Maytag Perfoma MGRH752BDS Use & Care Manual page 6

Cooktn
LO: Use to simmer foods, keep foods
warm and melt chocolate or butter. Some
cooking may take place on the LO setting
if the pan is covered.
HI: Use 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.
Surface Controls
O O Graphics next to the knob identify which burner the
knob controls. For example, the graphic at left shows
O O the left front burner location.
Pilotless ignition
Pilotless ignition eliminates the need for a constant standing
pilot light. There are two ignitors for conventional surface
burners. Each sealed burner has a spark ignitor. When
cleaning around the surface burner use care. If cleaning cloth
should catch the ignitor, it could
damage it preventing
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If the surface burner AK
does not light, check / _,, " J X
if ignitor is broker,, (_ _ _/L -1
soiled or wet. If PORTS _/_--___.____ J
clogged, clean _.
the small port beneath tl!e __IGNITOR
ignitor using a straight pin.
PORT BELOW IGNITOR
Surface Control Knobs
Use to turn on the surface burners. An infinite choice of heat
settings is available from LO to HI. At tire HI setting a detent
or notch may be felt, The knobs can be set on or between any
of the settings,
Setting the controls:
Tire size and type of cookware will affect the heat setting.
1. Place a pan on the burner grate.
• The burner flame may lift off or appear separated from
the port if a parr is not placed on the grate.
2. Push in and turn the knob counterclockwise to the LITE
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 LITE position.:)
3. After the burner lights, turn knob to desired flame size.
• The ignitor will corrtinue to spark until the knob is
turned past the LITE position.
Operating During a
Power Failure
1. Hold a lighted match to the desired surface burner head.
2. Push in and turn the corrtrol knob slowly to LITE.
3. Once lit, adjust the flame to the desired level.
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