Owner's Manual

Surface Operation

Our ranges are equipped with an exclusive restaurant style sealed burner system. This unique

burner system is equipped with 23,000 BTU front burners, 15,000 BTU rear burners and one 8,000

rear burner.

The 23,000 BTU burners are designed to provide extra high heat output, expecially when using

large pans, and should be used for boiling large quantities or if you need to bring something to a

boil quickly. While the high output 23,000 BTU burners have the extra power needed to bring

large quantities of liquid to a boil rapidly, they are also able to be turned down low enough to

provide a very low and delicate simmer making this the most versatile burner system on the

market.

Vari-Simmer™

Simmering is a cooking technique in which foods are cooked in hot liquids kept at or just barely below the boiling point of water.

Simmering ensures gentler treatment than boiling to prevent food from toughening and/or breaking up. The size of the pan and the

volume of food can have a significant effect on how high or low a flame is needed for simmering. For this reason, Viking range and

rangetop burners are engineered with a Vari-Simmer setting. The Vari-Simmer setting is not just one simmer setting, but provides a

variable range of simmer settings. This variable range of simmer settings allows you to adjust the flame height to achieve the best

simmer depending on the type and quantity of food being simmered. It is this ability that makes the Vari-Simmer setting the most

accurate and trustworthy simmer on the market.

Lighting Burners

All burners are ignited by electric ignition. There are no open-flame, “standing” pilots.

Surface Burners-Automatic Reignition

To light the surface burners, push and turn the appropriate control knob counter clockwise to any position. This control is both a gas

valve and an electric switch. Burners will ignite at any “ON” position with the automatic re-ignition system. If the flame goes out for

any reason, the burners will automatically reignite if the gas is still flowing. When gas is permitted to flow to the burners, the electric

igniters start sparking. On all surface igniters you should hear a “clicking” sound. If you do not, turn off the control and check that the

unit is plugged in and that the fuse or circuit breaker is not blown or tripped.

Within a few moments, enough gas will have traveled to the burner to light. When the burner lights, turn the burner control to any

position to adjust the flame size. Setting the proper flame height for the desired cooking process and selecting the correct cooking

vessel will result in superior cooking performance, while also saving time and energy.

locator pin

burner base notch

Proper alignment of Burner Head

When placing the burner head on the burner base,

carefully align the locator pin in the outer edge below

the burner ports with the small notch in the top front

edge of the burner base. This will align the burner port

with the ignitor.