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Preparing to Cook with Smoothtop
Elements
WARNING
!
To avoid risk of serious personal injury never cook on
a broken smoothtop cooking surface. Spillovers or
cleaners can penetrate surface and create a risk of
electrical shock. If smoothtop cooking surface breaks,
discontinue use and notify an authorized servicer
immediately.
• Before cooking on smoothtop, wipe top with cleaner
conditioner. Conditioning smoothtop before use makes
marks and stains easier to remove.
• Use heavy-gauge metal cookware not including cast
iron.
• Bottom of cookware must be flat. Cookware that is
warped or slightly curved on the bottom heats slowly
and may not boil water. Cookware with an aluminum
disk bottom makes excellent contact with cooking
surface. See “Cooking Utensils” section for more
information.
• Smoothtop cooking surface is not “scratch proof”.
Surface is highly scratch and impact resistant. With
recommended cooking utensils and proper care, it will
continue looking good through years of use.
• Do not use glass, glass-ceramic, or enamel-porcelain
cookware. Small imperfections on bottom of such
cookware can scratch smoothtop surface.
Cooking with Surface Elements
WARNING
!
To avoid risk of serious personal injury, property
damage, or fire, do not leave surface elements
unattended while in operation. Grease and spillovers
can ignite causing a fire.
1. Push in and turn surface element control to desired
setting.
• Element will cycle on and off to maintain desired
heat setting.
• Ranges has an indicator light under electronic
display. After surface element control(s) are turned
off, the surface indicator light will continue to glow
until the surface element(s) have cooled. The
length of time the light remains on will vary.
2. When finished cooking, turn control to
OFF
position.
OFF
HI
MED
Surface Element Control Knobs
Surface Element Settings
LO —Use to prepare food at less than boiling
temperatures or to simmer.
MED—Use to maintain boiling of larger amounts of food,
low temperature frying and to maintain correct pressure
in a pressure cooker.
HI—Use to bring food to boiling temperatures. When food
is boiling temperature setting should be reduced to LO
through MED.