Amana ARTC7003* Preparing to Cook with Smoothtop Elements, Cooking with Surface Elements

Preparing to Cook with Smoothtop Elements

!WARNING

To avoid risk of serious personal injury never cook on a broken smoothtop cooking surface. Spillovers or cleaners can penetrate surface and create a risk of electrical shock. If smoothtop cooking surface breaks, discontinue use and notify an authorized servicer immediately.

•Before cooking on smoothtop, wipe top with cleaner conditioner. Conditioning smoothtop before use makes marks and stains easier to remove.

•Use heavy-gauge metal cookware not including cast iron.

•Bottom of cookware must be flat. Cookware that is warped or slightly curved on the bottom heats slowly and may not boil water. Cookware with an aluminum disk bottom makes excellent contact with cooking surface. See “Cooking Utensils” section for more information.

•Smoothtop cooking surface is not “scratch proof”. Surface is highly scratch and impact resistant. With recommended cooking utensils and proper care, it will continue looking good through years of use.

•Do not use glass, glass-ceramic, or enamel-porcelain cookware. Small imperfections on bottom of such cookware can scratch smoothtop surface.

Cooking 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.

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

•Element will cycle on and off to maintain desired heat setting.

•Ranges has an indicator light under electronic display. After surface element control(s) are turned off, the surface indicator light will continue to glow until the surface element(s) have cooled. The length of time the light remains on will vary.

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

OFF

HI

MED

Surface Element Control Knobs

Surface Element Settings

LO —Use to prepare food at less than boiling temperatures or to simmer.

MED—Use to maintain boiling of larger amounts of food, low temperature frying and to maintain correct pressure in a pressure cooker.

HI—Use to bring food to boiling temperatures. When food is boiling temperature setting should be reduced to LO through MED.

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