10
Caring for Your Cook top
Your cooktop is designed for easy care. You can do most cleaning with items found around
your home. Cleaning your cooktop whenever spills or soiling occurs will help to keep it
looking and operating like new.
Surface burner grates
1. Make sure all surface burners are off and
the surrounding parts are cool.
2. Lift off the surface burner grates.
3. Wash the grates with warm, soapy water.
Use a mildly abrasive, plastic scrubbing
pad for cooked-on foods. Rinse and
dry well.
4. Replace burner grates.
Contoured well areas
The contoured well area is a recessed area
located around each burner.
If spills occur in the contoured well section:
1. Blot up spill with a damp sponge.
2. Wipe with a clean, damp sponge and dry.
When cleaning the cooktop area or around
the burner base, use care to prevent dam-
age to the ignitor. If a sponge should catch
the metal ignitor electrode, it could damage
or break the electrode. If the electrode is
damaged or broken, the surface burner will
not light. When cleaning the cooktop, leave
the burner cap in place to protect the
electrode from possible damage.
Surface burners
•The burner caps should be routinely
removed and cleaned. Always clean
burner caps after a spillover. Keeping the
burner caps clean prevents improper
ignition and an uneven flame.
•For proper flow of gas and ignition of the
burner, do not allow spills, food, clean-
ing agents, or any other material to
enter the gas tube opening.
Contoured
well area
Ignitor
electrode
Burner
base
Gas tube
opening
Ignitor
electrode
Burner
cap