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Surface Cooking Elements and Settings
The cooktop has three single radiant and one dual
radiant elements.
Figure 6: Surface control knobs
Figure 7: Control knob shown is typical only
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.
Table 1: Recommended settings for surface ele-
ments
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
vegetabless
Medium LOW
(2-4)
Keep foods cooking; poaching
and stewing
LOW (LO)
Keep warm, melting and simmer-
ing
To Operate the Surface Elements:
CAUTION
Radiant surface elements may appear to have
cooled after they have been turned off. 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 off.
CAUTION
Do not allow aluminum foil, empty glass/porce-
lain 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.
CAUTION
Do not place plastic items such as salt and pep-
per 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 wood-
en spoons could catch fire if placed too close to
the surface elements.
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
7
). Start most cooking operations on a higher
setting and then turn to a lower setting to finish
cooking. Each surface element provides a con-
stant 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 cook-
ware.
SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Cooktop
Hot Surface
Cooktop
Hot Surface
Surface Cooking Tips:
• For efficient cooking, turn off the element sev-
eral minutes before cooking is complete. This
will allow residual heat to complete the cooking
process.
• The surface Element On indicator lights 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 off.
