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Before Setting
ELEI_ENT O_'_
Oven Controls
Element On and Hot Surface
indicator Lights
Your range is equipped with two different surface control lights that will glow on your
range--the
Element On indicator light and a Hot Surface indicator light.
The Element On located on the control panel, will glow when any surface element is
turned on. A quick glance at this light after cooking is an easy check to be sure all
surface controls are turned off.
The Hot Surface indicator light, located on the control panel, will glow as the surface
cooking area heats up and will REMAIN ON until the glass cooktop has cooled to a
MODERATE level.
Setting Surface
Controls
To Operate
Single
Radiant
Surface
Elements
1.
Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.
HOT
SURFACE
2.
OFF
LO
HI
Push in and turn the surface control knob in either direction to the desired setting.
Start most cooking operations on a higher setting and then turn to a lower setting
to finish cooking, The surface control knobs do not have to be set exactly on a
particular mark, Use the marks as a guide and adjust the control knob as needed.
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.
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3.
When cooking is completed, turn the surface element off before removing the
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cookware. Note: the Element On indicator light will glow when one or more
elements are turned on. A quick glance at the indicator light(s) when cooking is
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finished is an easy check to be sure all control knobs are turned off. The Not
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Surface indicator light will continue to glow AFTER the control knob is turned to
the "Off" position and will glow until the heating surface area has cooled
sufficiently.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The glass surface
may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently.
Do not place plastic items such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings
on
top of the range when it is in use. These items could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch
fire if placed too close to the surface elements.
Surface Cooking
Using
proper
cookware
Cookware should have flat
bottoms that make good contact
with the entire surface heating
element. Check for flatness by
rotating a ruler across the bottom
of the cookware (See Fig.1 ).
Be sure to follow the
recommendations
for using
cookware as shown in Fig. 2.
Figure 1
Note: The size and type of cookware used will influence the setting
needed for best cooking results.
Deep fat frying - Use a thermometer and adjust the surface control
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 undercooked. Do not attempt to deep fat fry
too much food at once as the food will neither brown or cook
properly.
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INCORRECT
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o Flat bottom and straight
sides.
o Tight fitting lids.
• Weight
of handle does not
tilt pan. Pan is well
balanced.
• Pan sizes matchthe
amount of food to be
prepared
and the size of
the surfaceelement.
® Made of a materialthat
conductsheat well.
• Easy
to clean.
o Always match pot
diameter
to elementsurface
diameter.
Figure 2
o Curved and warped pan
bottoms,
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e Pan overhangselement by
morethan one-halfinch.
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• Pan is smaller
than
element.
• Heavy handle tilts pan.
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