GE Halogen Radiant Cooktop User Manual
GE Monogram
®
Use and Care Guide
Halogen/Radiant
Cooktop
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Consumer Information
Halogen/Radiant Cooktop
Introduction
Your new Monogram halogen/radiant 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
Cleaning the Glass Cooktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16
Control Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cooktop Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Consumer Services
Before You Call For Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18
Important Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Model and Serial Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 24
Product Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 22
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Your Cooktop
Cookware Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12, 13
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Halogen Surface Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Home Canning Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
How to Set the Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–10
Radiant Surface Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–10
Using the Bridge Burner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Remove
packaging
tape
To assure no damage is done to the finish of the
product, the safest way to remove adhesive left
from packaging tape on new appliances is an
application of a household liquid dishwashing
detergent, mineral oil or cooking oil. Apply
with a soft cloth and allow to soak. Wipe dry and
then apply an appliance polish to thoroughly
clean and protect the surface.
NOTE: The plastic tape must be removed from all
chrome trim. It cannot be removed if it is baked on.
Before
using your
cooktop
Read this guide carefully. It is intended to help
you operate and maintain your new 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.
Fill out and return the Consumer Product
Registration Card that is packed with this
product. If you cannot find it, please send
in the duplicate card printed in the back of
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.
Save time
& money
Read this guide. Inside you will find many
helpful hints on how to use and maintain your
cooktop properly. Just a little preventive care on
your part can save you a great deal of time and
money over the life of your cooktop.
You’ll find many answers to common problems
in the Before You Call For Service section. If
you review our chart of Troubleshooting Tips
first, you may not need to call for service at all.
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
WARNING!
For your safety, the information in this guide must be followed to minimize the risk of fire, electric
shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
When using electrical appliances, basic safety
precautions should be followed, including the
following:
• Be sure your appliance is properly installed
and grounded by a qualified installer in
accordance with the provided installation
instructions.
• 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.
• 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 hot surface unit and
may cause severe burns.
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• 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 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.
• For your safety, never use your appliance for
warming or heating the room.
• 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 surface unit by covering the
pan completely with a well-fitting 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 foamtype fire extinguisher.
• 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.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• 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.
• Use care when touching the cooktop.
The glass surface of the cooktop will retain
heat after the controls have been turned off.
• 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.
• Cook meat and poultry thoroughly—meat to at
least an INTERNAL temperature of 160°F. and
poultry to at least an INTERNAL temperature
of 180°F. Cooking to these temperatures
usually protects against foodborne illness.
• 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
the guide.
• Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially
a deep fat fryer. Wait until the fat is cool.
• 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.
• Always keep combustible wall coverings,
curtains or drapes a safe distance away from
your counter unit.
• Always keep dish towels, dish cloths, pot
holders and other linens a safe distance away
from your counter unit.
• 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 that can melt or
catch fire on the glass cooktop, even when it
is not being used.
• 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.
• Do not stand on the glass cooktop.
• Keep the cooktop clean and free of accumulation
of grease or spillovers which may ignite.
• 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
counter unit. They may become hot and could
cause burns.
• 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.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING!
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• Teach children not to play with controls or any
other part of the cooktop.
• Always turn the surface units off before
removing the cookware.
• Keep an eye on foods being fried at high or
medium high heats.
• When flaming foods under the hood, turn
the fan on.
• 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.
Read and follow this Safety Information carefully.
• Use 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.
• If a combination of oils or fats will be used
in frying, stir together before heating, or as
fats melt slowly.
• 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.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
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Features of Your Cooktop
Halogen/Radiant Cooktop
Design
information
(Not all features
are on all models.
Appearance may vary.)
Feature Index Page
1 Bridge Burner 10
2 Radiant Surface Units 8–10
3 Halogen Surface Unit 8–10, 14
4 Halogen Surface Unit Control Knob 9, 10, 14
5 Model and Serial Numbers 3, 24
(under the cooktop)
6 Glass Ceramic Cooktop 11–13, 15, 16
7 Radiant Surface Unit Control Knob 8–10
8 HOT SURFACE Indicator Light 8
9 Surface “UNIT ON” Indicator Light 8
10 Bridge Select Knob 10
11 Left Front Surface Unit Control Knob 10
(use with the burner select knob)
12 Left Rear Surface Unit Control Knob 10
(use with the burner select knob)
HOT SURFACE
UNIT ON
N
4
5
3
2
LO
OFF
6
8
7
HI
9
4
5
2
3
LO
OFF
6
8
7
HI
9
4
5
3
2
LO
OFF
6
8
9
7
3
4
5
2
LO
OFF
6
7
8
9
4
5
2
3
LO
OFF
6
7
8
9
F
R
O
N
T
B
R
I
D
G
E
3
1
6
2 3 4 25
2 101110 89 4 7
Using Your Cooktop
Halogen/Radiant Cooktop
How to set the controls
Halogen/
radiant
surface
units
At both OFF and HI the control “clicks”
into position. (The halogen controls click in
every position.)
In a quiet kitchen, you may hear slight
“clicking” sounds—an indication that the heat
settings you selected are being maintained.
Switching heats to higher settings always results
in a quicker change than switching to lower
settings.
Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when
you finish cooking.
The surface UNIT ON indicator light will glow
when ANY heat on any surface unit is on.
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 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.
Push the knob in and turn in either direction
to the desired heat setting.
Sliding aluminum cookware across the glass
may leave metal marks. These metal marks will
appear as small scratches. They can be removed
with cleaning cream and a razor scraper.
It is safe to place hot cookware on the glass
ceramic surface even when the cooktop 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.
The Hot Surface Lights will stay lit until the
cooktop is cooled to approximately 150°F.
It is not unusual for the lights to stay lit for
30 minutes.
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.
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