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Setting Surface Controls
•
Recommended Surface Cooking Settings
•
Operating Single Surface Radiant Controls
Recommended
Surface
Cooking
Settings
Recommended
settings
for the Single, Bridge & Triple Surface Radiant
Cooktop
Elements
Setting
T_tpe of Cooking
HIGH (8.0 - Hi)
Start most foods, bring water to a boil or pan broiling
MEDIUM HIGH (5.0 - 8.0)
Continue a rapid boil, fry or deep fat fry
MEDIUM (3.0 - 5.0)
Maintain a slow boil, thicken sauces and gravies or steam vegetables
MEDIUM LOW (2.0 - 4.0)
Keep foods cooking, poach or stew (2.8 or lower is a simmer setting).
LOW/SIMMER (Lo - 2.0)
Keep warm, melt or simmer (2.8 or lower is a simmer setting).
Fig. 1
Note: The size and type of cookware used will influence the setting needed for the best cooking results. The simmer
settings are used to simmer and keep larger quantities of foods warm such as stews and soups. The lower simmer settings
are ideal for delicate foods and melting chocolate or butter.
Operating
Single Radiant
Surface
Elements
The cooktop has 2 SINGLE radiant surface elements; the
RIGHT REAR position (Fig. 2) and the LEFT REAR ONLY
element position may be used as single or a Bridge element
(See Fig. 3). Refer to Fig. 1 for recommended
surface cooking
settings.
To Operate
the Single Radiant
Surface
Elements:
......
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
1.
Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.
Right Rear Element
Left Rear Element
2.
Touch and hold the
pad for the desired element position until a beep is heard. The
display will show"
-- "
,
NOTE: Each time a pad is touched a beep will sound. If no further pads are touched within 10
seconds the request to power the element ON will clear.
Touch the element position's H_ d_
pad once to turn ON the power level HI or LodV_
pad
once for Lo (See Fig. 4). The Hot Surface indicator light will turn ON when the element
becomes hot.
Each touch of the Lo(_)
or HI(_
pad will decrease or increase the power level by 1/2
from 9.0 through 3.0. Simmer power levels between 3.0 and 1.0 will decrease or increase by .2
increments. Lo is the lowest power level available. Note: The power level may be adjusted at
any time while the element is ON.
RIGHT
REAR
5.
When cooking has been completed touch the
pad once to turn the element OFF.
Each surface element provides a constant amount of heat at each setting. A glowing red
HOT SURFACE
surface heating area extending beyond the bottom edge of the cookware indicates the
cookware is too small for the surface heating area,
Note: The Hot Surface indicator light will remain ON if the cooktop is still hot and will remain
Fig.
4
ON until the heating surface area has cooled sufficiently,
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The glass surface
may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently,
Do not place aluminum
foil or plastic items such as salt and pepper shakers,
spoon holders
or
plastic wrappings
on top of the range when it is in use. These items could melt or ignite, Potholders, towels or
wooden spoons could catch fire if placed too close to the surface elements,
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