Hot Surface Indicator Light (under ceramic glass)
The hot surface indicator light will glow as long as any surface
Ceramic Glass
cooking area is too hot to touch, even after the surface cooking
The surface cooking area will glow red when an element is on. It area(s) is (are) turned off.
will cycle on and off, at all settings, to maintain the selected heat
level.
It is normal for the surface of white ceramic glass to appear to Dual Watt Element
change color when surface cooking areas are hot. As the glass
(on some models)
cools, it will return to its original color.
Wiping off the cooktop before and after each use will help keep it
free from stains and provide the most even heating. For more
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information, see ?General Cleaning? section.
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Do not store jars or cans above the cooktop. Dropping a
heavy or hard object on the cooktop could crack it.
Do not leave a hot lid on the cooktop. As the cooktop cools, 1. Single Size
air can become trapped between the lid and the cooktop, 2. Dual Size
and the ceramic glass could break when the lid is removed.
The Dual Watt Element is located on the left front surface cooking
Clean up sugary spills and soils as soon as hot surface area. Use single size for average-size cookware and average
indicator light goes off. If spills or soils are not wiped up while quantities of food. Use dual size for home canning, large
warm, surface pitting can occur.diameter cookware and large quantities of food.
BURNER
Do not slide cookware or bakeware across the cooktop. 68DUAL
HI
Aluminum or copper bottoms and rough finishes on 4
cookware or bakeware could leave scratches or marks on the DU AL ZONE
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cooktop.OFF
LO
Do not cook popcorn in prepackaged aluminum containers
LO
on the cooktop. It could leave aluminum marks that cannot 2HI8
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be removed completely.6SINGLE
Do not allow objects that could melt, such as plastic or
aluminum foil, to touch any part of the entire cooktop.To Use SINGLE Size:
1. Push in and turn knob counterclockwise from the OFF
Do not use the cooktop as a cutting board.
position to the SINGLE zone anywhere between HI and LO.
Use cookware about the same size as the surface cooking
2. Push in and turn knob to OFF when finished.
area. Cookware should not extend more than 1 in. (2.5 cm)
outside the area.
To Use DUAL Size:
1. Push in and turn knob clockwise from the OFF position to the
DUAL zone anywhere between HI and LO.
2. Push in and turn knob to OFF when finished.
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ACCUSIMMER Feature
1. Surface Cooking Area?
The ACCUSIMMER feature setting is an adjustable heat setting
2. Cookware/Canner
for more precise simmering. It is the left front surface cooking
3. 1 in. (2.5 cm) Maximum Overhangarea or element. The indicator light will glow when the
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ACCUSIMMER feature is in use.
Use flat-bottomed cookware for best heat conduction and
ACCUSIMMER
energy efficiency. Cookware with rounded, warped, ribbed or
dented bottoms could cause uneven heating and poor SIMMER
cooking results.
NORMAL
BURNER
Determine flatness by placing the straight edge of a ruler
across the bottom of the cookware. While rotating the ruler,
no space or light should be visible between it and the
cookware.
Cookware designed with slightly indented bottoms or small
expansion channels can be used.?
The ACCUSIMMER control knob has two settings: SIMMER and
Make sure the bottoms of pots and pans are clean and dry NORMAL BURNER. When the control is set on NORMAL
before using them. Residue and water can leave deposits BURNER, the left front surface cooking area or element will
when heated.function as a single or dual element (on some models).
Do not cook foods directly on the cooktop.
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