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Setting Surface Controls
Operating the Bridge Surface Radiant Element
The 30" cooktop is equipped with a "BRIDGE" surface element
located at the left front and middle (See Figure 1) positions. The
Bridge can be used when cooking with rectangular (like a griddle)
or oval shaped cookware. The element will maintain an even
temperature setting across both portions of the Bridge. If needed
for normal cookware, the Bridge element can work like a single
element without the Bridge (See Figure 4). "Single" and "Bridge"
on the control knob are used to indicate which portion of the bridge
element will heat. "Single" indicates that only the front portion
will heat (Figure 4). "Bridge" indicates that both front and middle
portions will heat (Figure 5). You may switch between settings at
any time during cooking.
To Operate the Bridge Surface Element:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the Bridge surface
element.
2. Push in and turn the control knob as shown in Figure
2 to heat the front portion of the Bridge element for
normal shaped cookware or in Figure 3 for larger or
rectangular shaped cookware.
3. Turn the knob to adjust the setting if needed. Start
most cooking operations on a higher setting and then
turn to a lower setting to fi nish 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.
4. When cooking has completed, turn the surface
control knob to OFF before removing the
cookware. Note: The Hot Surface Indicator light will
come on when the control knob is turned on and will
continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled
down to a moderate level that will not cause burns if
the area is touched. The light may remain on even
though the controls are turned OFF.
Note: See Table on page 6 for recommended control
settings.
The BRIDGE element may also be used in combination
with the left rear single element (See Figure 6). To turn full
bridge on with the front, middle, and rear elements, turn the
Bridge control knob to a "Bridge" setting and activate the
left rear single element by turning its corresponding knob.
Because these elements have 2 different controls, one
element can be used to cook while the other element may
be used to keep food warm (See page 7 for instructions on
how to operate the single element).
Radiant surface elements may appear to
have cooled after they have been turned off. A hot surface
indicator light will come 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.
Figure 2
Single Setting
Figure 4
Single portion
Do not place plastic items such as
salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic
wrappings on cooktop when it is in use. These items
could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons
could catch fi re if placed too close to the surface elements.
Do not allow aluminum foil, or ANY
material that can melt to make contact with the ceramic
glass cooktop. If these items melt on the cooktop they will
damage the ceramic cooktop.
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Figure 1
Figure 3
Dual Setting
Figure 5
Figure 6
Bridge portion
Bridge portion
plus Left Rear
Element
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