GE JBW3-4 warranty HOW does this Cooktop Compare To Your OLD ONE?, Radiant

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE

TO YOUR OLD ONE?

Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units or a radiant glass cooktop. 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 or a radiant glass cooktop.

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. -

Type 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
,Q		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
@		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	Cooktop)	under a gla~s	the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to
o		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
\\\lll/////,		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
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%,,lllox		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
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		cooktop surface.	disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
oL			from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
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.

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