Using Your Range
To obtain the best cooking results possible, you must operate your range properly. This section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your range.
Using the surface units
Push in control knobs before turning them to a setting. You can set them any- where between HI and OFF.
Surface | unit markers |
| The solid dot in the surface unit |
00 | marker shows which surface unit |
q0 | is turned on by that knob. |
Fire Hazard
Be sure all control knobs are turned to OFF and all indicator lights are OFF when you are not cooking.
A fire could start or someone could be burned if a surface unit is accidentally left ON.
Cookware tips
lSelect a pan that is about Ihe same size as the surface unit.
Surface unit indicator lights
One of the Surface Unit Indica- tor Lights on the control panel will glow when a surface unit is on.
Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide. For best results, start cooking at the high setting; then turn the con- trol knob down to continue cooking.
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You can, however, use the newer cookware available with slightly indented bottoms or very small expansion channels. This cookware is specialty designed to provide the good contact needed for best cooking results.
Also, woks, canners, and teakettles with flat bottoms suitable for use on your cooktop are now available in most stores that sell housewares.
The pan should have straight sides and a
Choose medium to heavy gauge (thick- ness) pans that are fairly lightweight.
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