Using the surface burners.
Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model.
Safety
Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when you finish cooking.
How to Light a Surface Burner
Your surface burners are lit by electric ignition, eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with constantly burning flames.
Push the control knob in and turn it counterclockwise to the LITE position. After the burner ignites, turn the knob to adjust the flame size. To turn the burner off, turn the knob clockwise as far as it will go, to the OFF position.
■In case of a power failure, you can light the surface burners on your range with a match. Hold a lit match to the burner, then push in and turn the control knob to the LITE position. Use extreme caution when lighting burners this way. Surface burners in use when an electrical power failure occurs will continue to operate normally.
■Do not operate the burner for an extended period of time without cookware on the grate. The finish on the grate may chip without cookware to absorb the heat.
■Check to be sure the burner you turn on is the one you want to use.
■Be sure the burners and grates are cool before you place your hand, a pot holder, cleaning cloths or other materials on them.
■The smaller burner (right rear position) will give the best simmer results. The lowest setting of the burner has a small flame to provide simmering capability. To simmer foods, set the cooktop control knob to the lowest setting that will maintain the desired simmer. If simmering on one burner and the other burners are turned on, the gas flow of the simmering burner may have to be adjusted.
Instructions Operating Instructions
How to Select Flame Size
For safe handling of cookware, never let the flames extend up the sides of the cookware.
Watch the flame, not the knob, as you reduce heat. The flame size on a gas burner should match the cookware you are using.
Any flame larger than the bottom of the cookware is wasted and only serves to heat the handle.
Care and Cleaning
Use a
Wok This Way
We recommend that you use a
The Wok Holder fits on top of the range grate to provide support and proper air circulation for traditional round bottom woks only. Do not use flat bottomed woks with the Wok Holder.
Do not use a wok on any other support ring. Placing the ring over the burner grate may cause the burner to work improperly, resulting in carbon monoxide levels above allowable current standards. This could be dangerous to your health. Do not try to use such woks without the ring unless you are using the Wok Holder. You could be seriously burned if the wok tipped over.
Troubleshooting
Cookware
Aluminum:
Enamelware: Under some conditions, the enamel of some cookware may melt. Follow cookware manufacturer’s recommendations for cooking methods.
Glass: Therearetwotypesofglasscookware: those for oven use only and those for top-
Cast Iron: If heated slowly, most skillets will give satisfactory results.
Heatproof Glass Ceramic: Can be used for either surface or oven cooking. It conducts heat very slowly and cools very slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s directions to be sure it can be used on gas ranges.
Stainless Steel: This metal alone has poor heating properties and is usually combined with copper, aluminum or other metals for improved heat distribution. Combination metal skillets usually work satisfactorily if they are used with medium heat as the
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