GE 164D2966P118 - Manual (Page 8)

HOW DOES THIS COMPARE
WITH YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new has gas burners. If you are used The best types of cookware to use, heat-up
to cooking with induction or other electric surface cool-down times, depend upon the 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
and any
other type of you may have used in the past.
Gas Burners
Radiant
(Glass Ceramic)
o
Induction
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Electric Coil
Solid Disk
Description
Regular or
gas burners use
either
gas
natural
Electric coils
under a
ceramic
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
surface.
How It Works
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans should be
balanced. Gas burners heat the right change
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
Heat travels to the surface and then to the cookware, so pans must on
the bottom for good cooking results. The stays hot enough to
continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if
you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
produced by a
circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings right away, like a gas After turning the control
off, the glass 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 radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not
heat settings as quickly gas or induction. Electric coils stay
enough to
continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be on the bottom for good
cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric The
disk stays hot enough continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Electric Ignition
Your surface burners are lit by electric ignition, Surface burners in use when an electrical power
eliminating the need for standing pilot with failure occurs will continue to operate normally.
constantly burning flames.
In case of a power failure, you can light the surface
burners on your range with a match. Hold a lit match
to the burner, then push in and turn the control knob
to the
position. Use extreme caution when
lighting burners in this manner.
Surface Burner Controls
The knobs that turn the surface burners on and off The two knobs on the left control the left front and
are located on the lower control panel in front of left rear burners. The two knobs on the right control
the burners. the right front and right rear burners.