Use And Maintenance - Westinghouse Cooker Instruction Booklet

2nd SECTION FOR THE USER
WARNING - Accessible parts will become hot when in use.
To avoid burns and scalds children should be kept away.
- Do not use oven base panel as a shelf, make use of the oven
shelves.
- To avoid splattering and smoke, position collecting tray under
the grill with some water in it.
- Always turn pan handles to the side or to the back of the hob.
If they are left out into the room they can easily be hit or reached
by children, this knocking the pan off the hob.
- Don’t let children sit down or play with the oven door. Do not
use the drop down door as a stool to reach above cabinets.
- Before cleaning the appliance disconnect power at the main
circuit breaker of the electrical
- Do not clean the appliance surfaces when still hot.
- During use, the appliance becomes hot. Care should be taken
to avoid touching heating elements inside the oven
WARNING - In order to prevent accidental tipping of the appliance,
for example by a child climbing onto the open oven door, the
stabilizing means must be installed.

USE AND MAINTENANCE

Be safe
Please read the rest of the instruction book which contains
important information to help you use the appliance safely and
efficiently.
CERAMIC WORK-TOP
The work-top is fitted with cooking areas of different diameter and
power. The positions are clearly marked. The heating occurs only
within the diameters marked on the work-top.
For efficient cooking and energy saving, it is essential to use only
suitable saucepans.
Cookware with rough bottoms should not be used since these
can scratch the ceramic surface. Before use, make sure that pan
bottoms are clean and dry.
Pans should have the same diameter as the cooking zone they
are used on.
When cold, pan bottoms should be slightly concave, as they
expand when they are hot and lie flat on the surface of the hob.
This transfers the heat best.
The best thickness for pan bottoms is 2-3 mm in case of enamelled
steel and 4-6 mm for stainless steel with sandwich type bottoms.
There is a simple way of checking whether the pan bottom is of
the right shape (when cold).
Rest the middle of the bottom at an angle against the straight
edge of a table and slip a few strips of typing paper between
them.
As a guide five to ten pieces of paper is correct for enamelled
steel pans and two to five strips for stainless steel (the higher
number applies to the larger sizes of pan).
These rules are very important. If they are not followed there will
be a great loss of heat and energy, and the heat not absorbed by
the saucepan will spread to the hob, frame and surrounding
cabinet.
Using the cooking hob.
The first few times the hob is used, it may give off acrid, burning
smells. These will disappear completely with repeated use.
Each cooking area has a selector knob on the appliance control
panel for setting different temperature levels.
For normal cooking, place the saucepan on the desired area of
the hob and set the knob to the maximum heat.
A warning light on the control panel will inform you if the cooking
area is on or off.
Some of the cooking work-tops have an indicator light between
the two front cooking areas, which lights up when one or more of
the cooking areas goes above the temperature of 60°C.
The indicator light switches off only when the temperature of the
cooking areas goes below about 60°C.
After a few minutes, when the contents of the saucepan are
boiling, turn the knob to a lower position, depending on the quantity,
so that the saucepan does not splash over and there is no waste
of heat.
Important
Be very careful about the safety of children when using the ceramic
hob.
Attention
Although the hob surface is very tough, it is certainly not
unbreakable and it can be damaged, especially if pointed or hard
objects fall on it with a certain force.
Do not use the hob if the surface is broken or cracked; contact
the assistance service immediately. Switch off the appliance
to avoid the possibility of electic shock
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