Surface Cooking
Automatic Ignition
Your surface burners are lighted
by electric ignition, eliminating the
need
standing pilot lights with
constantly burning flames.
In case of power outage, you
the surface burners on your
with
Hold lighted
match the burner, then turn the
the
LITE
position. Use
caution when lighting
burners this way.
burners in use when
electrical
power failure
occurs will
continue operate normally.
Surface Burner Controls
Check
the burner
turned on is the onc you want
USC
.
●
Do not
operate burner
for
extended period of time without
cookware on the
grate. The finish
on the grate
chip without
absorb the heat.
.
sure the burners
grates
before you place your hand,
potholder, cleaning cloths
other
materials on
How to Select Flame Size
The
size on
burner
should
the cookware you
arc using.
Knobs that turn the surface burners
on
are
on the
control panel and arc marked
which burners they control.
To Light a Surface Burner
Push the control knob in
turn
it
LITE.
You will hear
noise-the sound
the
electric spark igniting the burner.
I
After the burner
turn the
knob
the flame size.
1
NEVER LET THE FLAME
EXTEND UP THE
SIDES OF
THE COOKWARE. Any
than the bottom of the
cookware is wasted and only serves
heat the handles.
When using aluminum or
aluminum-clad stainless
pots and pans,
the
so
the circle it makes is
1/2 inch
smaller than the bottom of the
cookware.
When boiling,
usc this same
size—]/2 inch smaller than the
bottom of’ the cookware-no matter
what the cookware is made of. Foods
just quickly
boil
they
rolling boil.
A high boil creates steam and cooks
moisture, flavor
nutrition.
Avoid it except
the few cooking
processes which
vigorous boil.
When frying or warming foods
in stainless steel, cast iron or
enamelware, keep the
down
lower-to
1/2 the diameter
the pan.
When frying
in
ceramic
cookware,
the
even more.
14
Light
A full-width fluorescent
in the
backsplash illuminates the
Press and momentarily
SURFACE LIGHT switch under
the upper control
turn
the
on and oft.
Top-of-Range Cookware
Aluminum: Medium-weight
cookware is
it
quickly
evenly. Most
brown evenly in aluminum skillet.
Minerals in
water will stain
but will
harm aluminum. A
quick scour with
after each
keeps aluminum
looking shiny new.
saucepans with tight-fitting
cooking with minimum
water.
Cast Iron: If heated slowly,
skillets
give satisfactory
Enamelware:
some
conditions, the
of some
cookware may melt.
manufacturer’s
cooking methods.
Glass: There arc two types
cm)kwarc-those for oven
only
those
top-of-range
(saucepans, coffee
teapots).
conducts heat very
Heatproof Glass Ceramic:
used for either surface or
cooking. It
heat very
slowly
very
Check
manufacturer’s
directions sure it can
on
ranges.
Stainless Steel: This
has poor heating
is
usually combined with copper.
aluminum or other
improved heat distribution.
Combination
skillets usually
work
if’ they
used with medium heat the
manufacturer recommends.
