Cooking Zones; Cooking Utensils; Checking Your Cookware - Kenmore 911.95575 Owner's Manual

OPERATION
Radiant CooktopCooking
Before using your new radiant
cooktop, clean it with the Cooktop
Cleaning Creme®. This will leave a
protective coating.
The cooking zones are shown by the
outline on the glass. The sign below
each control knob shows you which
radiant zone is turned on by that
knob.
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Cooking Zones
Right
Rear
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Rear Loft Front
Front
Use pans and woks that are flat on
the bottom The size of the pan
should be the same size as the zone
used-when cooking,
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know if your
cookware is
flat on the
bottom, try this test. Turn your pan
upside down on the countertop and
place the edge of a ruler flat against
the surface of the pan. Rotate the
ruler a ful! circle, checking as you turn
for any space between the two
surfaces. The bottom of the pan and
the edge of the ruler should fit flush
against each other al! the way across.
Stainless Steel: Highly recom-
mended for use with your new
cooktop. Especially good with a
sandwich clad bottom.
Aluminum: Heavyweight aluminum
cookware recomrnend,ed.
Cast iron: Cast iron eookware that
is completely covered with porcelain
enamel is recommended. Cast iron
that is not covered with porcelain
enamel may scratch the glass
ceramic surface of the cooktop.
Copper Bottom: Has good
performance, but it can leave a
residue on the cooktop surface.
Glass-Ceramic or Stoneware:
Usable, but not recommended. It may
scratch the surface of the cooktop.
Size of
cooking
zone
Pans should be flat on bottom
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