Setting Surface Controls - IKEA GRUNDLÄGGA Manual

SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS

SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Setting surface controls
The ability to heat food quickly and in large volumes
increases as the burner size increases. Your gas ap-
pliance may be equipped with many different sized
surface burners.
It is important to select cookware that is suitable
for the amount and type of food being prepared.
Select a burner and fl ame size appropriate for the
cookware size.
• The standard size burner or burners may be
used for most surface cooking needs.
• Small burners are best used for low-fl ame heat-
ing of small amounts of food.
• Large burners are best for bringing large quanti-
ties of liquid to temperature or heating larger
quantities of food.
Setting a surface burner:
1. Place cooking utensil on center of surface burner
grate. Be sure the cooking utensil rests stable
on the burner grate.
2. Push the burner's surface control knob in and
turn counterclockwise out of the OFF position.
3. Release the surface control knob and rotate to
the LITE position ( ). Visually check that the
burner has a steady gas fl ame.
4. Once the surface burner has a fl ame, push the
surface control knob in and turn counterclock-
wise to the desired fl ame size setting. Adjust the
fl ame as needed using the knob markings.
IMPORTANT
NEVER place or straddle a cooking utensil over two
different surface cooking areas at the same time
unless the cookware is specifi cally designed for the
purpose.
DO NOT cook with a surface control knob left in the
lite position ( ). The electronic ignitor will continue
to spark. Turn the control knob out of the lite posi-
tion and adjust the fl ame size.
Do not place aluminum foil, or ANY material that
can melt on the range cooktop. If items melt, they
may permanently damage the appearance of the
cooktop.
CAUTION
Do not place fl ammable items such as plastic
wrappings, spoon holders, or plastic salt and
pepper shakers on the 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 burners.
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Figure 7: Surface control knob
NOTE
When setting a surface control knob to the lite
position, all of the electronic surface ignitors will
spark at the same time. However, only the surface
burner you are setting will ignite.
In the event of an electrical power outage, the
surface burners may be lit manually. To light a
surface burner, hold a lit match to the burner
head, then slowly turn the surface control knob
to lite. Once the burner ignites, push in and turn
knob out of lite then to the desired fl ame setting.
Use caution when lighting surface burners
manually.
Set proper burner fl ame size
The color of the fl ame is the key to proper burner
adjustment. A good fl ame is clear, blue and hardly
visible in a well-lighted room. Each cone of fl ame
should be steady and sharp. Adjust or clean the
burner if fl ame is yellow-orange.
For most cooking: Start on the highest setting and
then turn to a lower setting to complete the pro-
cess. Use the recommendations below as a guide for
determining proper fl ame size for various types of
cooking (Table 1).
For deep fat frying: Use a thermometer and ad-
just the surface knob accordingly. If the fat is too
cool, the food will absorb the fat and be greasy. If
the fat is too hot, the food will brown so quickly that
the center will be under-cooked. Do not attempt to
deep fat fry too much food at once as the food will
neither brown nor cook properly.
Figure 8: Use proper fl ame setting
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