User manual

Cooking Procedures

For best results, always use recommended cookware. Different cookpots and different

amounts of food beingprepared wJlJinfluencethe control settingsneeded for bestresults.

For fastest cooking, start with the surface control on Hi for one minute; then turn the

control to the lower desired setting. Covering pans, whenever possible, speeds cooking

and is more energy efficient.

Do not allow pans to boil dry as this could damage both the cooktop and the pan.

Selecting Proper Cookware

• Select cookware with flat bottoms. Flat bottom pans are the fastest and best

conductors of heat and provide the most consistent and satisfactory results. The

entire bottom of the pan should touch the heating element evenly. Avoid using

pans with convex, concave or irregular bottoms. A pan which is not flat receives

the most heat at the point of contact, which causes "hot spots" and uneven heat

distribution. Hotspots can result inscorching orburning of the food. Uneven heat

distribution slows the cooking process and wastes energy.

• To determine if pan is flat, lay a straight edge ruler against the bottom.

• Do not use a panwith aturned down flange around the bottom or a ripple bottom.

• Do not use wire trivets or any kind of heat retarding pad between the pan and

element. Reduce the control setting instead.

• Special cooking equipmentwithout flat bottoms, such as the Oriental wok, should

not be used on the cooktop. Only use the Jenn-Air wokaccessory, Model A 141A,

on the cooktop. It has a special heating element designed to eliminate problems

associated with using traditional round bottom woks on the conventional coil

element, such as shortening the life of the heating element.

• Do not use a pans that extend morethan 1inch on either side of the element. Use

the correct size pan for the size of the heating element. (See exceptions for

canners and stockpots below.)

• Large stockpots and canners should be used with Jenn-Air's "Big-pot" canning

element only (Model A145A). The use of large pans on the large element on Hi

for extended periods of time can cause damage to the cooktop, shorten the life of

the element, as well as trap excess heat inside the cooktop.

NOTE: CCE407 OWNERS: Sustained trapped heat can cause the large ele-

mentsto cycle off. Elementswill cycle backon after

the cooktop has cooled down.

CVE407 OWNERS: Sustained trapped heat can cause the downdraft

fan to cycle on. Downdraftfan will cycle off afterthe

cooktop has cooled down.