Kenmore 9742 Use and Care Guide - Page 8

Before

Setting

Oven

Controls

(cont'd)

About

the Ceramic

Glass

Cooktop

The ceramic

cooktop has radiant surface elements

located below the surface of the glass. The design of the ceramic

cooktop outlines the area of the surface element underneath.

Be sure

to match the pan size with the diameter of the

element outline on the cooktop.

Heat is transferred

up through the surface of the cooktop to the cookware.

Only flat-

bottomed

cookware should be used.

The type and size of cookware,

the number of surface elements

in use and their settings,

are all factors

that will affect the

amount of heat that will spread to areas beyond the surface elements.

The areas surrounding

the elements

may become

hot

enough

to cause

burns.

ELEMENT

ON

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O

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WARMER

ZONE

RIGHT

REAR

RIGHT

FRONT

Warmer

Zone

Surface

Control

Single

Radiant

Surface

Control

(some

models)

Triple

Element

Surface

Control

About

the

Radiant

Surface

Elements

The element

temperature

rises gradually and

evenly. As the temperature

rises, the element will

glow red. To maintain the selected setting, the

element will cycle on and off. The heating element

retains enough

heat to provide a uniform and

consistent

heat during the off cycle.

For efficient

cooking, turn off the element

several

minutes before cooking

is complete.

This will allow

residual heat to complete the cooking

process.

NOTE:

Please read detailed instructions

for ceramic

glass cooktop cleaning

in the General

Care & Cleaning

and

Before

You Call

checklist

sections

of this Use & Care Guide.

NOTE:

Radiant elements

have a limiter that allows the element to cycle ON and OFF, even at the HI setting. This helps

to prevent

damage to the ceramic

smooth top. Cycling at the HI setting is normal and will occur more often if the

cookware

is too small for the radiant element or if the cookware

bottom is not flat.

HOT SURFACE_

.....

ELEMENT

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ELEMENT

ON and

Hot

Surface

Indicator

Lights

Your range is equipped

with two different types of radiant surface

control indicator

lights that will glow on your range--

the ELEMENT

ON

indicator

light and the Hot Surface

indicator

lights (See illustration

at

left). The ELEMENT

ON located on the control panel and will glow

when a surface element

is turned ON. A quick glance at this indicator

light after cooking

is an easy check to be sure ALL surface controls are

turned OFF.

The Hot Surface

indicator lights located

above

each surface

radiant

control

knob will glow as the surface cooking area heats up and will

REMAIN

ON

until the glass cooktop has cooled to a MODERATE

level.

Radiant surface elements

may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The glass

surface

may still

be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched

before it has cooled sufficiently.

Do not place

plastic

items

such

as salt

and pepper

shakers,

spoon

holders

or plastic

wrappings

on

top of the range

when

it is in use. These items could melt or ignite. Potholders,

towels or wooden

spoons could catch

fire if placed too close to the surface elements.

Do not allow

aluminum

foil,

empty

glass/porcelain

cookware

or ANY material

that

can melt to make

contact

with

the ceramic

cooktop.

If these items melt on the cooktop they WILL damage the ceramic

cooktop.

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