KitchenAid KECG020, KSVD060B, KGCT025 Control setting guide, The cast-iron surface units, wWARNING

Using Your Electric Cast-Iron Surface Unit Cooktop

Control setting guide

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Fire Hazard

Turn off all controls when done cooking.

Failure to do so can result in death or fire.

	5
OFF	4
LO	3
	2

Push in controls before turning to a setting. You can set them anywhere between HI and OFF.

Until you get used to the settings, use the chart below as a guide. For best results, start cooking at the high setting; then turn the control knob down to continue cooking.

SETTING	RECOMMENDED USE
HI	• To start food cooking.
	• To bring liquid to a boil.
6-5	• To hold a rapid boil.
	• To quickly brown or sear
	meat.

4• To make pudding, sauce, or gravy.

•To maintain a slow boil.

•To fry poultry or meat.

3-2	• To stew or stem food.
	• To simmer food.
LO	• To maintain liquid just below
	simmer.
	• To melt chocolate or butter.
	• To keep food warm.

The cast-iron surface units

Cast-iron surface units are made of heavy cast-iron to provide even cooking. Each surface unit has a built-in protective limiter as a safety feature.

The limiter senses uneven cooking temperatures when:

•A pan boils dry.

•A pan is removed and the surface unit is left on.

•The bottom of the pan is too large or too small for the surface unit. This will result in longer cooking times.

•The bottom of the pan is rounded, warped, ribbed, or dented and does not make full contact with the surface unit.

The limiter will automatically reduce the heat level to provide even cooking temperatures and to protect the surface unit.

NOTE: Cast-iron surface units stay hot for a long time. Do not use the HI setting for long periods of time or leave pans on hot surface units when cooking is done. Burned food and damage to the cookware could result. You may want to turn the cast-iron surface unit off a few minutes before you finish cooking.

Before placing a pan on cast-iron surface units for the first time, heat on HI setting for five minutes. The surface units will give off smoke as the protective coating, applied at the factory, finishes bonding to the surface.

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