GE JGBP24GE warranty AutomaticIgnition

AutomaticIgnition

Yoursurface burners are lighted by electric ignition, eliminatingthe need for standingpilot lightswith constantlyburning flames.

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

Surface burners in use when an electrical power failure occurs wi. 1 continue to operate normally.

surface Burner Controk

Knobs that turn the surface burners on and off are located on the lower control panei and are marked as to which burners they control.

To Light a surface Burner

Push the control knob in and turn it to LITE. Youwill hear a little clicking noise—the sound of the electric spark igniting the burner.

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After theburner ignites, turn the knob to adjust the flame size.

NorRnalb~~rneroperation:

When a burner is first turned on, you may hear a blowingor hissing sound for 30 to 45 seconds or until the burner heats up. This normal sound is due to improvedinjection of gas and air into the burner. Put a

.Pan on the burner before lightingit, or adjust the flame to match pan- size as soon as it lights, and the blowingor hissing sound will be much less noticeable.

I Lifting

and will tift slightly away from the burner when the burner is first turned on. A blowing or hissing sound may be heard.

Flame will stabilize and curve upwar~ after a burner heats up or 30 to 45 seconds after it is turned on. The biowing or hissing sound will stop.

After lighting a burner:

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

~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.

~Be sure the burners and grates are cool before you place your hand, a pot holder, cleaning cloths or other materials on them.

The flame size on a gas burner should match the cookware you are using.

NEVER LET THE FLAME

EXTEND UP THE SIDES OF THE COONARE. Anyflamelargerthan the bottomof the cookwareis wasted and ordy servesto heat the handles.

When using aluminum or aluminum-clad stiinless steel poti and pans, adjust the flame so the circle it makes is about 1/2inch smaller than the bottom of the cookware.

Whenboiling9use this same flame size—1/2inch smaller than the bottom of the coolcware—nomatter what the cookwareis made of. Foods cook just as quickly at a gentle boil as they do at a furious rolling boil. A high boil creates steam and cooks awaymoisture, flavor and nutrition.

Avoidit except for the few cooking processeswhich ned a vigorousboil.

When frying or warming foods in sminless stee19cast iron or ename~ware, keep the flame down lower—to about 1/2the diameter of the pan.

When frying in gIass or ceramic eoohme, lowertheflameevenmore.