Operating The Cooking Zones - Kenmore ELITE 790.428 Use & Care Manual

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Before Using the Cooktop
Prior to using your cooktop for the first time, apply the recommended cooktop cleaning creme (on the web visit
w_,sears,com
for replacement cleaner, item number 40079) to the ceramic surface, Buff with a non-abrasive cloth or pad,
This will make cleaning easier when soiled from cooking, The special cooktop cleaning cream leaves a protective finish on
the glass to help prevent scratches and abrasions,
Setting
Cooktop
Controls
Using
the
Touch
Contro_
The recommended way to use the touch pads on the cooktop is shown in Fig, 22,
Be sure that your finger is placed in the center of the touch pad as shown, if the
finger is not placed on the center of a pad, the cooktop may not respond to the
selection made,
Lightly contact the pad with the fiat part of your entire fingertip, Do not just use the
narrow end of your fingertip,
Operating
the
Cooking
Zones
The induction cooktop has four Cooking Zones designed for cookware of various sizes, Be sure to place cookware that
meets the minimum and maximum pan size requirements (Fig, 19) for the Cooking Zone desired and is best for the amount
of food being prepared, Place the cookware with the prepared food on the Cooking Zone BEFORE setting any of the
To Turn ON one or more of the Cooking Zones:
1,
Place the prepared food using the correct type and size cookware on the desired Cooking Zone, Be sure to center the
cookware on Cooking Zone completely covering the minimum ring marked on the Zone surface, PLEASE NOTE: if the
cookware requirements for the Cooking Zone (See Fig, 20) are not met the sensors will detect a problem and display
the letter F in the affected Cooking Zone LED, Any problems must be corrected before proceeding,
Touch and hold the _
key pad for 2 seconds (or until a beep sounds), The Power indicator light located above the
2,
_key
will
ON, NOTE: if
other
is touched within
seconds the
Power ON the
pad
turn
no
key pad
10
request to
cooktop will clear,
To start one or more of the four Cooking Zones lightly touch the 0
key pad for the Cooking Zones needed, A
3,
beep
will sound and the chosen Cooking Zone power level digital display will show 0 indicating no power level for the Zone
has been set yet, NOTE: if no other key pad is touched within 5 seconds the request to Power ON the Cooktop Zone
wiii clear,
Set the desired power level for the Cooking Zone by touching either the _
or _
key pad, if the _
key pad is
4,
touched the Cooking Zone will start at a "Power Boost" maximum power level (the Cooking Zone LED will display P
beep once), if the Q
key pad is touched once the Cooking Zone will start at 1,0 (the Cooking
and the control
will
Zone LED wiii display t and the control wiii beep once),
NOTE: Touch once, or repeatedly touch the _
or _
key pads to adjust or scroll through power levels at any
during the cooking process (To scroll through the power levels quickly touch and hold the Q
or Q
key
time
pads until the power level desired is reached), Once the Cooking Zone power level has been set the food will begin to
heat at that level until the power level is manually changed, For more information about the available Cooktop Zones
power levels available see "Power Level Settings" section on page 6,
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