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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Read before operating your cooktop All appliances -- regardless of the manufacturer -- have the potential through improper or careless use to create safety problems. Therefore the following safety precautions should be observed: 1. Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by a qualified technician. 2. Never use you r appliance for warming or heating the room. 3. Children should not be left alone or unattended in area where appliance is in use.
10. Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings. Boil over may cause smoking and greasy spillovers that may ignite. 11. Glazed cookware -- only certain types of glass, glassceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other glazed cookpots are suitable for cooktop surface without breaking due to the sudden change in temperature. Use only such cookware as you know have been approved for this purpose. 12.
About Element the Solid The solid elements are made from a cast iron plate into which electrical heating coils have been embedded. The coils are arranged to provide a uniform heat distribution. Heat from the solid element is conducted to the cookware rather than radiated, as is the case with the electrical coils. Since the solid elements are made from cast iron, they share many qualities of cast iron cookware -- gradual heat-up, even cooking and heat retention.
Control Types of Solid Settings Elements The cooktop is equipped with two different types of solid elements. Protect Temp elements -- Two elements are equipped with a thermal protector or limiter. The long life of the element is assured by preventing the cooking surface from becoming overheated in situations in which heat is not properly conducted away from the element's surface by cooking food. The thermal protector reduces wattage to the element to prevent overheating.
Auto Temp Elements HI 9-10 7-8 5-6 To To To To boil large quantities of water. deep fat fry, blanch. pan fry. braise, brown or sear meat. 3-4 LO-2 To saute, steam, simmer, scald, scramble eggs, boil small quantity of water. Melting butter or chocolate; maintaining food at serving temperature. Note: Only one setting is necessary for cooking on these elements because it maintains the temperature on which it is set and does not allow food temperatures to go above that setting.
Cooking Utensils To achieve optimum cooking performance, use heavy gauge, flat, smooth bottom utensils that conform to the diameter of the solid element (no more than one inch overhang). Proper utensils will minimize cooking times, use less electricity, cook food more evenly and require less water or oil. Utensils with thin, uneven bottoms do not adequately conduct heat from the solid element to the food in the utensil which result in hot spots, burned or underdone food.
Improper Cookware • Cookware that does not have flat bottoms. • Thin, uneven, grooved or rough bottom utensils. • Unbalanced cookware that does not rest flatly and evenly on solid element. • Cookware that extends more than 1 inch beyond the surface of the solid element. • Nonflat specialty items that are oversized, uneven or do not meet proper utensil specifications such as round bottom woks with rings, griddles, rippled bottom canners, lobster pots, large pressure canners, etc.
Cooking Procedures IMPORTANT BEFORE USING THE COOKTOP FOR THE FIRST TIME, HEAT THE ELEMENTS WITHOUT A PAN FOR 3 TO 5 MINUTES ON THE HI SETTING. The elements are shipped with a coating (lacquer) which protects them against corrosion. Heating the elements allows the coating to be hardened and burned into the elements. During the curing process, a non-toxic smoke will be created. Turn on the overhead hood fan if the smoke is objectionable.
Cleaning and Care BEFORE CLEANING, BE CERTAIN ALL ELEMENTS ARE TURNED TOP OF THE ELEMENTS ARE COOL. Cast Iron Solid OFF AND THE Elements The body of the solid element is made of high some solid elements will eventually disappear is scoured. The cast iron will also lose its instructions below for restoring cast iron.) element's performance or durability. strength cast iron. The red lacquer dot on after the element has been used or after it dark luster over a period of time.
Glass Cooktop The tempered glass cooktop will withstand temperature changes while cooking. Although impact resistant, treat this glass cooktop with the same care you would any glass material. • Clean glass cooktop after surface has cooled. • For normal daily cleaning, wipe with a damp sponge or cloth. Use glass cleaners such as Windex to remove smudges and stains. Buff with a clean dry cloth or paper towel.
YouCall Before for Service Check the following list to be sure a service call is really necessary. A quick reference of this manual may prevent an unnecessary service call. If sunrfacc indicator liglnds or elcnnents fail do co||ne o||." • check for a blown circuit fuse or a tripped main circuit breaker. * check if cooktop is properly connected to electric circuit in house. If cookiol Delen,enls do nol gut hot eno.,gh: • surface controls may be improperly set.
