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Operation
Lighting Burners
All burners are ignited by electric ignition. There are no open- ame, “standing” pilots.
Surface Burners/Automatic Re-Ignition
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. Each burner will ignite at any “ON” position with the
automatic re-ignition system. If the ame goes out for any reason, the burner will automatically re-ignite if the gas is still owing.
When gas is permitted to ow to the burners, the electric igniters start sparking. You should hear a “clicking” sound. If you do not,
turn o 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 ame size. Setting the proper ame height for the desired cooking process and selecting the correct
cooking vessel will result in superior cooking performance, while also saving time and energy.
VariSimmer™
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 gentle 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 signi cant e ect on how high or low a ame is needed for simmering. For this reason, Viking
range and rangetop burners are engineered with a VariSimmer setting. The VariSimmer 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 ame height to
achieve the best simmer depending on the type and quantity of food being simmered. It is this ability that makes the VariSimmer
setting the most accurate and trustworthy simmer on the market.
TruPower Plus™ Burner
All models are equipped with a TruPower Plus 18,500 BTU burner in the front right burner position. This burner is designed to
provide extra-high heat output, especially 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 TruPower Plus burner has the extra power needed to bring large quantities of liquid to
a boil rapidly, it is also able to be turned down low enough to provide a very low and delicate simmer making this burner the most
versatile on the market.
Surface Cooking Tips
• Use low or medium ame heights when cooking in
vessels that are poor conductors of heat, such as glass,
ceramic, and cast-iron. Reduce the ame height until
it covers approximately 1/3 of the cooking vessel
diameter. This will ensure more even heating within the
cooking vessel and reduce the likelihood of burning or
scorching the food.
• Reduce the ame if it is extending beyond the bottom
of the cooking vessel. A ame that extends along the
sides of the vessel is potentially dangerous, heats the
utensil handle and kitchen instead of the food, and
wastes energy.
• Reduce the ame height to the minimum level
necessary to perform the desired cooking process.
Remember that food cooks just as quickly at a gentle
boil as it does at a rolling boil. Maintaining a higher boil
than is necessary wastes energy, cooks away moisture,
and causes a loss in food avor and nutrient level.
• The minimum pot or pan (vessel) diameter
recommended is 6” (15 cm). Use of pots or pans as small
as 4” (10 cm) is possible but not recommended.
Heat Setting Use
Simmer Melting small quantities
Steaming rice
Simmering sauces
Low Melting large quantities
Med Low Low-temperature (eggs, etc.)
Simmering large quantities
Heating milk, cream sauce, gravies and puddings
Med Sauteing and browning, braising, and pan-frying
Maintaining slow boil on large quantities
Med High High-temperature frying
Pan broiling
Maintaining fast boil on large quantities
High Boiling water quickly]
Deep-fat frying in large utensil
Surface Heat Settings*
*Note: This information is given as a guide only. You may need to vary the heat
settings to suit your personal requirements.
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