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USE OF THE HOB BURNERS
3
GAS BURNERS
(Semi-rapid and triple ring burners)
Gas flow to the burners is adjusted by turning the knobs (illustrated in fig. 3.1) which control
the valves.
Turning the knob so that the symbols printed on itself point to the symbol printed on the
control panel achieves the following functions:
Knob
position
Function
SEMI-RAPID burner
TRIPLE RING burner
Closed
valve
Maximum
rate
Minimum
rate
•
The maximum aperture position permits rapid boiling of liquids, whereas the minimum
aperture position allows simmer warming of food or maintaining boiling conditions of
liquids.
•
To reduce the gas flow to minimum, rotate the knob further anti-clockwise to point the
indicator towards the position.
•
Other intermediate operating adjustments can be achieved by positioning the indicator
between the maximum and minimum aperture positions, and never between the
maximum aperture and “ ” positions.