GE JP383 Cooktop User Manual


 
Deep Fat
F~ing
Do not
overffll
cookware with fat that may spill over when adding food.
Frosty foods bubble vigorously. Watch food frying at high temperatures.
Keep
ooktop
and hood clean from grease.
Wok Cooking
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Do not use woks that
you use
ody
a
flat-
have support rings
bottomed wok.
~ey
are
available at your Iocd
woks, with or-without
retti
store.
the ring in place can
be dangerous. Placing
the ring over the
surfa~
unit will cause a
bufld-up
of heat that
wdl
damage the
cooktop.
Do not try to use such woks
without the ring. You
codd be seriously burned if the
wok tipped over.
Questions and
hswem
Q. Can I cover my drip pans with foil?
A. No.
Clean as recommended in the
tie
and
Cleaning section.
Q. Can I use special cooking equipmen$
tike
an
oriental
wok
on any surface units?
A.
Cootiare
without flat surfaces is not
recommended.
me
life of the module surface
units can be shortened and the
cooktop
can be
damaged from the high heat needed for this type
of cooking. A special flat-bottomed wok
can
be
used safely.
Q.
Why
am I not getting the heat I need from my
surface units even though I have the controls on
the correct setting?
A. After turning the surface units off and making sure
they are cool, check to make sure that the plug-in
units are securely plugged in.
Q.
my
does my cookware
tilt
when I place it on
the surface unit?
A.
Because the surface unit is not flat. Make sure the
feet of the surface units are sitting on the inside
rim of the drip pan and the drip pan is flat on the
cooktop
surface.
Q.
my
is the porcelain finish on my cookware
coming
OW
A.
H
you set the
surfam
unit
cod
higher than required
for the cookware material and leave it, the finish
may smoke,
crack pop, or bum depending on the
pot or pan.
Aso,
if you set the surface unit
cofi
higher than
required for a long period of time, with small
amounts of dry
foo~ you
m
damage the finish.
Q.
my
I can foods and preserves on my coil
surface units?
A
Yes, but ody use ~okware designed for canning
pvses.
~eck
the manufacturer’s instructions
and
recipes for preserving foods. Be sure canner is
flat-
bottomed and fits over the center of the coil surface
unit. since
canning generates large amounts of
stem
be
careti
to avoid burns from steam or heat.
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