Energy saving tips

USING YOUR RANGE

Energy saving tips

Although the energy used for cooking is usually a very small percentage of the total energy used in the home, cooking energy can be used efficiently. Here are some tips to help you save energy when using your cooking product:

Use pans with flat bottoms, straight sides, and tight-fitting lids.

Match the pan to the surface unit size.

Cook with a minimum of liquid or grease to help shorten cooking time.

Preheat pans only when recommended and for the shortest time possible.

Start food on higher heat settings, then set surface unit control on low or off to finish cooking. Use retained heat for cooking when possible.

Use the more efficient surface units instead of the oven when possible.

Turn on the surface unit only after placing filled pan on the unit.

“Oven peeking” may cause heat loss, longer cooking times, and unsatisfactory baking results. Rely on your timer to keep track of the cooking time.

Bake cakes, pies, or cookies when oven is warm. Best time to bake is right after a meal has been cooked in the oven.

Preheat the oven no longer than necessary.

Plan your meals for the most efficient use of the range. When using the oven to cook one food, try to cook the rest of the meal in it also.

Do not preheat when broiling, roasting, or cooking items such as casseroles.

Keep reflector bowls clean for best heat reflection.

The oven vent

wWARNING

Burn Hazard

Use pot holders when touching items left near oven vent.

Failure to do so can result in burns.

Hot air and moisture escape from the oven

Oven vent

through a vent under the right rear surface

 

unit. You can cook on the unit or keep food

 

warm on it while the oven is on. The vent is

 

needed for air circulation. Do not block the

 

vent by using extra large pans or covers.

 

You will get poor baking/roasting results.

 

NOTE: Plastic utensils left over the vent can melt.

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