FRIGIDAIRE 318200439 - Manual (Page 8)

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Recommended Settings for Single and Dual Surface Elements
Setting Type of Cooking
HIGH (Hi) Start most foods, bring water to a boil, pan broiling
MEDIUM HIGH (5-8) Continue a rapid boil, fry, deep fat fry
MEDIUM (5) Maintain a slow boil, thicken sauces and gravies, steam vegetables
MEDIUM LOW (2 - 4) Keep foods cooking, poach, stew
LOW (Lo - 2) Keep warm, melt, simmer
Surface Cooking Settings
Use the chart (Figure 6) to determine the correct setting for the kind of food you are preparing.
Note: The size and type of cookware used will influence the setting needed for best cooking results.
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.
Models with Ceramic Glass Cooktop (continued)
Setting Surface Controls
Operating Single Radiant Surface Elements
Depending on your model, your cooktop is equipped with 2, 3 or 4 Single Radiant Surface
Elements.
To Operate the Single Surface Elements:
1.
Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.
2. Push in and turn the surface control knob in either direction to the desired setting (Figure
1). Turn the knob to adjust the setting if desired. Start most cooking operations on a higher
setting and then turn to a lower setting to finish cooking. Each surface element provides a
constant amount of heat at each setting. A glowing red surface heating area extending
beyond the bottom edge of the cookware indicates the cookware is too small for the surface heating area.
3. When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to OFF before removing the cookware. Note: The Surface
Indicator light located on the control panel will come on when the control knob will be turn on and will continue to glow until
the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The light may remain on even though the controls are turned OFF.
Note: See Figure 6 for recommended control settings.
Operating the Dual Surface Radiant Element (some models)
Your model is equipped with 1 or 2 Dual Radiant Surface Elements at right front
position (See Figure 2) and at left front position. Symbols on the control panel are
used to indicate which coil of the dual radiant element will heat. The
symbol
indicates that only the inner coil will heat (Figures 2 & 3). The symbol indicates
that both inner and outer coils will heat (Figures 4 & 5). You may switch from either
coil setting at any time during cooking.
To Operate the Dual Surface Element:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the dual surface element.
2. Push in and turn the control knob counterclockwise (See Figure 3) for
smaller cookware or clockwise (See Figure 5) for larger cookware.
3. Turn the knob to adjust the setting if needed. Start most cooking operations
on a higher setting and then turn to a lower setting to finish cooking. Each
surface element provides a constant amount of heat at each setting. A
glowing red surface heating area extending beyond the bottom edge of the
cookware indicates the cookware is too small for the surface heating area.
4. When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to OFF before
removing the cookware. Note: The Surface Indicator light located on the
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Hot Surface
Surface Chaude
Figure 1
Figure 2
Small
Petit Grand
Large
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6 6
4 4
2 2
Grand
Large
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Small
Petit
6 6
4 4
2 2
Figure 3 Figure 5
Figure 4
Element configuration, appearance and
graphics of cooktops may be different
control panel will come on when the control knob will be turn on and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled
down to a moderate level. The light may remain on even though the controls are turned OFF.
Note: See Figure 6 on page 10 for recommended control settings.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The Hot surface indicator
light will come on and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The glass surface
may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently.
Figure 6