Surface Cooking - Maytag MGR5870 User Manual

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Cooking

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CAUTIONS:

• If flame should go out during a cooking operation,

turn

the burner off. Ifa strong gas odor is detected,

open a

window

and wait five minutes

before relighting

the

burner.

• Be sure all surface controls are set in the OFF position

prior to supplying

gas to the range.

• NEVERtouch

cooktop until ithas cooled. Expect some

parts of the cooktop,

especially

around the burners, to

become warm or hot during cooking. Use potholders

protect hands.

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Pilotless

Ignition

BURNER

HEAD

Pilotless ignition elimi-

nates the need for a

constant stand-

ing pilot light.

Each

surface

burner has a spark igni-

PORT BELOW

IGNITOR

tor. Use care when clean-

ing around the surface burner. If cleaning cloth should catch

the ignitor, it could be damaged,

preventing

ignition.

If the surface burner does not light, check if ignitor is broken,

soiled or wet. If clogged,

clean the small port beneath the

ignitor using straight pin.

HGH

Slide-In

Surface

Control

Knobs

Use to turn on the surface burn-

ers.

An infinite

choice

of heat

settings

is available

from LOW

to HIGH.

At the HIGH setting a

Free-Standing

detent or notch may be felt. The

knobs can be set on or between any of the settings.

Graphics

next to the knob identify which

burner the knob controls. For example, the ,lllll, , lllll,

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graphic at right shows the right front burner

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location.

RIGHT

Setting

the Controls

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Push in and turn the knob counterclockwise

to the

LIGHT

setting.

A clicking (spark) sound will be heard and the burner

will light.

(All four ignitors

will spark when

any

surface burner knob is turned to the LIGHT

posi-

tion.)

3. After the burner lights, turn knob to desired flame size.

o The ignitor will continue

to spark until the knob is

turned past the LIGHT

position.

Suggested

Heat Settings

The size and type of cookware

will affect the heat setting.

For information

on cookware

and other factors

affecting

heat settings, refer to "Cooking

Made

Simple"

booklet.

Setting

Uses

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Use HIGH to bring liquid to a boil,

or reach pressure in a pressure cooker.

Always reduce setting to a lower

heat when liquids begin to boil or

foods begin to cook.

An intermediate flame size is used to

continue cooking. Food will not cook

any faster when a higher flame

setting is used than needed to

maintain a gentle boil. Water boils at

the same temperature whether

boiling gently or vigorously.

Use LOW to sinm_er foods, keep

foods warm and melt chocolate or

butter.

Operating

During

a Power Failure

1. Hold a lighted match to the desired surface burner head.

2. Push in and turn the control knob slowly to LIGHT.

3. Adjust the flame to the desired level.

be sur e a!! of the controls are in the OFF positionl

StiikeI

th e match first and h0!d it in position before turning the

knob to LIGHT,

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