All about the
Use&Care
of your Cooktop
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome & Congratulations ...................................2
Important Safety Instructions.................................3
Before Setting Surface Controls..............................5
Setting Surface Controls ........................................7
Surface Cooking....................................................8
Care & Cleaning (Cleaning Chart) ...........................9
Care & Cleaning....................................................9
Before You Call ..................................................11
Major Appliance Warranty....................................12
imPortant saFetY instructions
read all instructions before using this appliance.
save these instructions for future reference.
• Storage on Appliance. Flammable materials
should not be stored near surface units. This
includes paper, plastic and cloth items, such as
cookbooks, plasticware and towels, as well as flammable
liquids. Do not store explosives, such as aerosol cans, on
or near the appliance. Flammable materials may explode
and result in fire or property damage.
deFinitions
This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert
you to potential personal injury hazards. Obey all safety
messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury
or death.
caution
Warning
do not store items of interest to children in the
cabinets above the appliance. Children climbing on
the cooktop to reach items could be seriously injured.
this symbol will help alert you to situations
that may cause serious bodily harm, death or
property damage.
• Do not leave children alone. Children should not
be left alone or unattended in the area where an
appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to
sit or stand on any part of the appliance.
caution
this symbol will help alert you to situations that
may cause bodily injury or property damage.
• DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE UNITS OR AREAS NEAR
tHese units. Surface units may be hot even though
they are dark in color. Areas near surface units may
become hot enough to cause burns. During and after
use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable
materials touch these areas until they have had sufficient
time to cool. Among these areas are the cooktop and
areas facing the cooktop.
imPortant
IMPORTANT indicates installation, operation or
maintenance information which is important but not
hazard-related.
• Remove all tape and packaging wrap before using
the appliance. destroy the carton and plastic bags
after unpacking the appliance. Never allow children
to play with packaging material.
• Wear Proper Apparel. Loose-fitting or hanging
garments should never be worn while using the
appliance. Do not let clothing or other flammable
materials contact hot surfaces.
• Proper installation. Be sure your appliance is
properly installed and grounded by a qualified
technician in accordance with the national
Electrical Code No. 70 - latest edition in the
united states, or csa c22.1, Part 1 in canada, and
local code requirements. Install only per installation
instructions provided in the literature package for this
appliance.
Warning
never use your appliance for warming or heating
the room.
• Do Not Use Water or Flour on Grease Fires.
Smother the fire with a pan lid, or use baking
soda, a dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.
Ask your dealer to recommend a qualified technician and
an authorized repair service. Know how to disconnect the
electrical power to the appliance at the circuit breaker or
fuse box in case of an emergency.
• When heating fat or grease, watch it closely. Fat or
grease may catch fire if allowed to become too hot.
• User Servicing. Do not repair or replace any part
of the appliance unless specifically recommended
in the manuals. All other servicing should be done only
by a qualified technician to reduce the risk of personal
injury and damage to the appliance.
• use only dry Pot holders. moist or damp pot
holders on hot surfaces may result in burns from
steam. Do not let the pot holders touch hot surface
units. Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth instead of
a pot holder.
• Never modify or alter the construction of an
appliance such as removal of panels, wire covers
or any other permanent part of the appliance.
• do not Heat unopened Food containers. Buildup
of pressure may cause the container to burst and
result in injury.
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imPortant saFetY instructions
imPortant saFetY instructions For using
Your cooKtoP
• Do Not Clean or Operate a Broken Cooktop. If
cooktop should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers
may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a
risk of electric shock. Contact a qualified technician
immediately.
• Know which knob controls each surface unit.
• Clean the appliance regularly to keep all parts
free of grease that could catch fire. Exhaust fan
ventilation hoods and grease filters should be kept
clean. Do not allow grease to accumulate on hood or
filter. Greasy deposits in the fan could catch fire. When
flaming food under the hood, turn fan on. Refer to hood
manufacturer's instructions for cleaning.
• Clean Cooktop with Caution. If a wet sponge or cloth
is used to wipe spills on a hot cooking area, be careful to
avoid a steam burn. Some cleaners can produce harmful
fumes if applied to a hot surface.
• Do Not Place Hot Cookware on Cold Cooktop
glass. This could cause glass to break.
• use Proper Pan size. This appliance is equipped with
one or more surface units of different sizes. Select
utensils having flat bottoms large enough to cover the
surface unit. The use of undersized utensils will expose a
portion of the surface heating unit to direct contact and
may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of
utensil to element will also improve efficiency.
• Do not slide pan across the cooktop surface. They
may scratch the cooktop surface.
• Do Not Let Pans Boil Dry. This may cause permanent
damage in the form of breakage, fusion, or marking
that can affect the ceramic-glass cooktop. (This type of
damage is not covered by your warranty).
• utensil Handles should Be turned inward and
not extend over adjacent surface units. To reduce
the risk of burns, ignition of flammable materials, and
spillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil.
imPortant saFetY notice
The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic
Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California
to publish a list of substances known to the state to
cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm,
and requires businesses to warn customers of potential
exposure to such substances.
• never leave surface units unattended. Boilovers
cause smoking and greasy spillovers that may ignite, or
a pan that has boiled dry may melt.
• Protective liners. Do not use aluminum foil to line
any part of the appliance. Only use aluminum foil as
recommended for baking if used as a cover placed on
the food. Any other use of protective liners or aluminum
foil may result in a risk of electric shock or fire or short
circuit.
• Glazed Cooking Utensils. Only certain types of glass,
glass/ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other glazed
utensils are suitable for range top service without
breaking due to the sudden change in temperature.
Check the manufacturer’s recommendations for cooktop
use.
• Do Not Use Decorative Surface Element Covers.
If an element is accidentally turned on, the decorative
cover will become hot and possibly melt. Burns will occur
if the hot covers are touched. Damage may also be done
to the appliance.
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