11
Surface Cooking Elements and Settings
The cooktop has four single radiant or coil surface
elements, depending upon your appliance.
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.
To Operate 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 constant 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 cookware.
Surface Cooking Tips:
•
For efficient cooking, turn off the element several
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.
Figure 6:
Surface control knobs
Figure 7:
Control knob shown is typical only
Table 1:
Recommended settings for surface elements
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 vegetables
Medium
LOW (2-4)
Keep foods cooking; poaching and
stewing
LOW (LO)
Keep warm, melting and simmering
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.
Do not allow aluminum foil, empty glass/porcelain
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.
Do not place 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.
CAUTION
CAUTION
CAUTION
SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
