Kenmore Efficient Operation of Surface Controls for Electric Range

Setting Surface Controls (cont'd)

Operating Single Radiant Surface Elements

The cooktop has single radiant surface elements at 2 locations; the right rear (Figure t ) and left rear (Figure 2) element positions.

To Operate the Single Surface Elements:

t.Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface

element.			Figure 1
2. Push in and turn the surface control knob		in either	Right Rear Element
direction	to the desired setting (Figure 3). 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 control knob to OFF before removing the cookware. Note: The Hot Surface Indicator light located on the cooktop glass will come on when the glass becomes hot and will continue to glow until the glass has cooled down to a moderate level. The light may remain on even though the controls are turned OFF.

Figure 2

Left Rear Element

OFF

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Note: See page 8, Figure 3 for recommended control settings.

Operating the Dual Surface Radiant Element

The cooktop is equipped with a dual radiant surface element located at the right and left front (See Figure 4) positions.

•and _ on the control panel are used to indicate which coil of the dual radiant element will heat. • indicates that

only the inner coil will heat (Figure 4). !_ indicates that both inner and outer coils will heat (Figure 5). You may switch from either coil setting at any time during cooking.

Figure 4

OFF

Figure 3

Figure 5

OFF

To Operate		the	Dual Surface	Element:	• Hi	Hi@	®HI
1.	Place correctly		sized cookware	on the dual surface	f
	element.				6
2.	Push in and turn the control knob to left side (See
	Figure 6) for smaller cookware			and to right side (See	4
	Figu re 7) for larger cookware.
3.	Turn the	knob to adjust the setting if needed. Start most				2	2
	cooking operations on a highersetting and then tum toa lower				_-_....	,,,_\_
	setting to finish cooking. Each surface element provides a				Lo	Lo	Lo	Lo
	constant amount of heat at each setting. A glowing red						Figure 7
	surface heating area extending beyond the bottom edgeofthe				Figure 6

cookware indicates the cookware is too small forthe surface heating area.

4.When cooking has completed, turn the surface control 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 page 8, for recommended control settings.

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 glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before the indicator light has turned off.

Do not place plastic items such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on top of the range 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.

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