Use & Care Guide Manual de Uso y Cuidado Manuel d’utilisation et d’entretien English / Español / Français Models/Modelos/Modèles: 790.4531*, 790.4541*. Kenmore Elite ® Electric Cooktop Parrilla de Cocinar Eléctrica Table de cuisson électrique * = Color number, número de color, numéro de couleur P/N 318205618B (1405) Sears Brands Management Corporation Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 U.S.A. www.kenmore.com www.sears.
Table of Contents Warm & Hold Feature...................................................12 Locking the Controls ......................................................12 Minute Timer ...................................................................13 General Care & Cleaning .......................................... 13-14 Cleaning Various Parts of Your Cooktop ....................13 Ceramic Glass Cooktop Cleaning & Maintenance.. 13-14 Care and Cleaning of Stainless Steel .........................
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. Save these instructions for future reference. This manual contains important safety symbols and instructions. Please pay attention to these symbols and follow all instructions given. This symbol will help alert you to situations that may cause serious bodily harm, death or property damage. This symbol will help alert you to situations that may cause bodily injury or property damage.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Use Proper Pan Size. This appliance is equipped with one or more surface units of different sizes. Select utensils having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit. The use of undersized utensils will expose a portion of the surface heating unit to direct contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of utensil to the surface unit will also improve efficiency.
Cooktop Features READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE COOKTOP The Cooking Zones may appear to be cool while turned ON and after they have been turned OFF. The glass surface may be HOT form residual heat transferred from the cookware and burns may occur. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.
Surface Cooking CORRECT INCORRECT Use Proper Cookware Cookware should have flat bottoms that make good contact with the entire surface heating element. Check for flatness by rotating a ruler across the bottom of the cookware (See Fig. 1). Be sure to follow the recommendations for using cookware as shown to the right. • Curved and warped pan bottoms. Fig. 1 Note: The size and type of cookware used will influence the setting needed for best cooking results. • Flat bottom and straight sides.
Setting Surface Controls General Cooktop Information About the Ceramic Glass Cooktop The ceramic cooktop has radiant surface elements located below the surface of the glass. The design of the ceramic cooktop outlines the area of the surface element underneath. Make sure the diameter of the pan matches the diameter of the element outline on the cooktop. Heat is transferred up through the surface of the cooktop to the cookware. Only flat-bottom cookware should be used.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Using the Touch Control Be sure that your finger is placed in the center of the touch pad. If the finger is not placed on the center of a pad, the cooktop may not respond to the selection made. Lightly contact the pad with the flat part of your entire fingertip. Do not just use the narrow end of your fingertip. LED Messages or Light Indicators Displayed by Main Control CONTROLS LOCK- This feature allows the cooktop to be locked when no cooking zones are active.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) The Electronic Surface Element Control (ESEC) The Electronic Surface Element Control (ESEC) feature provides a digital display of the radiant surface elements on the cooktop. The ESEC display in combination with the touch pads is designed to replace conventional control knobs. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 After using any of the radiant element positions the cooktop will become very hot. After turning any of these elements OFF, the cooktop will remain HOT for some time.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Operating Single Radiant Surface Elements The cooktop has 4 SINGLE radiant surface elements: the RIGHT REAR, LEFT REAR, CENTER REAR and the LEFT FRONT positions (Fig. 1 & 2). To Operate the Single Radiant Surface Elements: 1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element. 2. Touch and hold the key pad until a beep sounds. The power indicator light will turn ON. Note: If no key pad is touched within 10 seconds the request to Power ON the cooktop will clear.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Operating the Triple Surface Element The cooktop is equipped with a Triple radiant surface element located at the right front cooktop position (Figures 1 & 2). Indicator lights on the control panel at that position are used to indicate what portions of the Triple radiant element will heat. The light indicates that only the inner element will heat. The light indicates that both inner and double elements will heat together.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Sabbath Feature Mode When the Sabbath feature is ON, the timer display show “Sb”and all electronic surface element control displays show "HE". The surface elements can be used even if the Sabbath Feature is on. To activate the Sabbath Feature Mode: In order to enter Sabbath at least one radiant burner has to be active. The user has to activate the (timer up slew) pad and the (lock) pad at the same time for a few seconds.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Minute Timer The Minute Timer feature may be useful in the kitchen if a recipe calls for keeping track of time. This feature will keep track of time from 1 to 99 minutes. The Minute Timer Display located to the left of the Timer UP/DOWN arrow key pads will begin to count down minutes once set. To Set the Minute Timer: 1. Touch the located above TIMER.
General Care & Cleaning Cleaning Recommendations for the Ceramic Glass Cooktop Before cleaning the cooktop, be sure the controls are turned to OFF and the cooktop is COOL. DO NOT use a cooktop cleaner on a hot cooktop. The fumes can be hazardous to your health, and can chemically damage the ceramic glass surface. For light to moderate soil: Apply a few drops of CookTop® Cleaning Creme directly to the cooktop.
Before You Call OCCURRENCE POSSIBLE CAUSE/SOLUTION Entire cooktop does not operate. House fuse has blown or circuit breaker has tripped. Check/reset breaker or replace fuse. If the problem is a circuit overload, have this situation corrected by a qualified electrician. Wiring connection is not complete. Call 1-800-4-MY-HOME® for service (see back cover). Power outage. Check house lights to be sure. Call your local electric company for service. Mechanical interference with control panel touch pads.
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