Bosch Appliances JGP640, JGP641 installation instructions Using Your Cooktop, To Light a Burner

USING YOUR COOKTOP

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 outage, you can light the surface burners on your cooktop with a match. Hold a lighted match to the burner, then turn the knob to the HIGH position. Use extreme caution when lighting burners this way.

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failure occurs will	continue	to operate normally.

To Light a Burner

Push the control knob in and turn it counterclockwise

to desired position from HIGH to LOW.

After the burner ignites, turn the knob in either

direction to adjust the flame size.

To turn a burner off, turn the knob clockwise, as far as it will go, to the OFF position.

How to Select Flame Size

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•The two rear burners are best for smaller pans and cooking operations requiring carefully controlled simmering conditions. The two front burners are the high power burners for larger pans and fast boiling operations.

•Do not operate a burner for an extended period

of time without cookware on the grate. The finish on the grate may chip without cookware to absorb the heat.

•Check to be sure the burner you turned on is the one you want to use.

•Be sure the burners and grates are cool before you

place your hand, a pot holder, cleaning cloths or other materials on them.

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Watch the flame, not the knob, as you reduce heat.

The flame size on a gas burner should match the

cookware you are using.

FOR SAFE HANDLING OF COOKWARE, NEVER LET THE FLAME EXTEND UP THE SIDES OF

THE COOKWARE. Any flame larger than the bottom of the cookware is wasted heat and only serves to heat the handle.

Cookware

Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware is

recommended because it heats quickly and evenly. Most foods brown evenly in an aluminum skillet.

Use saucepans with tight-fitting lids for cooking with minimum amounts of water.

Cast Iron: If heated slowly, most skillets will give satisfactory results.

Enamelware: Under some conditions, the enamel of some cookware may melt. Follow cookware

manufacturer's recommendations for cooking methods.

Glass: There are two types of glass cookware--

those for oven use only and those for surface cooking (saucepans, coffee and teapots). Glass conducts heat very slowly.

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Heatproof Glass Ceramic: Can be used for either surface or oven cooking. It conducts heat

very slowly and cools very slowly. Check cookware

manufacturer's directions to be sure it can be used on gas cooktops.

Stainless Steel: This metal alone has poor heating properties, and is usually combined with copper, aluminum or other metals for improved heat distribution. Combination metal skillets generally work satisfactorily if they are used at medium heat as the manufacturer recommends.

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