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USING YOUR SMOOTHTOP
COOKING AREAS
The four surface cooking areas on your
range are identified by permanent pat-
terns in the cooktop. There are two large
and two small areas. Use the smaller ar-
eas for small cooking utensils and the
larger areas for large utensils. This con-
serves energy.
When a cooking area is turned ON,
the coil element under the cooktop
will heat up and glow red. The ele-
ment will cycle on and off to maintain
the heat setting. When the element
cycles on, it is normal to see a red
glow through the smoothtop.
SURFACE CONTROLS
The cooking area controls are called IN-
FINITE controls. This type of control
provides an infinite choice of heat set-
tings from LOW to HIGH. The control
can be set either on any of the num-
bered settings or between the num-
bered settings.
Knobs on your range may not look like
this knob but they operate as described
in this booklet.
Always place pan on the surface ele-
ment before turning element on as
heat from exposed element may dam-
age backguard or range parts.
To operate:
Push in and turn knob, in
either direction, to the desired heat set-
ting.
SIGNAL LIGHTS
Ranges are equipped with one to four
signal lights to indicate when a surface
element is on. The light will remain on
until the element is turned off. After a
cooking operation, be sure element and
signal light are off.
HOT SURFACE LIGHT
The range is equipped with a HOT SUR-
FACE light. This red light will turn on to
indicate that the cooking area is hot and
will remain on until the area has cooled.
RETAINED HEAT
We suggest that you start with a lower
heat setting then gradually increase the
setting until you find the optimum set-
ting. Boilovers are more likely to occur if
you start out on HIGH then reduce to the
lower setting.
The smoothtop cooking area retains
heat for a period of time after the ele-
ment has been turned off. Put this resid-
ual heat to good use. Turn the element
off a few minutes before food is com-
pletely cooked and use the retained
heat to complete the cooking operation.
After 30 minutes, the cooktop may be
too cool to keep foods warm; however,
the TOP MAY STILL BE TOO WARM
TO TOUCH. When the HOT SURFACE
indicator light turns off, the top will be
cool enough to touch.
HINTS
If food is cooking too fast or if boilovers
occur, remove lid and reduce to a lower
setting. Allow enough time for the cook-
ing area to adjust to the new setting.
To help keep cooktop clean be sure
cooking area and utensil bottom are
clean and dry before use.
Do not allow plastic objects, aluminum
foil, sugar, or foods with high sugar con-
tent to melt onto the hot cooktop. Melted
materials can cause permanent dam-
age to the cooktop.
IMPORTANT:
Watch sugary solutions
carefully to avoid boilover. If sugar so-
lution (such as jam, jelly, candy) is al-
lowed to boilover, it may pit the glass.
Turn element to LOW and clean sug-
ary boilovers
immediately
. Use a
wooden-handled metal spatula to
scrape boilover to a cooler area of the
cooktop or use several layers of dry
paper towels to wipe up spillover. If a
paper towel is used, be careful to avoid
steam burns. Turn element off. When
cool, use a single-edge razor blade
such as Widget by Gillette to scrape off
soil. Clean with Elco Cooktop Clean-
ing Creme, rinse and dry.
To protect the top, it is not recom-
mended to use the top as a work surface
or as a cutting board or to cook food di-
rectly on the cooktop without a utensil.
Do not use a trivet or metal stand (such
as a wok ring) between the utensil and
the cooktop. These items can mark or
etch the surface and affect cooking effi-
ciency.
Thin gauge aluminum cookware, alumi-
num foil or foil containers such as pop-
corn poppers are NOT recommended
for use on the cooktop. They will leave
metal marks.
Do not slide glass items across the
cooktop. They may scratch or damage
the top.
Do NOT slide aluminum cookware
across the cooktop. This may result in
aluminum marks which then must be im-
mediately removed with a recom-
mended cooktop cleaner.
