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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Setting surface controls
The ability to heat food quickly and in large vol-
umes increases as the burner size increases. Your
gas appliance may be equipped with many di er-
ent sized surface burners.
It is important to select cookware that is suitable
for the amount and type of food being prepared.
Select a burner and fl ame size appropriate for the
cookware size.
• The standard size burner or burners may be
used for most surface cooking needs.
• Small burners are best used for low-fl ame heat-
ing of small amounts of food.
• Large burners are best for bringing large quan-
tities of liquid to temperature or heating larger
quantities of food.
Setting a surface burner:
1. Place cooking utensil on center of surface
burner grate. Be sure the cooking utensil rests
stable on the burner grate.
2. Push the burner’s surface control knob in and
turn counterclockwise out of the OFF position
(Figure 1).
3. Release the surface control knob and rotate to
the LITE position ( ). Visually check that the
burner has a steady gas fl ame.
4. Once the surface burner has a fl ame, push the
surface control knob in and turn counterclock-
wise to the desired fl ame size setting. Adjust
the fl ame as needed using the knob markings.
Figure 5: Surface control knob
CAUTION
Do not place fl ammable items such as plastic
wrappings, spoon holders, or plastic salt and
pepper shakers on the cooktop when it is in use.
These items could melt or ignite. Potholders, tow-
els, or wooden spoons could catch fi re if placed
too close to the surface burners.
NOTES
• When setting a surface control knob to the
lite position, all of the electronic surface ignit-
ors will spark at the same time. However, only
the surface burner you are setting will ignite.
• In the event of an electrical power outage, the
surface burners may be lit manually. To light a
surface burner, hold a lit match to the burn-
er head, then slowly turn the surface control
knob to lite. Once the burner ignites, push in
and turn knob out of lite then to the desired
fl ame setting. Use caution when lighting sur-
face burners manually.
Set proper burner fl ame size
The color of the fl ame is the key to proper burner
adjustment. A good fl ame is clear, blue and hardly
visible in a well-lighted room. Each cone of fl ame
should be steady and sharp. Adjust or clean the
burner if fl ame is yellow-orange.
For most cooking: start on the highest setting and
then turn to a lower setting to complete the pro-
cess. Use the recommendations below as a guide
for determining proper fl ame size for various types
of cooking (Table 1).
For deep fat frying: use a thermometer and adjust
the surface knob accordingly. If the fat is too cool,
the food will absorb the fat and be greasy. If the
fat is too hot, the food will brown so quickly that
the center will be under-cooked. Do not attempt to
deep fat fry too much food at once as the food will
neither brown nor cook properly.
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