Owner's Guide

15
SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Setting surface controls
The ability to heat food quickly and in large
volumes increases as the burner size increases.
Your gas appliance may be equipped with many
dierent sized surface burners.
It is important to select cookware that is suitable
for the amount and type of food being prepared.
Select a burner and flame size appropriate for the
cookware size.
• The standard size burner or burners may be
used for most surface cooking needs.
• Small burners are best used for low-flame
heating of small amounts of food.
• Large burners are best for bringing large
quantities of liquid to temperature or heating
larger quantities of food.
Setting a surface burner:
1. Place cooking utensil on center of surface
burner grate. Be sure the cooking utensil rests
stable on the burner grate.
2. Push the burner’s surface control knob in and
turn counterclockwise out of the OFF position
(Figure 7).
3. Release the surface control knob and rotate to
the LITE position ( ). Visually check that the
burner has a steady gas flame.
4. Once the surface burner has a flame,
push the surface control knob in and turn
counterclockwise to the desired flame size
setting. Adjust the flame as needed using the
knob markings.
CAUTION
Do not place flammable items such as plastic
wrappings, spoon holders, or plastic salt and
pepper shakers on the cooktop when it is in use.
These items could melt or ignite. Potholders, tow-
els, or wooden spoons could catch fire if placed
too close to the surface burners.
NOTE
• When setting a surface control knob to the
lite position, all of the electronic surface ignit-
ors will spark at the same time. However, only
the surface burner you are setting will ignite.
• In the event of an electrical power outage, the
surface burners may be lit manually. To light a
surface burner, hold a lit match to the burner
head, then slowly turn the surface control
knob to lite. Once the burner ignites, push in
and turn knob out of lite then to the desired
flame setting. Use caution when lighting sur-
face burners manually.
Figure 7: Surface control knob
IMPORTANT
• NEVER place or straddle a cooking utensil
over two dierent surface cooking areas at
the same time unless the cookware is specifi-
cally designed for the purpose.
• DO NOT cook with a surface control knob left
in the lite position ( ). The electronic ignitor
will continue to spark. Turn the control knob
out of the lite position and adjust the flame
size.
• Do not place aluminum foil, or ANY material
that can melt on the range cooktop. If items
melt, they may permanently damage the ap-
pearance of the cooktop