GE Component Cooktop System User Manual
GE Monogram
®
Use and Care Guide
Component
Cooktop System
Consumer Information
Component Cooktop System
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Introduction
Your new Monogram 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 cooktop’s superior blend of form
and function will delight you for years to come.
Your Monogram 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 cooktop properly.
If you have any other questions—please call the GE Answer Center® 800.626.2000.
Contents
Care and Cleaning
Brushed Stainless Steel Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Care of Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23–28
Control Panel and Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Gas Burner Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Grease Jars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Grill Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Halogen/Radiant Cooktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25
Porcelain Enamel Grease Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Vent Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vent Grille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vent System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Consumer Services
Important Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 36
Model and Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 36
Problem Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29–31
Product Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 36
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using Your Cooktop
Gas Burner Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15–17
Grill Component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–21
Halogen/Radiant Component . . . . . . . . . 10–13
Home Canning Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Optional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9
Vent System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
CANADIAN GAS ASSOCIATION
R
APPROVED
— Do not store or use gasoline or other
flammable vapors and liquids in the
vicinity of this or any other appliance.
— WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
•Do not try to light any appliance.
•Do not touch any electrical switch; do
not use any phone in your building.
•Immediately call your gas supplier from
a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas
supplier’s instructions.
•If you cannot reach your gas supplier,
call the fire department.
— Installation and service must be
performed by a qualified installer, service
agency or the gas supplier.
WARNING: If the information in this
guide is not followed exactly, a fire or
explosion may result causing property
damage, personal injury or death.
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Before
using your
cooktop
system
Read this guide carefully. It is intended to help
you operate and maintain your new cooktop
components 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 on the bottom of
each component.
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
damaged
components
Immediately contact the dealer (or builder)
that sold you the cooktop system.
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
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE
• The California Safe Drinking Water and
Toxic Enforcement Act requires the
Governor of California to publish a list of
substances known to the state to cause
cancer, birth defects or other reproductive
harm, and requires businesses to warn
customers of potential exposure to such
substances.
• Gas appliances can cause minor exposure to
four of these substances, namely benzene,
carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and soot,
caused primarily by the incomplete
combustion of natural gas or LP fuels.
Properly adjusted burners, indicated by a
bluish rather than a yellow flame, will
minimize incomplete combustion. Exposure
to these substances can be minimized further
by venting with an open window or using a
ventilation fan or hood.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
When using the component cooktop system,
basic safety precautions should be followed,
including the following:
• Use this cooktop system only for its intended
use as described in this guide.
• If the cooktop is located near a window, do
not use long curtains, which could blow over
the gas burners or surface units, creating a
fire hazard.
• Have your cooktop installed and properly
grounded by a qualified installer in
accordance with the Installation Instructions.
Any adjustment and service should be
performed only by qualified gas and electric
appliance installers or service technicians.
• Have the installer show you the location of
the circuit breaker or fuse. Mark it for easy
reference.
• Have the installer show you the location of
the gas cut-off valve and how to shut it off if
necessary.
• Do not attempt to repair or replace any part
of the component cooktop system unless it is
specifically recommended in this guide. Any
adjustment and service should be performed
only by qualified electric and gas range
installers or service technicians.
• BEFORE PERFORMING ANY SERVICE,
DISCONNECT THE COOKTOP SYSTEM
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 cooktop system.
• Avoid installing cabinets above the cooktop
system.
• To reduce the hazard caused by reaching into
cabinets over hot surface units, the open
flames of operating burners and hot
cookware, install a metal ventilation hood
over the cooktop components that projects
forward at least 5 inches beyond the front of
the cabinets.
• If cabinets are placed above the cooktop
components, allow a minimum clearance
of 30 inches between the cooking surface and
the bottom of unprotected cabinets.
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN
CABINETS INSTALLED ABOVE THE
COOKTOP SYSTEM—CHILDREN
CLIMBING ON THE COOKTOP SYSTEM
TO REACH ITEMS COULD BE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
• Never wear loose-fitting or hanging garments
while using the cooktop system. Be careful
when reaching for items stored in cabinets
over the cooktop system. Flammable material
could be ignited if brought in contact with
hot surface units or gas burners and may
cause severe burns.
• 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 the
hot surface units or gas burners and grates.
Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth in
place of a pot holder.
• For your safety, never use any electric or gas
components of the cooktop system for
warming or heating the room.
• Do not store flammable materials in an oven
or near the cooktop system components.
• Do not store or use combustible materials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of this or any other gas
or electric appliance.
• Do not let cooking grease or other flammable
materials accumulate in or near the cooktop
system components.
• Never leave the kitchen while using the grill.
• Do not replace the grease collector jar with a
mayonnaise jar which could break when hot
grease drips into it. Replace with any wide
mouth canning jar.
• 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.
• Keep the grill drip pan and grease well clean
to reduce smoking and avoid grease fires.
• To control flame-ups, turn down the heat
setting to low, rather than off (O). This keeps
the downdraft vent blower on. Or, turn the
Variable Speed Vent blower to HI, then turn
the grill off (O).
Use a long-handled utensil to carefully
remove the food from the grill.
These steps should control the flame until it
eventually goes out. If it does not, cover the
entire grill module with a cookie sheet or the
lid from a large roasting pan. Use a pot
holder to remove this later because it will be
hot.
• 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, cooktop surfaces or areas
nearby the surface units. Allow sufficient time
for cooling of the cooking surfaces.
Potentially hot surfaces include the grill
grates and all components with electric
cooking elements or gas burners and grates.
• 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.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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USING YOUR COMPONENT COOKTOP
• Use proper pan size—this cooktop system has
components equipped with electric surface
units or gas burners. Select cookware having
flat bottoms large enough to cover the selected
surface unit or burner. The use of undersized
cookware will expose portions of the surface
units or gas burners to direct contact and may
result in ignition of clothing. Proper
relationship of cookware to the surface unit or
the burner will also improve efficiency.
• Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic,
earthenware or other glazed containers are
suitable for cooktop service; others may break
because of the sudden change in temperature.
• Never leave the surface units or gas burners
unattended at high heat settings. Boilovers
cause smoking and greasy spillovers that may
catch fire.
• To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition
of flammable materials and spillage, the
handles of cookware should be turned without
extending over nearby surface units or burners.
• Always turn the electric surface unit or gas
burner controls off (O) before removing the
cookware.
• Watch foods being fried at high or mediumhigh heat settings.
• When flaming foods are under the exhaust
hood, turn the hood fan off. The hood 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.
• 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.
• Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats.
• Use a deep-fat thermometer whenever possible
to prevent overheating fat beyond the smoking
point.
• Be sure the downdraft vent grille is not
covered. Be sure the filter is in place. Its
absence during cooking could damage blower
parts.
• Do not cover or block the area around the
cooktop system knobs. This area must be kept
clear for proper ventilation and burner
performance.
• Keep all plastics away from cooktop surface
units and burners.
• Do not operate the halogen/radiant 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 immediately
should your glass cooktop become broken.
• Avoid scratching the glass cooktop surface.
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.
• Do not stand on the glass cooktop.
• Be careful when placing spoons or other
stirring utensils on the glass cooktop surface
when it is in use. They may become hot and
could cause burns.
• Use care when touching the cooktop. The glass
surface of the cooktop will retain heat after the
controls have been turned off.
• To avoid possible damage to the cooking
surface, do not apply Cooktop Cleaning
Cream to the glass surface when it is hot.
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USING YOUR COMPONENT COOKTOP
• After cleaning, use a dry cloth or paper towel to
remove all Cooktop Cleaning Cream residue.
• Read and follow all instruction and warnings
on Cooktop Cleaning Cream labels.
• 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
cleaners can produce noxious fumes if applied
to a hot surface.
When the cooktop is cool, use only Cooktop
Cleaning Cream brand cleaner to clean the
cooktop.
• Do not use a wok on the gas burners if the wok
has a round metal ring which is placed over the
burner grate to support the wok. This ring acts
as a heat trap that may damage the burner
grate and burner head. Also, it may cause the
burner to work improperly. This may cause a
carbon monoxide level above that allowed by
current standards, resulting in a health hazard.
• If you smell gas, turn off the gas to the cooktop
at the gas cutoff valve and call a qualified
service technician. Never use an open flame to
locate a leak.
• Do not operate the gas burners without all
burner parts and grate in place.
• Let the gas burner grate and other surfaces
cool before touching them.
• Do not leave grates removed from any
component where children can reach them.
• Never leave gas burners unattended at high
flame settings. Boilovers cause smoking and
greasy spillovers that may catch on fire.
• For your safety, never use your gas burners for
warming or heating the room. Prolonged use of
the cooktop in this way can be hazardous.
• Do not clean the cooktop system with
flammable or volatile cleaning fluids. See the
Care and Cleaning section.
• Do not clean any part of the cooktop system
when the appliance is in use.
• If you are using an overhead exhaust hood,
keep its grease filters clean to maintain good
venting and to avoid grease fires.
• Clean only parts listed in this Use and
Care Guide.
• Clean the cooktop with caution. If a wet sponge
or cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot cooktop,
be careful to avoid steam burns.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Optional Components
Component Cooktop System
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General
information
Some of the components must be cured or
preconditioned before using them for the first
time.
Components and accessories should be
cleaned after each use. The longer a soil
remains, the harder it is to clean. See each
component section in the Care and Cleaning
section for specific instructions.
Never immerse any electric surface unit or
plug in water.
Components available are discussed in this
section. You may only have some installed in
your kitchen. All components are permanently
installed with the exception of the grill.
Read each component section for specific
instructions.
To purchase additional components, contact
your nearest GE Appliances dealer or service
center. Part numbers for additional
components are listed in this guide.
Electric
surface unit
components
You must consider heat up and cool down
times for the surface units when determining
cooking times. Heat up and cool down times
depend on initial temperature settings, the
type of cookware used and the amount of food
being cooked.
Start cooking at a higher setting to heat the
surface unit faster, then turn to a lower setting
to finish cooking.
Remember, cooking continues after the surface
unit is turned off, so train yourself to turn the
heat down or off before cooking is done.
Gas
components
Monogram component gas cooktops (used
with either updraft or downdraft venting) are
designed to operate on natural gas at 4² water
column pressure.
Downdraft
vent
The downdraft vent component features an
integral variable-speed blower control switch
and a powerful centrifugal blower.
Halogen/
radiant
cooktop
Part Number:
ZEW145
The component has one 8² 1800 watt halogen
surface unit (rear) and a 6² 1200 watt radiant
surface unit (front).
There is a hot surface light for each surface unit
that indicates the condition of the glass surface.
The heat up time for the halogen surface unit
may be less compared to the radiant surface
unit depending upon the control settings. See
the Controls section for additional performance
characteristics.
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Electric
updraft grill
Part Number:
ZEW155–240 volts
With this component, you can charbroil meat
indoors all year long. Fat drains away and
collects in a jar attached below the grease well.
The element is divided so the front and back
sections can be controlled separately.
Gas burner
cooktop
Part Numbers:
ZGW124–right controls
ZGW125–left controls
This component has one large 10,500-BTU
burner (rear) and one smaller 6,000-BTU
burner (front). The grate is removable for
cleaning.
Grate
Electric
grill with
downdraft
vent
Part Number:
ZEW166–240 volts
ZEW176—downdraft
vent only
The downdraft vent component has an integral
variable-speed blower control.
Grease well Drip pan
Grill element Grill grate
Grease collector jar
Halogen/Radiant Component
Component Cooktop System
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Halogen
surface unit
The controls selected for the halogen/radiant
component will give you a full range of heat
settings for cooking.
The control knobs must be pushed down to turn from
the off (0) position. When the control knobs are in any
position other than off (0), they may be turned without
pushing down.
You may notice that the knob that operates the
halogen surface unit is slightly harder to turn
than the knob for the radiant surface unit. This
is due to the difference in design between the
two controls.
NOTE:
• The lowest three settings will produce no
visible evidence of the surface unit being on
although up to 11% of the total wattage is
being generated. On the lowest settings, the
percentage of power may not cause the hot
surface lights to light. An indicator light near
the control knobs will glow when either surface
unit is on.
• The burner “on” light will glow for all
positions except the off position.
The eleven position halogen control produces the following
variation in cooking power.
If the halogen/radiant component is connected to 208 volts, you
will notice some increase in cooking times.
Switch Position Brightness Typical Heater
Settings of Lamp Power (%)
HI 10 Full 100
9 High 76
8 High 56
7 Medium 41
6 Medium 30
5 Low 23
4 Low 16
3 Invisible 11
2 Invisible 8
LO 1 Invisible 5
0 OFF Invisible 0
Radiant
surface unit
The control for the radiant surface unit is an
infinite switch that can be set anywhere between
LO and HI for an unlimited number of heat
settings.With the infinite switch the coil cycles
on and off to maintain your selected control
setting.
The control knobs must be pushed down to turn from
the off (0) position. When the control knobs are in any
position other than off (0), they may be turned without
pushing down.
Be sure you turn the control knob off (0) when
you finish cooking. You will feel a “click” at the
off position.
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General
information
about halogen/
radiant surface
units
The halogen/radiant cooktop features heating
units beneath a smooth glass ceramic surface.
The surface units are shown by outlines on the
glass.
Before you use the cooktop for the first time,
clean it with Cooktop Cleaning Cream. This
helps protect the top and makes clean-up easier.
NOTE: A slight odor is normal when a new
cooktop is used for the first time. It is caused by
the heating of new parts and insulating
materials and will disappear in a short time.
When a surface unit is turned on, coils beneath
the surface unit radiate heat through the glass
to the cookware. The red glow of the coils will
be visible through the glass. It will take the
surface unit a few moments to heat up. The
coil cycles on and off to maintain your selected
control setting. With poor cookware, you will
see frequent cycling of the unit off and on.
Good, flat cookware will minimize the cycling.
Use only flat-bottomed cookware. Do not let pots
boil dry. Overheated metal can bond to glass
cooktop. An overheated copper pot will leave a
residue that will permanently stain the glass.
Sliding aluminum cookware across the glass
may leave metal marks. These metal marks
will appear as small scratches. They can be
removed with Cooktop Cleaning Cream and
a razor scraper.
It is safe to place hot cookware from the oven
or surface on the glass ceramic surface when
the surface is cool.
Avoid sliding pans on the glass cooktop. Pan
edges that are even slightly rough or grit on the
cooktop can cause scratches on the glass.
Even after the surface units are turned off, the
glass ceramic cooktop retains enough heat to
continue cooking. To avoid overcooking,
remove pans from the surface units when the
food is cooked. Avoid placing anything on the
surface unit until it has cooled completely.
Differences
between
halogen and
radiant
surface units
Some cooktops have both radiant and halogen
surface units. This is how they differ.
• Halogen units are much brighter than the
radiant units. Radiant units have a dull red
glow.
• Halogen and radiant units cycle on and off
frequently. This is normal. You will notice the
cycling more on the halogen units because of
their brightness.
• Radiant coils take about 10 seconds longer to
glow than halogen units.
Halogen units have radiant coils in the center that do not glow
as brightly as the outer halogen coils.
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