To Use

To Turn On the Cooktop:

1.Press POWER.

The indicator light above the Power keypad and a dash (“-”) in each surface cooking area will light to indicate that each surface cooking area is ready to be activated.

Inactivity for 1 minute after the main power has been turned on will automatically turn off the power to the cooktop.

If a cooking function or the power slider is touched without first selecting a surface cooking area, all dashes (one for each zone) will flash and an invalid tone will sound 3 times.

To Turn On a Surface Cooking Area:

1.Touch directly on the display area for the surface cooking area you want to use.

The current power level and indicator light will flash for 10 seconds then remain on.

Touching any other feature or the power slider stops the flashing and information for the keypad that was touched will be displayed.

When a surface cooking area is selected, the timer will also turn on to show that it can now be set.

When a surface cooking area is left at the “0” power level for 1 minute, the surface cooking area will automatically turn off and display only the middle dash without the indicator light.

2.Select a heat setting from 1 - 9 by touching/sliding on the power slider. The heat setting will appear in the surface cooking area display.

The power slider consists of 9 positions plus a “Boost” position. When the user slides to 0, “0” will be displayed. The surface cooking area will not turn on but remains active/ selected.

When a surface cooking area is left at the “0” power level for 1 minute, the zone will automatically turn off and display only the middle dash without the indicator light.

Use the following chart as a guide when setting heat levels.

SETTING

RECOMMENDED USE

 

 

 

9

- Boost

Bring liquid to a boil.

 

 

 

 

9

 

Start food cooking.

 

 

 

7

- 8

Quickly brown or sear food.

 

 

 

6

- 7

Hold a rapid boil.

 

 

 

5

- 6

Fry or saute foods.

 

 

Cook soups, sauces and

 

 

 

gravies.

 

 

 

4

- 5

Maintain a slow boil.

 

 

Stew or steam food.

 

 

 

3

- 5

Range of simmer levels for

 

 

 

simmering with or without a lid.

 

 

Melt

Melt chocolate or butter.

 

 

 

Simmer

Simmer sauces.

 

 

 

Dual surface cooking

Home canning.

area

Large-diameter cookware.

 

 

Large quantities of food.

To Turn Off:

1.Touch OFF to turn off desired surface cooking area. One tone will sound when Off is pressed.

2.Touch POWER to turn off the cooktop when finished.

Hot Surface Indicator

An “H” will appear in the heat setting display as long as any surface cooking area is too hot to touch, even after the surface cooking area(s) is turned off.

A B

A. Heat setting display

B. Hot surface indicator “H”

DualSize Surface Cooking Area

(onsome models)

The dual size surface cooking area offers flexibility to cook using different sizes of cookware. Single size can be used in the same way as a regular surface cooking area. The dual size combines inner and outer surface cooking areas and is recommended for larger cookware, large quantities of food, and home canning.

A

B

A. Single size

B. Dual size

The dual size surface cooking area contains two cooking areas.

If the size of the pan is the same as the single size surface cooking area, the cooking area will work as a single size cooking area.

If the pan is slightly larger than the single size cooking area, it may activate only part of the dual size cooking area. This will result in the burner being less efficient and will increase the heating time.

If the size of the pan is the same as the dual size surface cooking area, the dual size cooking area will activate automatically.

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KitchenAid KICU509, KICU569, KICU500 DualSize Surface Cooking Area, To Use, Hot Surface Indicator, Setting Recommended USE