Using Your Cooktop; Cooktop; Grates; Sealed Burner - Magic Chef 3442XRA User Manual

USING YOUR COOKTOP
The cooktop and surface burners on lainfinish ofthegrate maychipwithouta To light burner:
this appliance are considerably differ- pan to absorb the intense heat from the 1. Place utensil on burner grate.
ent from aconventional gas appliance; burner flame.
To ensure proper and efficient use of 2. Push in and turn knob to the LITE po-
aHfeatures, pleasetakeafewminutes DUAL PURPOSE
sition.
to readtheseinstructi0ns a nd become
SEALED BURNERS*
familiarwiththe0perationof;this ap_i- A sparking sound will be heard and
ance. The four sealed burnersare secured to the burner will light, (When one
....................... the cooktopand are NOT designed to burner is turnedonl all four ignitors
COOKTOP
be removed by the consumer, wil! spar_J ) ....
The cooktop is designed with two con- Since the four burners are sealed into
toured wells which contain spills until the cooktop, boilovers won't seep uno 3. After the burner lights, turn knob to
they can be wiped up. Unlike the stan- derneath to the burner box area. Thus, the desired flame size.
dard gas appliance, THIS COOKTOP there are no hidden spills in the burner
DOES NOT LIFT-UP NOR IS IT RE- box area to clean.
MOVABLE. To prevent damage to the I
gas tubing or top, do not attempt to lift Some models feature two special HI
cooktop. SPEED sealed burners. Use the HI
S PEED burners to quickly bring water to
i_[_ a boil and for large - pot cooking. See
information on rating plate to determine
if your appliance features the HIGH
SPEED burner.
LOCATION OF BURNERS: If flame should go out during a cooking
operation,turn the burner off. IF GAS
HAS ACCUMULATED AND A
STRONG GAS ODOR IS DETECTED,
WAIT 5 MINUTES FOR THE GAS
ODOR TO DISAPPEAR BEFORE
RELIGHTING BURNER.
Burn_rbgrfatesmul_ tn b epr °Pt rIoYp P°a_ " ;
C H GH SPEED BURNER IGNITORS
burners withouta pan onthe grate. The
porcelainfinishmaychip withouta pan A properlyadjusted burnerwith clean AI! four ignitorswill spark when any
to absorb the intense heat. ports will light withina few seconds.On surface burner knob is turned to the
natural gas, the flame will be blue with a
When reinstalling square grates, place deeper blue inner core; there should be
indented sides together so straight notraceofyellowinthefiame, indicating Once burner lights, turn knobto the de-
sides are at front and rear. an improper mixture of air/gas. This sired setting. The sparking will not stop
wastes fuel, so have a serviceman ad- until the knobis turned from the LITE po-
just the mixture if a yellow flame occurs, sition.
You may hear a "popping" sound on LP
gas when the surface burner is turned Optional re-ignition system (if
off. This is a normal operating sound of equipped) will automatically relight the
the burner, burner if a draft should extinguish it
when using a very low setting. When
this occurs, you will hear a sparking or
clicking sound.
CAUTION: Do not operate sealed burn-
erwithoutapanonthegrate.Theporce- *U.S. Patent Pending
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