Kenmore 73511 - Manual (Page 21)

Surface Cooking
Lighting Insiryctions
Surface burners on this range are lighted by electric
ignition, ending the need for standing pilots with con­
stantly burning flames.,
In case of a power outage, you can light the pilotless
ignition surface burners on your range with a m atch.
Hold a lighted match to the burner, then turn the knob
to the LITE position. Use extreme caution when
lighting burners in this manner.
Surface burners in use when an electrical power fail­
ure occurs will continue to operate normally.
Surface Burner Controls
The knobs that turn the surface burners on and off are
located on the control panel in front of the burners.
The two knobs on the left control the left front and left
rear burners. The two knobs on the right control the
right front and right rear burners.
To Light a Surface Burner
Push the control knob in
and turn it to LITE You
will hear a little clicking
nois6“the sound of the
electric spark igniting the
burner.
Fiame wit! be alm ost horizontal and will lift slightly
away from the burner when the burner is first
turned on. A blowing or hissing sound m ay be
heard for 30 to 60 seconds. This normal sound is
due to im proved injection of gas and air into the burner.
Put a pan on the burner before iighiing it, or adjust the
flam e to m atch pan size as soon as it lights, and the
blowing or hissing sound will be m uch less noticeable
Note:
e Do not Operate a burner for extended periods of time
without having cookware on the grate. The finish on
the grate m ay chip without cookware to absorb the
heat
0 Check to be sure the burner you turned on Is the one
you want to use.
0 Be sure the burners and grates are cool before you
place your hand, a pot holder, cleaning cloths or other
m aterials on them
How to Select Flame Size
W atch the flam e, not the knob, as you reduce heat
The flam e size on a gas burner should match the
cookware you are using.
NEVER LET THE FLAM E
EXTEND UP THE SIDES
OF
THE COOKW ARE.
Any flam e larger than the
bottom of the cookware is
wasted and only serves
to heat the handle.
When using aluminum or aluminum-clad stainless
steel pots and pans,
adjust the flam e so the circle it
m akes is about 1/2 inch sm aller than the cookware’s
bottom.
W hen boiling, use this sam e fiam e size— 1/2 inch
sm aller than the bottom of the cookware— no m atter
what the cookware is m ade of. Foods cook just as
quickly at a gentle boil as they do at a furious, rolling
boil. A high boil creates steam and cooks away m ois­
ture, flavor and nutrition. Avoid it except for the few
cooking processes that need a vigorous boil.
When frying or warming foods in stainless steel,
cast iron
Of enamelware, keep the flam e down— to
about 1/2 the diam eter of the pan.
When frying in glass or ceramic cookware, lower
the flame even m ore.
Top“Of“Range Cookware
Aluminum: M edium-weight cookware is recom mend­
ed because it heats quickly and evenly. Most foods
brown evenly in an alum inum skiilei. M inerals In food
and water will stain but will not harm aluminum . A
quick scour with a soap-filled steel wool pad after
each use keeps alum inum cookware looking shiny
and new. Use saucepans with tight-fitting lids for cook­
ing with minim um amounts of water,
Cast Iron: if heated slowly, most skillets will give sat­
isfactory results.
Enamelware: Under some conditions, the enam el of
som e cookware m ay melt, Follow cookware manu­
facturer's recomm endations for cooking methods.
Glass: There are two types of glass cookware—
those for oven use only and those for top-ot-range
cooking (saucepans, coffee and teapots),, Glass con­
ducts heat very slowly
Heatproof Glass Ceramic: Can be used for either
surface or oven cooking. It conducts heat very slowly
and cools very slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s
directions to be sure it can be used on gas ranges
Stainless Steel: This m etal alone has poor heating
properties and is usually combined with copper,
aluminum or other m etals for im proved heat distri­
bution
Com bination m etal skillets generally work
satisfactorily if used at m edium heat as the m anu-
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