Surface Cooking Guide
Heat
Regular Element
Food
Start at Setting
Complete at Setting
Element
Beverages
Cocoa
3-4—heat milk. Cover.
heating.
Bring to a boil at 250. Heat milk at 200.
Coffee
Percolator-type
Breads
French Toast,
Pancakes,
Grilled Sandwich
HI—bring water to perk
LOW—maintain gentle but
steady perk.
Place coffee in basket and water in pot. To
perk, set at 275. To keep hot, set at 175.
7–preheat skillet 4-8
minutes.
7—finish cooking,
Preheat skillet 4 to 5 minutes at 350-450,
add food.
LOW—allow about 5 to 10
minutes to melt.
Butter
WARM—allow about 5 to 10 minutes
to melt.
Cereals
Cornmeal, Grits,
Oatmeal
HI—cover, bring water
to a
LOW-2—add
and
finish timing according to
package directions.
Bring water to a boil at 225, add
and
time according to package directions.
Meat, Fish, Poultry
Bacon
Sausage Patties
Swiss Steak,
Pot Roast, braised
HI—cook until just starting
to sizzle.
7-8—finish cooking.
Cook on 350-425.
HI—melt fat, then 4-5 to
brown. Add liquid.
2-3—simmer until tender,
covered.
2-3—cook until tender.
Brown meat on 350, then switch to
to
200, simmer until tender.
Brown chicken on 400, switch to 200 to
finish cooking.
Chicken, fried
HI—melt fat, then 4-5 to
brown chicken, cover.
Chicken, Shrimp
Deep-fried
Lamb Chops,
Hamburgers,
Link Sausage, pan-fried
Thin Steaks
HI—heat oil,
5 to HI—maintain
temperature.
6-7—brown meat and cook
to desired doneness.
425-475—to heat and maintain
temperature.
Preheat skillet and cook on 300-400.
HI—preheat skillet, then
grease lightly.
Preheat skillet and cook on 425-475.
475—bring a large amount of water to
then switch to 200-350 simmer.
2-3—covered, cook
fork tender. (Water
slowly boil. ) For very large
amounts
heat may be
needed.
Stewed Chicken,
Corned Beef,
Tongue,
Simmering
Pastas
Macaroni,
Noodles,
Spaghetti
HI—bring liquid to
steaming.
HI—bring salted water to
a boil in a covered utensil,
add pasta slowly so boiling
does not stop.
a rolling
cook until tender. For large
amounts, HI may be needed
to keep water at rolling
throughout entire cooking
time.
475—bring a large amount of water to boil,
add pasta and cook
350.
Popcorn
HI—heat, until popcorn
starts to pop.
3-4—finish popping.
and popcorn in pan, cover
and cook
it stops popping.
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