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Cooktop Cleaning Recommendations

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Section 5: CARE AND MAINTENANCE Cooktop Cleaning Recommendations Cooktop Part / Material Suggested Cleaners Important Reminders Exterior Finish/Back Guard Stainless Steel Grates: / Porcelain Enamel on Cast Iron • Nonabrasive Cleaners: Hot water and detergent, ammonia, Fantastic® Formula 409®. Rinse and dry immediately. • Cleaner Polish: Stainless Steel Magic® to protect the finish from staining and pitting; enhances appearance. • Hard water spots: Household vinegar. • Mild Abrasive Cleaners: Siege® Stainless Steel and Aluminum Cleaner, Kleen King® Stainless Steel liquid cleaner, Wright's® All Purpose Brass Polish. • Heat discoloration: Cameo®, Barkeepers Friend®, Zud®, Wright's® All Purpose Brass Polish. • Stainless steel resists most food stains and pit marks provided the surface is kept clean and protected. • Never allow food stains or salt to remain on stainless steel for any length of time. • Rub lightly in the direction of polish lines. • Chlorine or chlorine compounds in some cleaners are corrosive to stainless steel. Check ingredients on label. • Nonabrasive cleaners: Hot water and detergent, Fantastic®, Formula 409®. Rinse and dry immediately. • Mild abrasive cleaners: Bon Ami® and Soft Scrub®. • Abrasive cleaners for stubborn stains: soap-filled steel wool pad. • Lestoil® or other degreaser. • The grates are heavy; use care when lifting. Place on a protected surface. • Blisters/ crazing/ chips are common due to the extreme temperatures on grate fingers and rapid temperature changes. • Acidic and sugar-laden spills deteriorate the enamel. Remove soil immediately. • Abrasive cleaners, used too vigorously or too often can eventually mar the enamel. Griddle Grease Tray Aluminum with non-stick coating Lift and slide back • Clean the grease tray(s) after each use. • May be placed in dishwasher. • Wash in detergent and hot water; rinse and dry. • Stubborn soil: Soft Scrub® • Empty grease tray after each use. • Remove tray after grease has cooled. Be careful not to fill the tray so full that tipping to remove it spills the grease. 18

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Section 5:
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Cooktop Cleaning Recommendations
• The grates are heavy; use
care when lifting. Place on
a protected surface.
• Blisters/
crazing/
chips are
common due to the extreme
temperatures on grate
fingers
and
rapid
temperature changes.
• Acidic and sugar-laden spills
deteriorate the enamel.
Remove soil immediately.
• Abrasive cleaners, used too
vigorously or too often can
eventually mar the enamel.
• Nonabrasive cleaners: Hot
water
and
detergent,
Fantastic
®
, Formula 409
®
.
Rinse and dry immediately.
• Mild abrasive cleaners: Bon
Ami
®
and Soft Scrub
®
.
• Abrasive cleaners for stubborn
stains: soap-filled steel wool
pad.
• Lestoil
®
or other degreaser.
Grates:
/
Porcelain Enamel
on Cast Iron
•
Stainless steel resists most
food stains and pit marks
provided the surface is kept
clean and protected.
•
Never allow food stains or
salt to remain on stainless
steel for any length of time.
•
Rub lightly in the direction
of polish lines.
•
Chlorine
or
chlorine
compounds
in
some
cleaners are corrosive to
stainless steel. Check
ingredients on label.
•
Nonabrasive Cleaners: Hot
water
and
detergent,
ammonia, Fantastic
®
Formula
409
®
.
Rinse
and
dry
immediately.
•
Cleaner Polish: Stainless Steel
Magic
®
to protect the finish
from staining and pitting;
enhances appearance.
•
Hard water spots: Household
vinegar.
•
Mild Abrasive Cleaners: Siege
®
Stainless Steel and Aluminum
Cleaner, Kleen King
®
Stainless
Steel liquid cleaner, Wright's
®
All Purpose Brass Polish.
•
Heat discoloration: Cameo
®
,
Barkeepers Friend
®
, Zud
®
,
Wright’s
®
All Purpose Brass
Polish.
Cooktop Part / Material
Suggested Cleaners
Important Reminders
Exterior Finish
/
Back Guard
Stainless Steel
Griddle Grease Tray
Aluminum with non-stick
coating
•
Clean the grease tray(s) after
each use.
•
May be placed in dishwasher.
•
Wash in detergent and hot
water; rinse and dry.
•
Stubborn soil: Soft Scrub
®
•
Empty grease tray after
each use.
•
Remove tray after grease
has cooled. Be careful not
to fill the tray so full that
tipping to remove it spills the
grease.
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Lift and slide
back