Your
seeimmgeTopcookingchartonpages18&79.Your range top isdesigned to give you the flexibility cooking utensil. This, in turn, heats the food. As it
of boiling, steaming, sauteing, browning, frying, heats, the cooking surface turns yellow. When the
canning, or pressure cooking, The heat is trans- control is turned to OFF, the cooking area cools
ferred from aheating element below the surface, and returns to its original white color.
through the ceramic top, to the bottom of the
to set
You must push the knob in only
when it is set at OFF; this is to pre-
vent you from turning the knob on
accidentally. When the knob is in
any other position, you can turn it
without pushing it in. You will feel it
pop out when you turn it to OFF.
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The lowest setting is between OFF
and WARM. At the HI setting, you
will feel the knob lightly click into
place.
In aquiet kitchen, you may hear
slight “popping” sounds during
cooking, indicating heat settings
are being maintained.
Step 1:Push in control knob. Step 2: Turn the knob in either di-
rection to the heat setting you
want.
HI Quick start for cooking; bring water to boil,
MED Hi Fastfry, pan broil; maihtain fast boil on large
amount of food,
MED Saute and brown; maintain slow boil on large
amount of food.
Low Cook after starting at HIGH; cook with little water in
covered pan.
WM Steam rice, cereal; maintain serving temperature of
most foods.
NOTE:
1.AtHIGH, RIED !-41,neverleave food unattended. Boilovers
cause smoking; greasy spillovers may catch fire.
2. At WARM, LOW, melt chocolate, butter on small unit.
@Pots and pans should be flat on
the bottom and match the size of
the sunburst pattern. Large con-
tainers should be on large areas
and small ones on small areas.
@It is important pans fit the areas
you are using, Apan smaller than
the heated area wastes power. A
frying pan or skiliet much larger
than the heated area may not heat
evenly.
oCenter pots and pans on a cook-
ing area which closely matches
the bottom of the utensil in size.
0Containers of various materials
may require different heat settings
and/or cooking time. Check the
manufacturer’s instruction before
using.
@Special cooking equipment with-
out flat bottoms, such as the
oriental wok, are not recommended
and could shorten the life of the
range top since high temperatures
are required in this type of cooking.
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@Keep range and ventilating hood
free from grease accumulation.
@When cooking is almost com-
pleted, use the retained heat to
finish cooking. Turn the knob to
OFFand leave the cooking utensil
in p~ace. When cooking area has
cooled, remove the utensil and the
cooked food.
eTo prevent certain foods from @When canning foods, be sure to
foaming, add a tablespoon of check manufacturer’s instructions
cooking oil to the water before and recipes, Besure canner is flat--
cooking. bottomed and fits securely over
@Never leave food unattended center of cooking area.
when you are cooking at HI or
i’vlEDHI settings. Boi[overs cause
smoking and grease spillover may
catch fire.
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