Kenmore Gas double oven range, Use & Care Manual

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Operating the Triple Surface Element
The cooktop is equipped with a Triple radiant surface element
located at the right front cooktop position (Figure 1). 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 middle elements will heat
together. The
light indicates that all 3 portions of the element
will heat. You may switch between all of these different settings
at any time during cooking.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have
been turned off. The glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass
surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently.
Do not place aluminum foil or 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.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3 Figure 4
To Operate the Triple Surface Element:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface
element.
2. Touch and hold the pad for the Triple element position
until a beep is heard. The display will show “ - - ” .
Note:
If no further pads are touched within 10 seconds the
request to power the element ON will clear.
3. Select the (See Figure 2), (See Figure 3) or
elements (See Figure 4) to heat by pressing the pad
Figure 5
once, twice or three times (Figures 4 show indicator lights with ALL 3 elements
selected).
4. Touch Hi pad once to turn ON the power level to HI (See Figure 5). Touch Lo
pad once for Lo.
5. Each touch of the Hi or Lo pad will decrease or increase the power level from
9.0
through
3.0
by .5 increments. Simmer power levels between
3.0
and
1.2
will
decrease or increase by .2 increments. Lo is the lowest power level available.
Note: The power level may be adjusted at any time while the element is ON.
Each surface element provides a constant amount of heat at each setting.
Irregular glowing effect is depending of the element design and doesn’t affect
performance of the element. 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.
6. When cooking has been completed touch the pad once to turn the element
OFF.
Setting Surface Controls
(cont’d)
Note: If no element size is chosen when the Triple element is turned ON, the control
will default to the inner coil only. See recommended surface cooking settings.
Note: The Hot Surface message will be displayed on the control panel as soon as
the element is hot and will remain ON until the heating surface area has cooled
sufficiently.