Complete Owner's Guide

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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Surface Cooking Elements and Settings
The cooktop has four single radiant or coil surface
elements, depending upon your appliance.
The size and type of utensil used, and the amount
and type of food being cooked will influence the
surface element power level setting needed for
best cooking results. Use Table 1 to determine
the correct setting for the type of food you are
preparing.
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant
or coil surface element.
2. Push in and turn the surface control knob
in either direction to the desired setting
(Figure 6). Start most cooking operations
on a higher setting and then turn to a lower
setting to finish cooking. Each surface element
provides a constant amount of heat at each
setting. A glowing red surface heating area
extending beyond the bottom edge of the
cookware indicates the cookware is too small
for the surface heating area.
3. When cooking has completed, turn the surface
control knob to OFF before removing the
cookware.
Surface Cooking Tips:
• For ecient cooking, turn o the element
several minutes before cooking is complete.
This will allow residual heat to complete the
cooking process.
• The Cooktop indicator light will glow when
one or more elements are turned on. A quick
glance at these indicator lights when cooking is
finished is an easy check to be sure all surface
elements are turned o.
CAUTION
Radiant surface elements may appear to have
cooled after they have been turned o. The
indicator light will turn on and will continue to
glow until the glass cooktop has cooled down to
a moderate level. The glass surface may still be
hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is
touched before the indicator light has turned o.
Do not allow aluminum foil, empty glass/porcelain
cookware or any material that can melt to make
contact with the ceramic cooktop. If these items
melt on the cooktop they may damage the
ceramic cooktop.
Do not place plastic items such as salt and
pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic
wrappings on top of the range when it is in use.
These items could melt or ignite. Potholders,
towels or wooden spoons could catch fire if
placed too close to the surface elements.
To Operate the Surface Elements:
Setting Type of Cooking
HIGH
(HI)
Start most foods; bring water
to a boil and pan broiling
MEDIUM HIGH
(8-10)
Continue a rapid boil; frying,
deep fat frying
MEDIUM
(6)
Maintain a slow boil; thicken
sauces and gravies; steaming
vegetables
Medium LOW
(2-4)
Keep foods cooking; poaching
and stewing
LOW
(LO)
Keep warm, melting and
simmering
Table 1: Recommended settings for surface
elements
OFF Hi 8 7 6 Med 4 3 2 Lo
Sim
Hot Surface
Cooktop
Figure 5: Surface control knobs
Figure 6: Control knob shown is typical only