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Owner’s
Manual
36″ Gas-on-Glass Cooktop
Model ZGU36K
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Consumer Information Gas Cooktop Your new Monogram cooktop makes an eloquent statement of style, convenience and kitchen Introduction 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
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AVERTISSEMENT : Si les informations de ce manuel ne sont pas suivies à la lettre, un incendie ou une explosion peut résulter et causer des dommages matériels, des blessures ou la mort. — Ne stockez pas ou n’utilisez pas de l’essence ou d’autres vapeurs ou liquides inflammables à proximité de cet appareil électrique ou de tout autre. — QUE FAIRE SI VOUS SENTEZ DU GAZ • N’essayez pas d’allumer un appareil quelconque. • Ne touchez aux interrupteurs électriques ; n’utilisez pas les téléphones de vo
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Consumer Information Gas Cooktop Read this manual carefully. It is intended to If you don’t understand something or need Before help you operate and maintain your new more help, there is a list of toll-free consumer using your cooktop properly. service numbers included in the back section cooktop of this manual. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. OR Before using the cooktop for the first time, ® clean it with CERAMA BRYTE Ceramic Visit our Website at: ge.com Cooktop Cleaner. This help
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS • Do not leave children alone or unattended IMPORTANT SAFETY where a cooktop is hot or in operation. They could be seriously burned. NOTICE: • The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic • CAUTION: Items of interest to Enforcement Act requires the Governor of children should not be stored in cabinets California to publish a list of substances above a cooktop—children climbing on the known to the state to cause cancer, birth cooktop to reach items
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Do not let cooking grease or other flammable • Always heat fat slowly, and watch as it heats. materials accumulate on or near the cooktop. • Use a deep-fat thermometer whenever • Never leave surface burners unattended at possible to prevent overheating fat beyond high flame settings. Boilovers cause smoking the smoking point. and greasy spillovers that may catch on fire. • Do not flame foods on the cooktop. If you do • Adjust surface burner flame size so it does
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• Clean the cooktop with caution. If a wet • Do not touch glass surface while cooking. This sponge or cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot surface may be hot enough to burn. During surface, be careful to avoid steam burns. Some and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or cleansers can produce noxious fumes if applied other flammable materials contact the cooktop. to a hot surface. • Hot surfaces may include both the cooktop NOTE: We recommend that you avoid wiping any and areas facing the
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INSTRUCTIONS DE SÉCURITÉ IMPORTANTES PRÉCAUTIONS DE SÉCURITÉ • Assurez-vous que la cuisinière est ajustée AVIS IMPORTANT DE correctement par un technicien de service ou un installateur qualifié en fonction du type de SÉCURITÉ : gaz (naturel ou PL) qui sera utilisé. • La loi de l’état de Californie sur l’eau potable • N’essayez pas de réparer ou de remplacer sécurisée et l’application des lois sur les toute pièce de la cuisinière sauf si cela est produits toxiques exige que le Gouverneur de spéci
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• N’utilisez pas de l’eau sur les incendies • N’utilisez jamais un wok sur la surface de cuisson si de graisse. Ne saisissez jamais une poêle le wok a une bague ronde en métal placée pour le enflammée. Arrêtez les contrôles. Etouffez les soutenir sur la grille du brûleur. Cette bague est un flammes d’une poêle placées sur un brûleur piège à chaleur, qui peut endommager la grille et la de surface en la recouvrant entièrement d’un tête de brûleur. Cela peut également occasionner couvercle bien aj
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INSTRUCTIONS DE SÉCURITÉ IMPORTANTES • Faites attention quand vous nettoyez la table • Ne touchez jamais la surface en vitro quand de cuisson. Si vous utilisez une éponge ou un vous cuisinez. Cette surface peut être assez linge humide pour essuyer des éclaboussures chaude pour vous brûler. Pendant et après sur la surface de cuisson chaude, faites utilisation, ne touchez pas ou ne laissez aucun attention d’éviter les brûlures dues à la vapeur. vêtement ou matériau inflammable entrer en Certains n
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Features of Your Cooktop Gas Cooktop 6 4 Features 4 3 (Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary.) 5 2 1 Feature Index (features and appearance may vary) Page 1 Maximum Output Spillproof Burner 12, 14, 15, 16 2 High Output Spillproof Burner 12, 14, 15, 16 3 Medium Output Spillproof Burner 12, 14, 15, 16 4 Simmer Spillproof Burners 12, 14, 15, 16 5 Tactile-Touch Control Knobs (One for Each Surface Burner) 14 6 Interlocking Grates 16 Your cooktop is shipped from the factory set to L
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Using Your Cooktop Gas Cooktop Your surface burners are lit by electric ignition, In case of a power outage, you can light the Electric eliminating the need for standing pilot lights surface burners on your cooktop with a match. ignition with constantly burning flames. Hold a lighted match to the burner; then turn the knob to the HIGH position. Use extreme All five igniters make clicking sounds and spark caution when lighting burners this way. even when only a single burner is being turned on. D
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Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware is Heatproof Glass-Ceramic: Can be used for Cookware recommended because it heats quickly either surface or oven cooking. It conducts and evenly. Most foods brown evenly in heat very slowly and cools very slowly. Check aluminum cookware. Use saucepans with cookware manufacturer’s directions to be sure tight-fitting lids for cooking with minimum it can be used on gas cooktops. amounts of water. Stainless Steel: This metal alone has poor Cast Iron: If heated slowl
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Care and Cleaning Gas Cooktop Proper care and cleaning are important Before cleaning any part of your cooktop, General so your cooktop will give you efficient and be sure all burners are off and cool. information satisfactory service. Follow these directions DISCONNECT ELECTRICAL POWER TO carefully in caring for it. THE COOKTOP at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel, or pull the cooktop power plug, Some cooktop models are provided located beneath the cooktop and inside with cleaners. Follow
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Replacement Burner caps NOTE: Before removing the burner caps and and heads heads, remember their size and location. Replace The burner heads and burner bases are labeled them in the same location after cleaning. The B, C, D and H to aid reassembly. burner heads and burner bases are labeled B, C, D and H to aid reassembly. Small Medium Small head head head and cap and cap and cap Burner caps Lift off when cool. Wash burner caps in hot, soapy water and rinse with clean water. You may scour wit
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Care and Cleaning Gas Cooktop Cast-iron burner grates should be washed Burner regularly and especially after spillovers. grates The grates can be cleaned in a dishwasher or wash them in hot, soapy water and rinse with Tabs clean water. You may also use abrasive cleaners and steel wool pads to clean the burner grates. Dry the grates with a cloth—do not place them After cleaning, replace the center grate first with its locking side tabs toward the front. on the cooktop when wet. Replace the side g
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Glass Cooktop Surface Cleaning Gas Cooktop ® ® ONLY use CERAMA BRYTE Ceramic Cooktop 4. Use a paper towel or CERAMA BRYTE Normal daily Cleaner on the glass cooktop. Other creams may Cleaning Pad for Ceramic Cooktops to clean use cleaning not be as effective. the entire cooktop surface. To maintain and protect the surface of your glass 5. Use a dry cloth or paper towel to remove all cooktop, follow these steps: cleaning residue. No need to rinse. 1. Before using the cooktop for the first time, NO
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Glass Cooktop Surface Cleaning Gas Cooktop Glass Surface—Potential for Permanent Damage Our testing shows that if you are cooking high 3. Any remaining spillover should be left until Damage from sugar mixtures such as jelly or fudge and have a the surface of the cooktop has cooled. sugary spills spillover, it can cause permanent damage to the 4. Don’t use the surface burners again until all and melted glass surface unless the spillover is immediately of the residue has been completely removed. r
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Before You Call For Service Gas Cooktop PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE Questions? Before you BURNERS DO NOT • Make sure electrical plug is plugged into a live power outlet. LIGHT OR SPARK • Burner parts not replaced correctly. call for RANDOMLY • Slits in the burner heads may be clogged. service… BURNERS HAVE • Burner parts not replaced correctly. See the sealed burner assemblies YELLOW OR section. YELLOW-TIPPED • The combustion quality of burner flames needs to be determined FLAMES visually. A. Yell
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Consumer Services Gas Cooktop With the purchase of your new Monogram appliance, receive the assurance that if you ever need information or assistance from GE, we’ll be there. All you have to do is call—toll- free! ® Whatever your question about any Monogram major appliance, GE Answer Center GE Answer information service is available to help. Your call—and your question—will be answered ® Center ® promptly and courteously. And you can call any time. GE Answer Center service is open 24 hours a da
