GE 49-4992 - Manual (Page 8)

Surface Cooking
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Your surface burners are lighted
by electric ignition, eliminating the
need for standing pilot lights with
constantly burning flames.
In case of a power outage, you can
light the surface burners on your
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match to the burner, then turn the
knob to the LITE oosition. Use
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extreme caution when lighting
burners this way.
Surface burners in use when an
electrical power failure occurs will
continue to operate normally.
Surface Burner Controis
Knobs that turn the surface burners
on and off are marked as to which
burners they control.
To Light a Surface Burner How to Select Flame Size
The flame size on a gas burner
should match the cookware you
are using.
Push the control knob in and turn
it to LITE. You will hear a little
clicking noise—the sound of the
electric spark igniting the burner.
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knob to adiust the flame size.
After Lighting a Burner
• cjneck to De sure tne Durner you
turned on is the one you want to use.
• Do not operate a burner for an
extended period of time without
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cookware to absorb the heat.
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pot holder, cleaning cloths or other
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NEVER LET THE FLAME
EXTEND UP THE SIDES OF THE
COOKWARE. Any flame larger than
the bottom of the cookware is wasted
and only serves to heat the handles.
When using aluminum or
aluminum-clad stainless steel
the circle it makes is about 1/2 inch
smaller than the bottom of the
cookware.
When boiling, use this same flame
size—1/2 inch smaller than the
bottom of the cookware—no matter
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cook just as quickly at a gentle boil
as they do at a furious rolling boil.
A high boil creates steam and cooks
away moisture, flavor and nutrition.
Avoid it except for the few cooking
processes which need a vigorous boil.
When frying or warming foods
in stainless steel, cast iron or
enamelware, keep the flame down
lower—to about 1/2 the diameter
of the pan.
When frying in glass or ceramic
cookware, lower the flame even more.