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Viking Use & Care Manual Viking Range Corporation 111 Front Street Greenwood, Mississippi 38930 USA (662) 455-1200 For product information, call 1-888-VIKING1 (845-4641) or visit the Viking Web site at vikingrange.com Professional Custom Built-In Gas Rangetops F20636D EN (122112)
1-888-VIKING1 (845-4641). TruPower Plus™ Burner (where applicable) ___________________14 Surface Cooking Tips ______________________________________15 We appreciate your choice of a Viking rangetop and hope that you will Griddle/Simmer Plate Operation ____________________________16 again select our products for your other major appliance needs.
Warnings Warnings Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in this manual WARNING are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that may occur. Common sense, caution, and care must be exercised when installing, maintaining, or operating the appliance. If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage, ALWAYS contact the manufacturer about problems or conditions you do not...
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Warnings Warnings To Prevent Fire or Smoke Damage Child Safety (cont.) • Be sure all packing materials are removed from the appliance before • Children must be taught that the appliance and utensils in it can be hot. operating it. Let hot utensils cool in a safe place, out of reach of small children.
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Warnings Warnings Cooking Safety Heating Elements (cont.) damaged during cooking, immediately discard the food and its container. The • Burners may be hot even though they are dark in color. Areas near burners food could be contaminated. may become hot enough to cause burns. •...
Warnings Before Using Rangetop All products are wiped clean with solvents at the factory to remove WARNING any visible signs of dirt, oil, and grease which may have remained from the manufacturing process. Before cooking, clean the rangetop thoroughly with a hot, soapy damp cloth. There may be some burn off NEVER use appliance as a space heater to heat or warm a room to prevent and odors on first use of the appliance—this is normal.
Rangetop Features Rangetop Features (Professional) (Professional) Left Rear Burner Left Front Burner Char-Grill Griddle Right Rear Burner Right Front Burner Griddle Control Knob Control Knob Control Control Control Knob Control Knob Indicator Light (15,000 BTU) (15,000 BTU) Knob Knob (15,000 BTU) (15,000 BTU) GRIDDLE Denotes models...
The size of the pan and the volume of food can have Melting large quantities a significant effect on how high or low a flame is needed for simmering. For this reason, Viking range and rangetop burners are engineered with a Low-temperature frying (eggs, etc.) Med Low Simmering large quantities VariSimmer setting.
• The double griddle has two thermostat control knobs which control to crack if continued over a period of time. separate burners located beneath the griddle. • For heavy duty cleaning, Viking offers a Griddle Cleaning Kit (model Griddle Assembly • When the griddle has reached the desired #GCK).
Operation Operation Char-Grill (on applicable models) Char-Grill Cooking Tips (cont.) The optional 18,000 BTU char-grill is equipped with a single piece, • Turn the meat over only once. Juices are lost when steaks, chops or heavy-duty porcelainized cast-iron grill grate for easy movement of hamburgers are turned several times.
Operation Operation Grill Cooking Chart Char-Grill Assembly (cont.) Suggested Special instructions Weight or Flame cooking and tips Food thickness size time (min) BEEF Hamburger 1/2”(1.3 cm) – 8 – 15 Grill, turning once when juices rise 3/4” (1.9 cm) to the surface. We recommend that ground chuck be used for...
Operation Cleaning and Maintenance Grill Cooking Chart Any piece of equipment works better and lasts longer when maintained properly and kept clean. Cooking equipment is no Suggested Special instructions exception. Your rangetop must be kept clean and maintained properly. Weight or Flame cooking and tips...
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Cleaning and Maintenance Cleaning and Maintenance Burner Head Stainless Steel Parts If ports on burner head are clogged, clean with a straight pin. Some stainless steel parts may have a protective wrap, which must be DO NOT enlarge or distort the ports. DO NOT use a toothpick to peeled off.
Power supply polarity is reversed. to have service problems, contact Viking Range Corporation at 1-888-VIKING1 (845-4641), or write to: Igniters are wet or dirty. Burner ignites but flame is Burner ports are clogged.
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WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or date of original retail purchase or closing date for new construction, whichever period is longer. Viking Range limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusions may not apply to Corporation, warrantor, agrees to repair or replace, at its option, any part which fails or is found to be you.