Cooking on the Smoothtop

Cooking Safely with Surface Elements

!WARNING

To avoid risk of serious personal injury, property damage, or fire, do not leave surface elements unattended while in operation. Grease and spillovers can ignite causing a fire.

!WARNING

To avoid risk of electrical shock or serious personal injury,

•never cook on a broken smoothtop cooking surface. Spillovers can penetrate broken surface and cause electric shock.

•never clean broken cooktop. Cleaners can penetrate broken surface and cause electric shock.

If smoothtop cooking surface breaks, discontinue use and notify an authorized servicer immediately.

Setting Surface Element Controls

Push in and turn the surface element control knobs in either direction to turn on the surface elements. Surface elements are located under the ceramic cooking surface and radiate heat through the cooktop. It is normal for the element to cycle on and off during heating. The controls have infinite settings between LO and HI for fine temperature control.

1. Push in and turn surface element control to desired setting.

2. When finished cooking, turn control to OFF position.

SURFACE ELEMENT

WHEN TO USE SETTING

CONTROL SETTINGS

 

 

 

SIM

Use to prepare food at less than boiling

temperatures or to simmer.

 

5Use to maintain boiling of larger amounts of food, low temperature frying.

HI

Use to bring food to boiling temperatures. When

food is boiling temperature setting should be

 

 

reduced to LO through 5.

!WARNING

To avoid serious personal injury, do not use a damp or wet cloth to clean up spills on a hot or warm cooktop. Moist or damp cloths on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam.

Indicator Lights

Surface element operation is indicated by an indicator light that glows when the element is turned on. The location and number of indicator lights vary with each model. After a surface control is turned off, the surface indicator light will continue to glow until surface elements have cooled to approximately 145°F. The length of time the light remains on will vary. If there is more than one surface element light, do not expect the lights to shut off at the same time.

After you cook...

...remember to establish a cleaning routine for your smoothtop. Cooktops can be sensitive to certain cooking spillovers. Unlike conventional ranges, smoothtops should not be cleaned with a wet dishcloth when wiping down other counters. Daily care is quick, easy and can prevent damage. To purchase Amana recommended cleaning products, contact our Consumer Affairs department

at 1-800-843-0304.

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Amana ACF4225A, ACF422GA Cooking on the Smoothtop, Setting Surface Element Controls, Indicator Lights, After you cook
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