Kenmore C970 Use & Care Manual page 13

Setting Surface Controls
Bridge Radiant Element
The element will maintain an even temperature setting
across all portions of the Bridge. If needed for normal
cookware, the Bridge element can work like a single element
without the Bridge (Fig. 2).
Use the SIZE keypad (Fig. 1) to select which portions of the
bridge element are needed for heating. The bridge element
size may be changed anytime the element is ON.
To Operate the Bridge Radiant Element:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the bridge radiant
element.
2. To activate press and hold the
element until acceptance tone sounds.
3. Press SIZE keypad and toggle to select the front portion
(Fig. 2), both front and middle portions (Fig. 3) or all three
portions (Fig. 4).
4. To set power level press Hi or Lo keypad and if needed
toggle the Hi or Lo keypads to adjust to the desired
power level setting. Each touch of the Hi or Lo key pad
will decrease or increase the power level by 1/2 from 9.0
through 3.0. Simmer power levels between 3.0 and 1.2 will
decrease or increase by .2 increments. Hi (Fig. 5) is the
highest power level. Lo (Fig. 6) is the lowest power level
available.
5. Once cooking is fi nished, press
bridge element OFF (Fig. 7).
Hot Element Indicator Message
After using any of the radiant element positions the cooktop
will become very hot. Even after setting the controls to OFF,
the cooktop will remain hot for some time. The cooktop
control monitors the temperature of the cooktop and
displays the message "HE" (hot element) warning when the
cooktop is still too hot to touch. If the HE message appears
in the window, the control can still be turned on again for
use.
Radiant surface elements may appear to
have cooled after they have been turned off . The glass
surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass
surface is touched before it has cooled suffi ciently.
Do not place aluminum foil, plastic items
such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic
wrappings on top of the range when it is in use. These
items could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden
spoons could catch fi re if placed too close to the surface
elements.
The cooktop provides a bridge
radiant element located as
illustrated. The bridge can be used
when cooking with rectangular
(like a griddle) or oval shaped
cookware.
keypad for the bridge
keypad to turn the
Fig. 2
Fig. 5
Important notes:
• If no element size is chosen when the bridge element is
turned ON, only the front portion will heat by default.
• Start most cooking operations on a higher setting and
then turn to a lower setting to fi nish cooking.
• For effi cient cooking, turn the surface element OFF
several minutes before cooking is complete. This will allow
residual heat to complete the cooking process.
• A glowing red surface heating area extending beyond the
bottom edge of the cookware indicates the cookware is
too small for the surface heating area.
• Radiant elements have a limiter that allows the radiant
heating element to cycle ON and OFF, even at the
HI setting. This helps prevent damage to the ceramic
cooktop. Cycling at the HI setting is normal and will occur
more often if the cookware is too small for the radiant
element or if the cookware bottom is not fl at.
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Fig. 3 Fig. 4
Fig. 6 Fig. 7