GE JP392R, Use And Care Manual

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Example:
HOW TO OPERATE
YOUR INDUCTION COOKTOP
How to Boil and Simmer
Step 1: Unlock the cooktop. See
Features section.
Step 2: Place a pan of water on the
center of the cooking surface.
Step 3: Press ON/OFF pad. You now
have 15 seconds to select a cooking
power level. If a heat setting is not
entered by then, the cooktop will
automatically turn off and you must
press the ON/OFF pad again.
Step 4: Press HIGH pad. The control
display bar will show color all the
way up to HIGH pad, telling you the
cooktop is now on and the selected
heat setting is HIGH.
Step 5: Bring water to boil on HIGH
setting.
Step 6: To reduce heat to a simmer, you
can press the LOW, MED or
pads.
The control display bar will show the
heat setting you select.
Step 7: Press the ON/OFF pad. Power
to the induction coil will shut off and
the control display light will go out.
If you remove a pan or move it off center from a If you press the ON/OFF pad within one minute
cooking surface before you turn it off, the cooktop of the time you remove the pan, flashing and
will beep, the control panel will flash, and power to beeping will stop, the control display light will
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the induction coil will shut off. out, and power to the induction coil will shut
If you put the pan back on or center it on the
To start-cooking again, you will have to press
cooking surface within one minute, flashing and
the ON/OFF pad and select a heat setting.
beeping will stop and cooking will continue.
CAUTION: To help prevent scratching, do not
slide cookware across the cooktop surface.
Type of Cooktop
Induction
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Electric Coil
Solid Disk Element”
Radiant
ceramic) Cooktop
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Gas Burners
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Description
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Electric coils
under a
ceramic cooktop.
How it Works
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is produced
by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away and changes
heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control off, the glass
cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.
Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best
cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of warped
pans than induction or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change heat settings
as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to continue cooking
for a short time after they are turned off.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The disk
stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from
the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on
the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to continue
cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if you want
cooking to stop.
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but pans
should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change heat settings
away. When turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
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