Sears Kenmore 75161 Use & Care Manual page 7

Hew Does ThRsCoektop Compare to Your ORal O ne?
",four new cooktop has gas burners, If you are used to
cooking with induction or other electric surface units,
you will notice some differences when you use gas
burners,,
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
surface unit you haven
The following chart will help you to understand the dif-
ferences between gas burner cooktops and any other
type of cooktop you may have used in the pasL
Type of Cooktop Description How It Works
Gas Burners Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.,
Electric Coil
@
Solid Disk
Radiant (Glass
Ceramic) Cooktop
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Induction
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Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Electric coils
under a glass-
ceramic cooktop,,
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface,
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results,
but pans should be welt balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and
change heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops
right away,,
Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan, For
best cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving
of warped pans than radiant or solid disk& Heats up quickly but does not
change heat settings as quickly as gas or induction,,Electric coils stay hot
enough to continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off,
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be fiat on the bottom for
good cooking results, Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric
coils. The disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off,
Remove the pan from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be
flat on the bottom for good cooking results, The glass cooktop stays hot
enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the
surface unit if you want cooking to stop,,
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right
away and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop_ After turning
the control off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking
stops right away,,
Surface Cooking
Lighting instructions for _
Standing Pilot Models
The surface burners on these
ranges have standing pilots _ _.
that must be lit initially. To light
them:
!. Be sure the surface burner
control knobs are in the OFF position_
2. Remove the grates and lift the cooktop up (see the
Lift-Up Cooktop section)°
3. Locate the two pilot ports and light each of them
with a match°
NOTE: If the pilot is too high or low, you can adjust iL
See the Adjust the Surface Burner Pilots If Necessary
section of the Installation instructions.
4. Lower the cooktop_ Your surface burners are now
ready for use,,
5. Observe the lighted burners. Compare the flames
to pictures in the Problem Solver° If any flame is
unsatisfactory, call for service.
Lighting instructions tot
Electric 6gnition ModeJs
Your surface burners are lighted by electric ignition,
eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with con-
stantly burning flames,,
In case of a power failure, you can light the surface
burners on your range with a match, Hold a lighted
match to the burner, then turn the knob to the LITE
position,, Use extreme caution when lighting burn-
ers this way.
Surface burners in use when an electrical power fail-
ure occurs wilt continue to operate normally,,
The electrode of the spark igniter is expose&
When one burner is turned to LITE, all the burners
spark_ Do not attempt to disassemble or clean
around any burner while another burner is on, An
electric shock may result, which could cause you
to knock over hot cookware,
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