Operating The Single Radiant Surface Elements - Kenmore 790.4304 Series Use And Care Manual

Setting Surface Controls
General Cooktop information
Use the table below to determine the correct setting for the kind of food you are preparing, 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,
Note: The size and type of cookware used will influence the setting needed for best cooking results.
Recommended Settings Table
for Single, Dual and Bridge Surface Elements
5-8 (Medium high)
5 (Medium)
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2-4 (bledium low)
Start most foods, bring water to a boil, pan broiling
Continue a rapid boil, fry, deep fat fry
Maintain a slow boil, thicken sauces and gravies, steam vegetables
Keep foods cooking, poach, stew
LO-2 (Low) Keep warm, melt, simmer
Operating the Single Radiant Surface Elements
The cooktop has 3 SINGLE radiant surface elements: the RIGHT REAR,
the CENTER REAR and the LEFT REAR positions.The left rear element
may also be used with the Bridge element (Figure 1).
To
Operate the Single
Radiant Surface E_ernents
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.
2. Push in and turn the surface control knob in either direction to the
desired setting (Figure 2). Turn the knob to adjust the setting if desired. Start
most cooking operations on a higher setting and then turn to a lower setting to
finish cooking. Each surface element provides a constant amount of heat at
each setting. 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.
3. When cooking has completed, turn the surface controJ knob to OFF
before removing the cookware. Note: The Hot Surface indicator light will
come on when the control knob is turned on and will continue to glow until the
glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The light may remain on
even though the controls are turned OFF.
Figure 1
OFF LO SIN 2 3 4 MED 6 7 8 HI
Do not place plastic items such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings
on cooktop 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 aJuminum foil, or ANY materiaJ that can meJt to make contact with the ceramic gtass
cooktop, if these items melt on the cooktop they will damage the ceramic cooktop,
Note: See above Table for recommended control settings.
Figure 2
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. A hot surface
indicator light will come on and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The
gtass surface may stilt be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before the indicator light has
turned off.