Kenmore 790.9420 Series Use & Care Manual page 15

Setting Surface Controls
Triple Radiant Surface Element (some models)
To operate the triple radiant element:
The triple radiant element (some models) has three element
portions and may be set to heat as 1 (single), 2 (dual), or 3
(triple) element portions together.
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 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.
Do not allow aluminum foil, empty glass/
porcelain cookware or any material that can melt to make
contact with the ceramic cooktop. If these items melt on the
cooktop they may damage the ceramic cooktop.
1. Place correctly-sized cookware on single radiant surface
element.
2.
Push in and turn the surface control knob clockwise to begin
heating both the inner and outer portions of the element
(See Figure 13 and Figure 14). If only the inner heating
portion is needed for smaller cookware, push in and turn the
knob counter-clockwise (See Figure 13 and Figure 14).
Please note that all three element portions will adjust to the
same power level.
Important note:
You may switch from the single, dual, or triple settings at any
time during cooking.
3. When cooking is complete, turn the radiant surface element
off before removing the cookware.
Important notes:
• For efficient cooking, turn off the element several minutes
before cooking is complete. This will allow residual heat to
complete the cooking process.
• The surface control knobs do not have to be set exactly on
a particular spot. Use the graphics provided as a guide and
adjust the control knob as needed. Each surface element
provides a constant amount of heat at each setting. Refer to
Table 1 for suggested power level settings.
• Start most cooking operations on a higher setting and then
turn to a lower setting to finish cooking.
Radiant elements have a limiter that allows the radiant
heating element to cycle on and off, even at the HI setting.
This helps prevent damage to the ceramic smoothtop.
Cycling at the HI setting is normal and will occur more often
if the cookware is too small for the radiant element or if the
cookware bottom is not flat.
• A glowing red surface heating area extending beyond the
bottom edge of the cookware indicates the cookware is too
small for the surface heating area.
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Heating with
inner (small)
element only
Heating 2 of 3
portions
Heating with all
3 portions
Areas that heat are shown darkened.
Figure 13: Triple radiant element zones: single (L), double (M),
and Triple (R)
TRIPLE ELEMENT
Figure 14:
OFF
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Triple radiant element
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