The Clock - Hotpoint RGC657EH Use And Care Manual

Surface Cooking
Top-of-Range Cookware
Aluminum:
Medium-weight
cookware is recommended because
it heats quickly and evenly. Most
foods brown evenly in an aluminum
skillet. Minerals in food and water
will stain but will not harm
aluminum. A quick scour with a
soap-filled wool pad after each use
keeps aluminum cookware looking
shiny new. Use saucepans with
tight-fitting
lids for cooking with
minimum amounts of water.
Cast
Iron: If heated slowly, most
skillets will give satisfactory results.
Enamelware:
Under some
conditions, the enamel of some
cookware may melt. Follow cookware
manufacturer's recommendations
for cooking methods.
There are two types of glass
Glass:
utensils—those for oven use only
and those for top-of-range cooking
(saucepans, coffee and teapots).
Glass conducts heat very slowly.
Heatproof Glass Ceramic:
be used for either surface or oven
cooking. It conducts heat very
slowly and cools very slowly.
Check cookware manufacturer's
directions to be sure it can be used
on gas ranges.
Stainless Steel: This metal alone has
poor heating properties, and is usually
combined with copper, aluminum
or other metals for improved heat
distribution. Combination metal
skillets generally work satisfactorily
if used at medium heat as the
manufacturer recommends.
Clock and Timers
The Clock and Timers on your
range are helpful devices that serve
several purposes.

The Clock

To set the clock, push the knob in
and turn the clock hands to the right
to the correct time. Then let the knob
out and continue turning to OFF.
Minute 'llmer
The Minute Timer has been
combined with the range clock.
Use it to time all your precise
cooking operations. You'll recognize
it as the pointer which is different
in color than the clock hands.
Can
Minutes are marked up to 60 on the
center ring of the clock.
Minute Timer,
To set the
knob to the left,
until the pointer reaches the
number of minutes you want to
time.
the end of the set time, a
At
buzzer sounds to tell you time is
up.
Turn the knob,
until the pointer reaches
in,
and the buzzer stops.
Automatic Oven Timer
This Timer will automatically start
and stop your oven for you. Here's
what you do:
1. Make sure both your range clock
and the START dial show the correct
time of day. When the START knob
is pushed in and turned, it will
"pop" into place when the time
shown on the range clock is reached.
turn the
without pudzing in,
without pushing
OFF
2. Set the START control. Push in
and turn the START knob to the
time you want the oven to turn itself
on. (If you want it to start cooking
immediately, do not set the Start
time.)
3. Set the SlOP control. Push in
and turn the STOP knob to the time
you want the oven to turn itself off.
Note: There must beat least a half-
hour difference between the START
and STOP dials for the automatic
control to work.
4. Set the OVEN SET knob to
AUTO OVEN.
5. Set the OVEN TEMP knob to
the desired cooking temperature.
Now the oven will turn itself on
immediately or at a later Start time
that you set, cook at the temperature
you selected and turn itself off at
the Stop time you selected.
After you take your food out of the
oven, be sure to turn the OVEN
TEMP control to off and the
OVEN SET knob to the MAN
OVEN setting where it should be
kept for normal oven use.