
(Glass Ceramic)	under a glass-
Cooktop	ceramic	cooktop.

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Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if you want cooking to stop.

Induction

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Electric Coil

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Solid Disk

High frequency induction coils

under a glass surface.

Flattened metal

tubing containing electric resistance

wire suspended over a drip pan.

Solid cast iron disk sealed to the cooktop surface.

Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control off, 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 best cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of warped 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 off.

Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat 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. Remove the pan from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.

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