GE Self-Cleaning Gas Duel Fuel Ranges, Owner'S Manual

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Do not use stove top grills

Surface Burners (Cont.)

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Top-of-Range Cookware

Aluminum:

 Medium-weight cookware is recommended 

because it heats quickly and evenly. Most foods brown 
evenly in an aluminum skillet. Use saucepans with tight-
fitting lids when cooking with minimum amounts of water.

Stainless Steel:

 This metal alone has poor heating 

properties and is usually combined with copper, 
aluminum or other metals for improved heat distribution. 
Combination metal skillets usually work satisfactorily if 
they are used with medium heat as the manufacturer 
recommends.

Cast-Iron:

 If heated slowly, most skillets will give 

satisfactory results.

Enamelware:

 Under some conditions, the enamel of some 

cookware may melt. Follow cookware manufacturer’s 
recommendations for cooking methods.

Glass:

 There are two types of glass cookware—those 

for oven use only and those for top-of-range cooking 
(saucepans, coffee and teapots). Glass conducts heat 
very slowly.

Heatproof Glass Ceramic:

 Can be used for either surface 

or oven cooking. It conducts heat very slowly and cools very 
slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s directions to be 
sure it can be used on gas ranges.

Stove Top Grills

Do not use an after-market stove top grill on your gas 
surface burners. A stove top grill will cause incomplete 
combustion resulting in carbon monoxide levels above 
allowable standards. This could be hazardous to your 
health.

Using a Wok

Use only a flat-bottomed wok with a diameter of 14 inches 
or less. Make sure the wok bottom sits flat on the grate.

Do not use a wok support ring. Placing the ring over the 
burner or grate may cause the burner to work improperly, 
resulting in carbon monoxide levels above allowable 
standards. This could be hazardous to your health.

In Case of a Power Failure

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 ports, then slowly turn the control knob to 
the 

LITE

 position. Use extreme caution when lighting 

burners this way.

Surface burners in use when an electrical power failure 
occurs will continue to operate normally.

Use a flat-bottomed wok.