Operating The Dual Surface Ebment; Operating The Bridge Surface Ebment - Kenmore 790.4304 Series Use And Care Manual

Setting Surface Controls
Operating the Dual Surface Radiant Element
The cooktop is equipped with a dual radiant surface element located at the right
front (See Figures 1) position, Symbols on the control knob are used to indicate
which coil of the dual radiant element will heat, The o indicates that only the
inner coil will heat (Figure 3), The (_ indicates that both inner and outer coils
will heat (Figure 4), You may switch between settings at any time during
cooking,
To Operate the Dua_ Surface E_ement:
1, Place correctly sized cookware on the dual surface element,
2, Push in and turn the control knob clockwise (See Figure 3) for smaller
cookware or counterclockwise (See Figure 4) for larger cookware,
3, Turn the knob to adjust the setting if needed, 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,
4, When cooking has compJeted, turn the surface controJ knob to
OFF before removing the cookware. Note: The 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,
Note: See on previous page the table for recommended control settings,
Operating the Bridge Surface Radiant Element
The cooktop is equipped with a "BRIDGE" -_...
surface element located at the left front
and middle (See Figures 5) positions,
The Bridge can be used when cooking
with rectangular (like a griddle) or oval
shaped cookware, The element will
maintain an even temperature setting
across both portions of the Bridge, if
Figure 5
needed for normal cookware, the Bridge
element can work like a single element
without the Bridge (See Figure 8),
Bridge element operation symbols are located on the control knob on each
side of the Bridge element control knob,
These symbols indicate the direction to turn the control knob when
operating the Bridge element, The symbol in figure 7 indicates that only the
single portion of the Bridge element will heat (Figure 8), The symbol in figure
9 indicates that both the single and Bridge portions of the element will heat
together (Figure 10), You may switch between these settings at any time
during cooking with the Bridge element,
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Figure 3 Figure 4
Dual Radiant heating areas on ceramic
smooth top (shown in black)
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