Surface Cooking; Surface Controls - Maytag MER6771AAB User Manual

SURFACE COOKING
SURFACE CONTROLS
Before Cooking AfterCooking
>- Always place a panonthesurface >_ Cleanupmessy spills assoonas
Useto turnon the surfaceelements.An unitbefore youturniton.Toprevent possible.
infinitechoiceof heatsettingsis available damage torange, n ever o perate sur-
fromLOW toHIGH.Theknobs canbeseton faceunitwithouta paninplace. OtherTips
or between anyofthesettings.
>.- NEVER usethecooktop asastorage _=- Ifcabinet s torage isprovided directl_
SETTING THECONTROLS areaforfoodor cookware, above cooking surface, l imit i ttoitems
thatare infrequently u sedand car
1. Place panonsurface element. DuringCooking besafely stored inanareasubjected
2. Pushinandturntheknobineither direc- > Besureyouknowwhichknobcon- to heat.
tionto thedesiredheat s etting, troiswhichsurfaceunit.Makesure Temperatures may be unsafefo_
> Thebackguard i smarked to you turnedon 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 0 indicates rightfront tingthenreduce to a lowersetting to plasticitems,on the cooktop. T he
(_) • element, complete t heoperation. Neverusea hotairfromtheventmayigniteflam
3. There isanindicator l ightbyeachpairof highheatsetting forextended cook- mable items,melt o r soften plastic_
controlknobs. W henoneor bothofthe ing. or increase pressure in closedcon
surfacecontrolknobsis turnedon,the > NEVER allowa panto boildry.This tainers causing themto burst.
lightwill turnon. Thelightwill turn off coulddamage thepanandtheappli- _- NEVERallowaluminum foil, mea
whenthe surfaceelement(s) is turned ance. probesor any other metalobjecl
off. _,- NEVERtouchcooktopuntil it has otherthana panon a surfaceele
4. Aftercooking,turn knobto OFF.Remove cooled.Expectsomeparts of the ment, t o contact h eating elements.
pan. cooktop, e specially around the sur-
face units,to becomewarmor hot
during cooking. U se potholders to
DUALELEMENT
( SELECT MODELS)
protect h ands.
Thecooking s urface i sequipped w ith adual
element l ocated in theright f ront p osition. To
operate, p ushinonthecontrol k nob andturn
to the leftto control t he largeelement, o r
SUGGESTED HEAT SETTIHGS
pushin andturnto the rightto control t he
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. MEo. I_
2 HIGH: Low I
4 Usetobringliquidtoa boil.Always reduce
6 setting toalower h eatwhenliquids b eginto MEDIUM
8,,,,_, _8 boilor foodsbegin to cook.
MED.HIGH:
Useto brownmeat,heatoil for deepfat MED,LOW:
frying or sauteing. M aintain fast boil for Usetocontinue cooking covered foo
largeamounts of liquids, steamfoods.
MEDIUM: LOW:
Usetomaintain slowboilforlarge amounts Useto keepfoodswarmandmeltcl
of liquids andfor mostfryingoperations, lateandbutter.
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