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Setting Surface Burners
SETTING SURFACE BURNERS
Your gas appliance is equipped with different sized surface
burners
(Figure
volumes increases as the burner size increases. It is important
to select cookware that is suitable for the amount and type of
food being prepared.
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The smaller simmer burner is best suited for simmering
delicate sauces, etc.
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Use standard size burners for most surface cooking
needs.
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Larger power burners are recommended for bringing large
quantities of liquid to temperature and when preparing
larger quantities of food.
Figure 8:
Typical burner sizes
Do not place flammable items such as plastic salt and pepper
shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on the cooktop
when in use. These items could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels
or wooden spoons could catch fire if placed too close to the
range cooktop. Do not place aluminum foil, or any material that
can melt on the range cooktop. If these items melt they may
permanently damage the cooktop surface.
IMPORTANT!
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Do not cook with the surface control knob left in the Lite
position. The electronic ignitor will continue to spark if the
control knob setting remains in the
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When setting any surface control knob to the
all electronic surface ignitors will spark at the same time.
However, only the surface burner you are setting will ignite.
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Never place or straddle a cooking utensil over two different
surface cooking areas at the same time, unless the
cookware was designed for that purpose (such as griddles).
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In the event of an electrical power outage, the surface
burners can be lit manually. Use caution when lighting
surface burners manually. To light a surface burner, hold a
lit match to the burner head, then slowly turn the surface
control knob to Lite. After burner lights push in and turn
knob to desired setting.
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When operating the oven, it is possible for residual heat
from the oven to build-up and over time to eventually
transfer to the surface control knobs located directly above
the oven door.
8). The ability to heat food quicker and in larger
position.
To set surface burners:
1.
Place cooking utensil on center of surface burner grate. Be
sure the cooking utensil sets stable on the burner grate.
2.
Push the desired surface control knob in and turn counter-
clockwise out of the OFF position and rotate the knob to the
icon
(Figure
Once the burner has a flame, turn the control knob counter-
clockwise to the desired flame size. Use the control markings
and adjust the flame as needed.
Figure 9:
Correct way to set burners
For most cooking:
Start on the highest setting and then turn to a lower setting to
complete the process. Use the recommendations below as a
guide for determining proper flame size for various types of
cooking
(Table 1
For deep fat frying:
Use a thermometer and adjust the surface knob accordingly. If
the fat is too cool, the food will absorb the fat and be greasy. If
the fat is too hot, the food will brown so quickly that the center
will be under cooked. Do not attempt to deep fat fry too much
food at once as the food will neither brown or cook properly.
Table 1:
Suggested flame settings
1)
Flame size
position,
High flame
Medium flame
Low flame
1)
These settings are based on medium weight metal or alumi-
num pans with lids. Settings may vary when using other types
of pans.
9). Visually check that the burner has lit.
).
Type of cooking
Start most foods, bring water to a boil, pan
broiling
Maintain a slow boil, thicken sauces, gra-
vies, steaming
Keep foods cooking, poaching and stewing
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