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USING YOUR SMOOTHTOP
COOKING AREAS
HINTS
The four surface cooking areas on your
If food is cooking too fast or if boilovers
range are identified by permanent pat- t!rO66t!6_fgre_Urningeleme_,o_:
_ occur, remove lid and reduce to a lower
terns in the cooktop, Thereare two large
l :i at f r0m exposed element dam
setting. AIIow enough time for the cook-
and two small areas. Use the smalier ar-
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agebackguard oZrange
ing area to adjust to the new setting.
eas for small cooking utensils and the
larger areas for large utensils.This con-
To he_p keep cooktop clean be sure
serves energy.
To operate: Push in and turn knob, in
cooking area and utensil bottom are
either direction, to the desired heat set-
clean and dry before use.
ting.
foil, sugar, or foods with high sugar con-
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tent to melt onto the hot cooktop. Melted
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matedals can cause permanent dam-
SIGNAL LIGHTS
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Ranges are equipped with one to four
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signal lights to indicate when a surface
i ment willcycle 0n and offto maintaln
element is on. The light will remain on
the e!eme#t
until the element is turned off. After a
to S_ _
cooking operation, be sure element and
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signal light are off.
SURFACE CONTROLS
HOT SURFACE LIGHT
The range is equipped witha HOT SUR-
The cooking area controls arecalled IN-
FACE light. This red light will turn on to
FINITE controls, This type of control
indicatethatthecookingareaishotand
To protect the top, it is not recom-
provides an infinite choice of heat set-
will remain on until the area has cooled,
mended to usethetop as a work surface
tings from LOW to HIGH. The control
or as a cutting board or to cook food di-
can be set either on any of the num-
rectly on the cooktop without a utensil
bered settings or between the num-
RETAINED HEAT
bered settings.
We suggest that you start with a lower
Do not use a trivet or metal stand (such
heat setting then gradually increase the
as a wok ring) between the utensil and
OFF"
setting until you find the optimum set-
the cooktop. These items can mark or
LOW_I-
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]_IGH
ting. Boilovers are more likely to occur if etch the surface and affect cookingeffi-
you start out on HIGH then reduce to the
ciency.
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lower setting.
Thin gauge aluminum cookware, alumi-
The smoothtop cooking area retains
hum foil or foil containers such as pop-
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heat for a period of time after the ele-
corn poppers are NOT recommended
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ment has beenturned off, Putthis resid-
for use on the cooktop. They will leave
ual heat to good use. Turn the element
metal marks.
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off a few minutes before food is com-
pletely cooked and use the retained
Do not slide glass items across the
Knobs on your range may not look like
heat to complete the cooking operation,
cooktop. They may scratch or damage
thisknob butthey operate as described
After 30 minutes, the cooktop may be
the top.
in this booklet,
too cool to keep foods warm; however,
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the TOP MAY STILL BE TOO WARM
Do NOT slide a}uminum ceokware
TO TOUCH. When the HOT SURFACE
across the cooktop. This may result in
indicator light turns off, the top will be
aluminum markswhichthen must beim-
cool enough totouch,
mediately removed with a recom-
mended cooktop cleaner.
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