Surface Cooking; Surface Controls; Suggested Heat Settings - Maytag mer6770 User Manual

SURFACE COOKING
SURFACE CONTROLS
Before Cooking AfterCooking
Always placea panonthe surface >- Cleanup messyspillsas soonas
Useto turnon the surfaceelements.An unitbefore youturnit on.Toprevent possible.
infinitechoiceof heatsettings is available damage torange, n everoperatesur-
fromLOWto HIGH. T heknobscan beseton faceunitwithouta paninplace. OtherTips
or between anyofthesettings.
>- NEVER usethecooktop asastorage >> Ifcabinet storage isprovided directly
SE'R'ING THE CONTROLS areaforfoodorcookware, above cooking surface, limitittoitems
that are infrequently u sedand can
1. Place panonsurface element. DuringCooking besafely stored inanarea subjected
2. Pushinandturntheknobineither direc- > Besureyouknowwhichknobcon- to heat.
tiontothe desired heatsetting, troiswhichsurfaceunit.Makesure Temperatures m ay be unsafefor
Thebackguard ismarked to youturnedon the correctsurface items suchasvolatile liquids, c lean-
identify which element t he unit. ersor aerosol s prays.
knobcontrols. F orexample, > Begincooking ona higherheatset- > NEVER leaveanyitems,especially
([) 0 indicates r ightfront tingthenreduce toa lowersetting to plasticitems,onthe cooktop. T he
([)0 element, complete t heoperation. Never u sea hotairfromtheventmayignite flare-
3. There isanindicator l ightbyeachpairof highheatsetting forextended cook- mable items,meltorsoftenplastics,
control k nobs.Whenoneor bothof the ing. or increase pressure in closedcon-
surfacecontrolknobsis turnedon, the >- NEVER allowa panto boildry.This tainers causing themto burst.
lightwill turn on. The lightwill turnoff coulddamagethe panandtheappli- > NEVER allowaluminum foil, meat
whenthe surfaceelement(s) i s turned ance. probesor any othermetalobject,
off. > NEVERtouchcooktopuntil it has otherthan a pan ona surfaceele-
4. After cooking,turn k nobto OFF.Remove cooled.Expectsomepartsof the ment, t o contact h eating elements.
pan. cooktop, e specially around the sur-
face units,to becomewarmor hot
duringcooking,Use potholders to
DUALELEMENT
( SELECT MODELS)
protect hands.
Thecooking surface isequipped witha dual
element l ocated intherightfrontposition. To
operate, pushinonthecontrol k nob andturn
to the leftto controlthe largeelement, o r SUGGESTED HEAT SETTINGS
pushin andturnto the rightto control t he _H,GH
small e lement. The size,type of cookware and cooking
operation will affectthe heatsetting. For
information o ncookware andotherfactors
affecting heatsettings, r eferto "Cooking
MadeSimple" booklet. MED. MED.
2 HIGH: Low , 6 .,o.
4 Usetobringliquid to aboil.Always reduce
/
6 setting toa lowerheat w henliquids begin to MEDfU,_
8_"_H_G "_8 boilorfoodsbeginto cook.
MED. H IGH:
Useto brownmeat,heatoilfor deepfat MED. L OW:
fryingor sauteing.Maintainfast boil for Usetocontinue cooking covered foodsor
largeamounts o f liquids, steamfoods.
MEDIUM: LOW:
Usetomaintain slowboil f orlarge amounts Useto keepfoodswarmandmeltchoco-
of liquids andfor mostfryingoperations, lateandbutter.
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