Controls and Features
Ceramic Cooktop
8
How to set
the controls
Note: Be sure to turn the control knob
to off (•) when you finish cooking.
Cooking
guide for
using heat
settings
High (6)
—Quick start for cooking; brings water
to a boil.
Medium High (4–5)
—Fast fry, pan broil;
maintains a fast boil on large amounts of food.
Medium (3–4)
—Sauté and brown; maintains a
slow boil on large amounts of food.
Medium Low (2–3)
—Cook after starting at
high; cooks with little water in covered pan.
Low (1)
—Steam rice, cereal; maintains serving
temperature of most foods. Slow cooking and
simmering. At low setting, melt chocolate and
butter on small surface unit.
Cooktop temperatures increase with the
number of surface units that are on. With 3 or
more units turned on, surface temperatures
are high so be careful when touching the
cooktop. The hot surface indicator light(s) will
remain lit after the surface unit is off until the
surface is cool enough to touch.
NOTE:
• At high (6) or medium high (4–5) settings,
never leave food unattended. Boilovers cause
smoking; greasy spillovers may catch on fire.
• When a surface unit is turned on, the unit can
be seen glowing red within a few seconds. The
red glow will turn on and off (cycling) to
maintain the selected heat setting. With poor
cookware, you will see frequent cycling of the
unit off and on. Good, flat cookware will
minimize the cycling. See the Surface
Cookware Tips section.
• It is safe to place hot cookware from the oven
or surface on the glass ceramic surface when it
is cool.
CAUTION:
The Hot Surface Indicator
Light(s) may remain lit even after the surface
unit(s) have been turned off. This is due to
heat retention in the unit(s). The light(s) will
not turn off until the unit(s) have cooled to a
safe temperature. Use caution until the
cooktop surface has had time to cool.
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
Grasp the control knob.
2
Push in and turn the knob to the desired
heat setting.
The control knob must be pushed in and
turned from the off (
•
) position. When the
control is in any position other than off (
•
),
it may be rotated without pushing it in.
The Unit On Indicator Light will glow when
ANY surface unit is on.
A Hot Surface Indicator Light will glow when
any surface unit is turned on, and will remain on
until the surface is cool enough to touch.
At both off (
•
) and high (6) the control
“clicks” into position.
In a quiet kitchen, you may hear slight
“clicking” sounds—an indication that the heat
settings you selected are being maintained.
Switching to higher heat settings always results
in a quicker heat change than switching to
lower settings.
