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HI Use HI to bring liquid to a boil, or reach pressure in a
pressure cooker. Always reduce setting to a lower heat
when liquids begin to boil or foods begin to cook.
An intermediate flame size is used to continue cooking.
Food will not cook any faster when a higher flame setting
is used than needed to maintain a gentle boil. Water boils
at the same temperature whether boiling gently or
vigorously.
LO Use LO to simmer foods, keep foods warm and melt
chocolate or butter.
Some cooking may take place on the LO setting if the pan
is covered. It is possible to reduce the heat by rotating the
knob toward OFF. Be sure flame is stable.
USING YOUR COOKTOP
4
SURFACE CONTROLS
SUGGESTED HEAT SETTINGS
• If flame should go out during a
cooking operation, turn the burner
off. If a strong gas odor is detected,
open a window and wait five
minutes before relighting the burner.
• Be sure all surface controls are set
to the OFF position prior to supply-
ing gas to the cooktop.
• NEVER touch cooktop until it has
cooled. Expect some parts of the
cooktop, especially around the
burners, to become warm or hot
during cooking. Use potholders to
protect hands.
SURFACE CONTROL
KNOBS
Use to turn on the
surface burners. An
infinite choice of
heat settings is
available from LO to
HI. At the HI setting a detent or notch
may be felt.
SETTING THE
CONTROLS
1. Place a pan on the burner grate. (To
preserve the grate finish, do not
operate the burners without a pan
on the grate to absorb the heat from
the burner flame.)
2. Push in knob and turn immediately
counterclockwise to the LITE setting.
• A clicking (spark) sound will be
heard and the burner will light.
(All ignitors will spark when any
surface burner knob is turned on.
However, only the selected burner
will light.)
3. Turn knob to desired setting.
4. Do not leave cooktop unattended.
The size and type of cookware will affect the heat setting.
Settings Uses
OPERATING DURING A
POWER FAILURE
1. Hold a lighted match to the desired
surface burner head.
2. Push in and turn the control knob
slowly to the desired setting.
PILOTLESS IGNITION
Pilotless ignition eliminates the need for
a constant standing pilot light. Each
surface burner has a spark ignitor. Use
care when cleaning around the surface
burner.
If the surface burner does not light,
check if ignitor is broken, soiled or wet.
CAUTION
CAUTION
OFF
HI
LO
MED
LITE
• When lighting the surface burners,
be sure all of the controls are in
the OFF position. Strike the match
first and hold it in position before
turning the knob.
• Do not leave the cooktop unat-
tended when cooking during a
power failure.
OFF
HI
LO
MED
LITE
OFF
HI
LO
MED
LITE
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