KitchenAid KICU500X manual CooktopControls, First use or after a power failure, To Use

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CooktopControls

WARNING

Fire Hazard

Turn off all controls when done cooking.

Failure to do so can result in death or fire.

The touch-activated electronic controls offer a variety of heat settings for optimal cooking results. When melting foods such as chocolate or butter, or when proofing bread, the surface cooking area can be set to the keep warm function for minimal surface cooking area operation.

For maximum surface cooking area operation, all cooktop touch- activated electronic controls can be set to Performance boost function when bringing liquids to a fast and rapid boil. Set the surface cooking area heat setting level to 9, then touch the “plus”

(+) key to immediately reach the highest setting.

NOTE: Where 240V installation is not available, this cooktop will automatically adjust to 208V operation.

First use or after a power failure:

After connecting the cooktop to an electrical power suppy or after a power failure, the control panel will be locked. An indicator light above the key icon will be on. To unlock the control panel, press and hold CONTROL LOCK for 3 seconds. The indicator light will turn off, and the cooktop is ready for use.

3.Select a heat setting from 1 - 9 by touching/sliding on the power slider. The heat setting will appear in the surface cooking area display.

The power slider consists of 9 positions plus a “Boost” position. When the user slides to 0, “0” will be displayed. The surface cooking area will not turn on but will remain active/ selected.

When a surface cooking area is left at the “0” power level for 1 minute, the zone will automatically turn off and display only the middle dash without the indicator light.

Use the following chart as a guide when setting heat levels.

SETTING

RECOMMENDED USE

 

 

 

9

- Boost

Bring liquid to a boil.

 

 

 

 

9

 

Start food cooking.

 

 

 

7

- 8

Quickly brown or sear food.

 

 

 

6

- 7

Hold a rapid boil.

 

 

 

 

5

- 6

Fry poultry or meat.

 

 

Cook soups, sauces and

 

 

 

gravies.

 

 

 

4

- 5

Maintain a slow boil.

 

 

Stew or steam food.

 

 

 

 

3

- 5

Simmer

 

 

 

1

- 2

Keep cooked food warm.

 

 

Melt chocolate or butter.

To Use

To Turn On the Cooktop:

1.Press POWER.

The indicator light above the Power keypad along with a dash (“-”) in each surface cooking area will light to indicate that each surface cooking area is ready to be activated.

Inactivity for 10 seconds after the main power has been turned on will automatically turn off the power to the cooktop.

If a cooking function or the power slider is touched without first selecting a surface cooking area, all dashes (one for each zone) will flash and an invalid tone will sound 3 times.

To Turn on a Surface Cooking Area:

2.Touch directly on the display area for the surface cooking area you want to use.

The current power level and indicator light will flash for 10 seconds then remain on.

Touching any other feature or the power slider stops the flashing, and information for the keypad that was touched will be displayed.

When a surface cooking area is selected, the timer will also turn on to show that it can now be set.

When a surface cooking area is left at the “0” power level for 1 minute, the surface cooking area will automatically turn off and display only the middle dash without the indicator light.

Melt

Melt chocolate or butter.

 

 

 

Simmer

Maintain a slow boil

 

 

 

To Turn Off:

 

 

1.Touch ON/OFF to turn off desired surface cooking area, 1 tone will sound when Off is pressed.

2.Touch POWER to turn off the cooktop when finished.

Hot Surface Indicator

An “H” will appear in the heat setting display when the surface cooking area that is in use is too hot to touch, even after the surface cooking area(s) is turned off.

A B

A. Heat setting display

B. Hot surface indicator “H”

If the cooktop is on when a power failure occurs, the Hot Surface Indicator “H” will remain on up to 45 minutes after the power is restored to the cooktop.

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KICU500X specifications

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