Amana ART6002 - Manual (Page 12)

Preparing to Cook with Smoothtop
Elements {Some Models) Cooking with Surface Elements
À WARNING
To avoid risk of serious personal injury never cook on
a broken smoothtop cooking surface. Spillovers or
cleaners can penetrate surface and create a risk of
electrical shock. If smoothtop cooking surface breaks,
discontinue use and notify an authorized servicer
immediately.
Before cooking on smoothtop, wipe top with cleaner
conditioner. Conditioning smoothtop before use makes
marks and stains easier to remove.
Use heavy-gauge metal cookware not including cast
iron.
Bottom of cookware must be flat. Cookware that is
warped or slightly curved on the bottom heats slowly
and may not boil water. Cookware with an aluminum
disk bottom makes excellent contact with cooking
surface. See Ufens/Zs section for more information.
Smoothtop cooking surface is not “scratch proof.
Surface is highly scratch and impact resistant. With
recommended cooking utensils and proper care, it will
continue looking good through years of use.
Do not use glass, glass-ceramic, or enamel-porcelain
cookware. Small imperfections on bottom of such
cookware can scratch smoothtop surface.
À WARNING
To avoid risk of serious personal injury, property
damage, or fire, do not leave surface elements
unattended while in operation. Grease and spillovers
can ignite causing a fire.
1. Push in and turn surface element control to desired
setting,
• Smoothtop elements will cycle on and off to
maintain desired heat setting.
• Some ranges have two indicator lights, one for
elements on right side and one for elements on left
side of range. When either front or rear element is
on, corresponding indicator light glows.
• Some ranges have one indicator under clock.
When any element is on, indicator light glows.
• Smoothtop ranges can have one or two indicator
lights. After the surface controls are turned off, the
appropriate surface indicator light will continue to
glow until the surface elements have cooled.
The length of time each light remains on will vary.
Do not expect the lights for two different heating
areas to go off at the same time even if the
elements were turned off simultaneously.
2. When finished cooking, turn control to OFF position.
OFF
Surface Eiement Control Knobs
Surface Element Settings
LO —Use to prepare food at less than boiling
temperatures or to simmer.
MED—Use to maintain boiling of larger amounts of food,
low temperature frying and to maintain correct pressure
in a pressure cooker.
HI—Use to bring food to boiling temperatures. When food
is boiling temperature setting should be reduced to LO
through MED.
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