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Surface Operation
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 graphic
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. When properly installed, the locator
graphic will align with the ignitor opposite the locator
pin.
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