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Before Cooking with Smoothtop Elements
WARNING
!
To avoid risk of serious personal injury never cook on
a broken smoothtop cooking surface. Spillovers or
cleaners can penetrate surface and create a risk of
electrical shock. If smoothtop cooking surface breaks,
discontinue use and notify an authorized servicer
immediately.
• Before cooking on smoothtop, wipe top with cleaner
conditioner. Conditioning smoothtop before use makes
marks and stains easier to remove.
• Use heavy-gauge metal cookware not including cast
iron.
• Bottom of cookware must be flat. Cookware that is
warped or slightly curved on the bottom heats slowly
and may not boil water. Cookware with an aluminum
disk bottom makes excellent contact with cooking
surface. See
Utensil Recommendations section for
more information.
• Do not use glass, glass-ceramic, or enamel-porcelain
cookware. Small imperfections on bottom of such
cookware can scratch smoothtop surface.
• Smoothtop cooking surface is not “scratch proof”.
Surface is highly scratch and impact resistant. With
recommended cooking utensils and proper care, it will
continue looking good through years of use.
Using a smoothtop
Hot Zones
Shaded areas can become hot while cooking, baking,
broiling, or self-cleaning.
A
D
B
B
B
B
C
E
Range Areas
A—Range Control Panel
B—Surface Elements (Coil or Smoothtop)
C—Oven Window
D—Storage Drawer or Panel
E—Oven Vent Area (Smoothtop)