GE 36 User Manual

GE Monogram

®

Use and Care Guide

36″Ceramic Cooktop

Consumer Information

Ceramic Cooktop

2

Introduction

Your new Monogram ceramic cooktop makes an eloquent statement of style, convenience and
kitchen planning flexibility. Whether you chose it for its purity of design, assiduous attention to
detail—or for both of these reasons—you’ll find that your Monogram ceramic cooktop’s superior
blend of form and function will delight you for years to come.

Your Monogram ceramic cooktop was designed to provide the flexibility to blend in with your
kitchen cabinetry. Its sleek design can be beautifully integrated into the kitchen.

The information on the following pages will help you operate and maintain your ceramic
cooktop properly.

If you have any other questions—please call the GE Answer Center® 800.626.2000.

Contents

Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3, 17–20

Important Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Model and Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 20

Problem Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Product Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2, 19, 20

Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using Your Cooktop

Controls and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7–9

Cookware Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11

Home Canning Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Care and Cleaning

Control Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Glass Cooktop Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14

Stainless Steel Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Before
using your
ceramic
cooktop

Read this guide carefully. It is intended to help
you operate and maintain your new ceramic
cooktop properly.

Keep it handy for answers to your questions.

If you don’t understand something or need
more help, call:

GE Answer Center®

800.626.2000
24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Write
down the
model &
serial
numbers

You’ll find them on a label under the cooktop.
These numbers are also on the Consumer

Product Ownership Registration Card included
in this guide.

Before sending in this card, please write these
numbers here:

Model Number

Serial Number
Use these numbers in any correspondence or

service calls concerning your cooktop.

If you received
a damaged
cooktop

Immediately contact the dealer (or builder)
that sold you the cooktop.

3

Save time
& money

Before you request service, check the Problem
Solver in the back of this guide.

It lists causes of minor operating problems that
you can correct yourself.

If you
need
service

To obtain service, see the Consumer Services
page in the back of this guide.

We’re proud of our service and want you to be
pleased. If for some reason you are not happy
with the service you receive, here are three steps
to follow for further help.

FIRST, contact the people who serviced your
appliance. Explain why you are not pleased. In
most cases, this will solve the problem.

NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the
details—including your phone number—to:

Manager, Consumer Relations
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225

FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved,
write:

Major Appliance Consumer

Action Program
20 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

When using electrical appliances, basic safety
precautions should be followed, including
the following:

• Have the installer show you the location of

the circuit breaker or fuse. Mark it for easy

reference.

• Use this appliance only for its intended use

as described in this guide.

• Be sure your appliance is properly installed

and grounded by a qualified technician in

accordance with the provided installation
instructions.

• Do not attempt to repair or replace any
part of your cooktop unless it is specifically
recommended in this guide. All other

servicing should be referred to a qualified
technician.

• Before performing any service,
DISCONNECT THE COOKTOP POWER
SUPPLY AT THE HOUSEHOLD
DISTRIBUTION PANEL BY REMOVING
THE FUSE OR SWITCHING OFF THE
CIRCUIT BREAKER.

• Do not leave children alone—children should not

be left alone or unattended in an area where
an appliance is in use. They should never be
allowed to sit or stand on any part of the
appliance.

• Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or hang
on the cooktop.

• CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED
IN CABINETS ABOVE A COOKTOP—
CHILDREN CLIMBING ON THE
COOKTOP TO REACH ITEMS COULD BE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.

• Never wear loose-fitting or hanging garments

while using the appliance. Be careful when

reaching for items stored in cabinets over the
cooktop. Flammable material could be
ignited if brought in contact with a hot
surface unit and may cause severe burns.

• Use care when touching the cooktop. The
glass surface of the cooktop will retain heat
after the controls have been turned off.

• For your safety, never use your appliance for
warming or heating the room.

• Use only dry pot holders—moist or damp pot

holders on hot surfaces may result in burns
from steam. Do not let pot holders touch a
hot surface unit. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth in place of a pot holder. Such
cloths can catch fire on a hot surface unit.

• Do not store flammable materials near
the cooktop.

• Keep the hood and grease filters clean to
maintain good venting and to avoid grease fires.

• DO NOT STORE OR USE COMBUSTIBLE
MATERIALS, GASOLINE OR OTHER
FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS IN
THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER
APPLIANCE.

• Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate on the cooktop.

• Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick
up a flaming pan. Turn the controls off.

Smother a flaming pan on a surface unit by
covering the pan completely with a well­fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tray. Use a
multi-purpose dry chemical or foam-type fire
extinguisher.

Flaming grease outside a pan can be put
out by covering it with baking soda or, if
available, by using a multi-purpose dry
chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.

5

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

• Clean the cooktop with caution. If a wet
sponge or cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot
surface unit, be careful to avoid steam burns.
Some cleansers can produce noxious fumes if
applied to a hot surface.

NOTE: We recommend that you avoid wiping
any surface unit areas until they have cooled
and the indicator light has gone off. Sugar
spills are the exception to this. Please see the
Glass Cooktop Cleaning section.

When the cooktop is cool, use only the
recommended cleaning cream to clean the
cooktop.

• Do not operate the surface units if the glass is
broken. Spillovers or cleaning solution may

penetrate a broken cooktop and create a risk
of electrical shock. Contact a qualified
technician if your glass cooktop breaks.

• Do not touch the surface units. These
surfaces may be hot enough to burn even
though they are dark in color. During and
after use, do not touch, or let clothing or
other flammable materials contact, the
surface units or areas nearby surface units;
allow sufficient time for cooling first.

Potentially hot surfaces include the cooktop
and areas facing the cooktop.

• Never leave the surface units unattended at
high heat settings. Boilovers cause smoking

and greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.

• Use proper pan size—select cookware having
flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface
unit’s heating area. The use of undersized
cookware will expose a portion of the surface
unit to direct contact and may result in
ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of
cookware to surface unit will also improve
efficiency. See the Cookware Tips section of
this guide.

• When cooking pork, follow the directions
exactly and always cook the meat to an
internal temperature of at least 170°F. This
assures that, in the remote possibility that
trichina may be present in the meat, it will be
killed and the meat will be safe to eat.

• Only certain types of glass, glass-ceramic,
earthenware or other glazed containers are
suitable for cooktop cooking; others may
break because of the sudden change in
temperature.

• To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition

of flammable materials and spillage, the
handle of a container should be turned
toward the center of the cooktop without
extending over nearby surface units.

• Always keep combustible wall coverings,
curtains or drapes a safe distance away from

your cooktop.

• Always keep dish towels, dish cloths, pot
holders and other linens a safe distance away

from your cooktop.

• Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils
or food on the cooktop when not in use.

• Avoid scratching the glass cooktop. The

cooktop can be scratched with items such as
sharp instruments, rings or other jewelry and
rivets on clothing.

• Never use the glass cooktop surface as a
cutting board.

• Do not place or store items on top of the glass
cooktop surface when it is not in use.

• Be careful when placing spoons or other
stirring utensils on glass cooktop surface

when it is in use. They may become hot and
could cause burns.

• Avoid heating an empty pan. Doing so may
damage the cooktop and the pan.

• Do not allow water, other liquids or grease

to remain on the cooktop or control panel.

• Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.

• Clean only parts listed in this guide.

• Keep cooktop clean and free of accumulation
of grease or spillovers which may ignite.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

6

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

• To minimize the possibility of burns, always
be certain that the controls for all surface
units are at the off position and the entire
glass surface is cool before attempting to
clean the cooktop.

• Always keep wooden and plastic utensils
and canned food a safe distance away from

your cooktop. They may become hot and
could cause burns.

• Never heat unopened food containers.
Pressure buildup may make container burst
and cause injury.

• Teach children not to play with controls or
any other part of the cooktop.

• Always turn the surface unit controls off
before removing the cookware.

• Carefully watch for spillovers or overheating
of foods when frying at high or medium high
temperatures.

• When flaming foods are under the hood, turn
the fan off. The fan, if operating, may spread
the flame.

• Foods for frying should be as dry as possible.

Frost on frozen foods or moisture on fresh
foods can cause hot fat to bubble up and over
the sides of the pan.

• Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially
a deep fat fryer. Wait until the fat is cool.

• Use little fat for effective shallow or deep fat
frying. Filling the pan too full of fat can cause

spillovers when food is added.

• If a combination of oils or fats will be used
in frying, stir together before heating, or as

fats melt slowly.

• Use a deep fat thermometer whenever
possible to prevent overheating fat beyond

the smoking point.

• Never leave jars or cans of fat drippings on or
near your cooktop.

• To avoid possible damage to the cooking
surface, do not apply the cleaning cream to

the glass surface when it is hot.

• After cleaning, use a dry cloth or paper towel
to remove all the cleaning cream residue.

• Read and follow all instructions and warnings
on the cleaning cream labels.