GE JP345 User Manual

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
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Your new cooktop has a radiant glass ceramic cooktop.
If you are used to cooking with gas burners or electric
surface units, you will notice some differences when
you use the radiant cooktop.
The best types of cookware to use, plLIs heat-up and
cool-down [imes, depend upon the type of burner or
surface unit you have.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between radiant
cooktops and any other
type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
Type of Cooktop
Radiant (Glass
Ceramic) Cooktop
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Solid Disk
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Gas Burners
Descri~tion
Electric coils
under a glass-
ceramic cooktop.
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
How it Works
Heat travels to the gluss surface and then to the cookware, so pans tnust bc flat
on the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to
continue cooking long after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit
if you want cooking to stop.
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 radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly bu[ 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.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil irnd 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 pm, 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. .
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan
flatness is not critical to cooking rcsrdts, but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right
away,
CONTROL KNOBS
At both OFF and HI the control “clicks” into position.
Switching heats to higher settings always results
In a quiet kitchen, you may hear slight “clicking”
in a quicker change than switching to lower settings.
sounds—an indication that the heat settings you
selected are being maintained.
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GE JP345 Specifications

General

Brand	GE
Model	JP345
Category	Cooktop
Language	English