GE 164D3333P185-1 - Manual (Page 9)

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Safety Instructions
Operating Instructions
Care and Cleaning
Installation Instructions
Troubleshooting T
ips
Customer Service
How to Select Flame Size
Watch the flame, not the knob, as you reduce
heat. The flame size on a gas burner should
match the cookware you are using.
For safe handling of cookware, 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 handle.
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.
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 2 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.
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.
Air Adjustment
An air adjustment shutter for each surface burner
regulates the flow of air to the flame.
When the right amount of air flows into the
burner,
the flame will be steady, relatively
quiet and have approximately 3/4-inch
sharp blue cones. This is usually the case
with factory preset shutter settings.
With too much air, the flame will be
unsteady, possibly won’t burn all the way
around, and will be noisy, sounding like
a blowtorch.
With not enough air, you won’t see any
sharp blue cones in the flame, you may
see yellow tips and soot may accumulate
on pots and pans.
To adjust the flow of air to the burners,
rotate the shutters to allow more or less
air into the burner tubes as needed.
3/4
″
3/4
″
Flame height on HI setting
1/8 ″ flame height in the low position
Never let the flame extend up the
sides of the cookware.
Manifold pipe
Air adjustment
shutter
Top burner valve