Kenmore Elite 790.9715 series Use And Care Manual page 11

Bridge surface radiant element
The cooktop is equipped with a "BRIDGE" surface element
located at the left front and middle (Figure 1) positions. The
Bridge can be used when cooking with rectangular (like a
griddle) or oval shaped cookware. The element will maintain
an even temperature setting across both portions of the
Bridge. Tf needed for normal cookware, the Bridge element
can work like a single element without the Bridge (Figure 4).
The ® symbol indicates that only the front portion will heat
(Figures 2 & 4). The _ symbol indicates that both front and
middle portions will heat (Figures 3 & 5). You may switch
from either coil setting at any time during cooking.
To Operate the Bridge Surface Element
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the Bridge surface
element.
2. Push in and turn the control knob as shown in Figure 2 to
heat the front portion of the Bridge element for normal
shaped cookware or in Figure 3 for larger or rectangular
shaped cookware. Turn the knob to adjust the setting if
needed. Start most cooking operations on a higher setting
and then turn to a lower setting to finish cooking. Each
surface element provides a constant amount of heat at
each setting. Aglowing red surface heating area extending
beyond the bottom edge of the cookware indicates the
cookware is too small. Please note that not all cookware
will fit the Bridge element correctly.
3. When cooking has completed, turn the surface control
knob to OFF before removing the cookware.
The BRIDGE element may also be used in combination
with the left rear single element (Figure 6). Because
these elements have 2 different controls, one element
can be used to cook while the other element may be
used to keep food warm.
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Figure 2
Figure 1
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Figure 3
Do not place plastic items such as salt and pepper
shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on
cooktop when it is in use. These items could melt or
ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch
if placed too close to the surface elements.
Do not allow aluminum foil, or ANY material that
can melt to make contact with the ceramic glass
cooktop, If these items melt on the cooktop they will
damage the ceramic cooktop.
The surface "Element ON" indicator lights will glow when
one or more elements are turned ON. A quick glance at
these indicator lights when cooking is finished is an easy
check to be sure all surface elements are turned OFF.
Figure 4
Front portion
only
Figure 5
Front & Middle
portions
Figure 6
Front & Middle
plus Left Rear
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled
after they have been turned OFR The hot surface
indicator light will turn ON and will continue to glow
until the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate
level. The glass surface may still be hot and burns
may occur if the glass surface is touched before the
indicator light has turned OFR The indicator light may
remain ON even though the controls are turned OFF.