Top-of-Range Cookware
Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware is recommended
because it heats quickly and evenly. Most foods brown
evenly in an aluminum skillet. Use saucepans with
fitting lids when cooking with minimum amounts of water.
Cast-Iron: If heated slowly, most skillets will give
satisfactory results.
Enamelware: Under some conditions, the enamel of
some cookware may melt. Follow cookware
manufacturer’s recommendations for cooking methods.
Glass: There are two types of glass cookware—those
for oven use only and those for top-of-range cooking
(saucepans, coffee and teapots). Glass conducts heat
very slowly.
Heatproof Glass Ceramic: Can be used for either
surface or oven cooking. It conducts heat very slowly
and cools very slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s
directions to be sure it can be used on gas ranges.
Stainless Steel: This metal alone has poor heating
properties and is usually combined with copper,
aluminum or other metals for improved heat
distribution. Combination metal skillets usually work
satisfactorily if they are used with medium heat as the
manufacturer recommends.
Grills
(on models with sealed burners)
Do not use stove top grills
on your sealed gas
If you use the stove top grill
on the sealed gas burner it
will cause incomplete
combustion and can result in
exposure to carbon
monoxide levels above
allowable current standards.
This can be hazardous to
your health.
Wok Cooking
(on models with sealed burners)
We recommend that you
use only a flat-bottomed wok.
They are available at your local retail store.
Do not use woks that have support
rings. Use of these types of woks,
with or without the ring in place, can
be dangerous. Placing the ring over the
..,
burner grate may cause the burner to work improperly
resulting in carbon monoxide levels above allowable
current standards. This could be dangerous to your
health. Do not try to use such woks without the ring.
You could be seriously burned if the wok tipped over.
USING YOUR
Before Using Your Oven
Electric Ignition
Be sure you understand how to set the controls
properly. Practice removing and replacing the shelves
while the oven is cool. Read the information and tips
on the following pages. Keep this guide handy where
you can refer to it, especially during the first weeks of
using your new range.
Power
CAUTION: DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT
TO OPERATE THE ELECTRIC IGNITION
OVEN DURING AN ELECTRICAL POWER
FAILURE. The oven or broiler cannot be lit during
a power failure. Gas will not flow unless the glow
bar is hot.
If the oven is in use when a power failure occurs,
the oven burner shuts off and cannot be
until
power is restored. This is because the flow of gas is
automatically stopped and will not resume when
power is restored until the glow bar has reached
operating temperature.
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