Surface Cooking - Kenmore ELITE 790.4399 Series Use & Care Manual

Cooktop Control Functions
Using the Touch Control
The recommended way to use the
touch pads on the cooktop is
shown in the illustration. Be sure
that your finger is placed in the
center of the touch pad as shown.
Contact the pad with the flat part
of your fingertip. Do not just use
the narrow end of your fingertip.
Recommended finger
position for touch pads
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Surface Cooking
Use Proper Cookware *CORRECT INCORRECT__
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Cookware should have flat bottoms
that make good contact with the t t
entire surface heating element. • Flat bottomand straight
Check for flatness by rotating a ruler sides.
across the bottom of the cookware • Tight fitting lids.
(See Figure 2). Be sure to follow the - Weight
of
handle doesnot
tilt pan. Pan is well
recommendations for using balanced.
cookware as shown in Figure 1. • Pan sizesmatchthe
amount of food to be
prepared and the size of
the surface element.
® Made of a material that
conducts heat well.
• Easy to clean.
® Always match pot diameter
to element surface
diameter.
Note: The size and type of
cookware used will influence the
setting needed for best cooking
results.
o Curved and warped pan
bottoms.
• Pan overhangs element by
more than one-half inch.
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• Pan is smaller than
element.
• Heavy handle tilts pan.
Figure 2
Figure 1