GE JBP55 How Does This Cooktop Compare To Your Old One?, SU~ACE COOmG, How to Set the Controls

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE

TO YOUR OLD ONE?

Your new cooktop has electric coil surface 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.

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 electric-coil surface units and any other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.

~pe of Cooktop	Description	How it Works
Electric Coil	Flattened metal	Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best
o	tubing containing	cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of
	electric resistance	warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change
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	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.
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
Cooktop	ceramic cooktop.	continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if
		you want cooking to stop.
Induction
	High frequency	Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
\\illll,,,,,,	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
“,,,,,,,,,, i\\\	surface.	off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.
Solid Disk	Solid cast iron	Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
~’	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.
	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.

SU~ACE COOmG

At both OFF and HI the control “clicks” into position. You may hear slight “clicking” sounds during cooking, indicating the control is keeping the unit at the heat level or power level you set.

Switching heats to higher settings always shows a quicker change than switching to a lower setting.

How to Set the Controls

Push the knob in and turn

K+‘in either direction to the heat setting you want.

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Be sure you turn control to OFF when you finish cooking.

The surface unit “on” indicator light will glow

when ANY heat on any surface unit is on.

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