GE JGSP21, JGSP20 warranty How Does This Cooktop Compare To Your Old One?

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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE

TO YOUR OLD ONE?

Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used

The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-upand

to cooking with induction or other electric surface

cool-down times, depend upon [he type of burner or

units, you will notice some differences when you use

surface unit you have.

gas burners.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Description

 

 

 

How it Works

 

 

Gas Burners

 

Regular or sealed

 

 

Flames heat the pans directly. Pan tlatness 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

 

 

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

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ceramic cooktop.

 

 

continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if

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you want cooking to stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Induction

 

High frequency

 

 

Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is

 

 

 

induction coils

 

 

produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away

 

 

 

under a glass

 

 

and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control

 

 

 

surface.

 

 

off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Coil

 

Flattened metal

 

 

Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid Disk

 

Solid cast iron

 

 

Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GE JGSP21, JGSP20 warranty How Does This Cooktop Compare To Your Old One?