SURFACE COOKING INFORMATION
HOW A SURFACE BURNER WORKS
When the surface burner valve (A) is turned on, gas enters
the mixer tube or venturi (B) and comes in contact with
air. This air/gas mixture flows to the burner head (C) and
is lighted by either the flame from the pilot or a spark from
the solid state iqnitor (D).
A properly adjusted burner with clean ports will light
within a few seconds The cone-shaped flame will be
clear blue in color with a clearly defined inner cone.
There should be no trace of yellow in the flame. A yellow
flame indicates an improper mixture of air and gas. This
wastes fuel so have a serviceman adjust the air/gas mix-
ture if a yellow flame ever occurs.
HOW TO OPERATE SURFACE BURNERS
WITH SOLID STATE IGNITION
Solid State Ignition eliminates the pilots. Rangesor built-
in surface units equipped with solid state ignition operate
the same as conventional ranges.
To operate this type burner:
Push in and turn control to the left past HIGH to the
(START) position. This is the light position. The click-
ing sound indicates that the ignitor is producing
sparks to light the surface burner. Sometimes you
may notice some static interference with your radio,
television or stereo system when the ignitor is pro-
ducing sparks.
When the burner lights, turn the control back to the
desired setting. If selecting a high flame setting, ad-
just the knob until there is no clicking sound. The
clicking sound will stop and the ignitor will turn off.
Do not leave the control in the (START) position once
the burner lights.
If the flame should go out during a cooking operation,
turn the burner off. IF GAS HAS ACCUMULATED
AND A STRONG GAS ODOR IS DETECTED, WAIT
5 MINUTES FOR THE GAS ODOR TO DISAPPEAR
BEFORE RELIGHTING BURNER.
See page 4 for instructions on manually lighting the sur-
face burners in the event of a power failure.
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HOW TO OPERATE SURFACE BURNERS
WITH PILOTS
Your range or built-in surface unit is equipped with one
of two types of surface burner valves. They can be identi-
fied by the markings on the control. One type of burner
has HIGH (START) and OFF printed on the control. This
is called an EFFLEX@ burner. The other type of burner
has HIGH (START), MEDIUM and WARM printed on
the control with “click” sounds to identify these 3 set-
tings. This is called a Tri-Temp@ burner.
To operate elther type of burner: Push in and turn con-
trol to the left to HIGH (START). When the burner lights,
turn control back to the desired flame size.
If the flame should go out during a cooking operation,
turn the burner off.lF GAS HAS ACCUMULATED AND
A STRONG GAS ODOR IS DETECTED, WAIT 5 MIN-
UTES FOR THE GAS ODOR TO DISAPPEAR BEFORE
RELIGHTING BURNER. To relight burner, push in and
turn knob to HIGH.
SELECTING CORRECT FLAME SIZE
Use the HIGH flame setting to quickly bring foods to a
boil or to begin a cooking operation. Then reduce to a
lower setting to continue cooking. Never leave food un-
attended over a high flame setting.
HIGH
(START)
MEDIUM is used to continue a cooking operation. Food
will not cook any faster when a higher flame setting is
used than that needed to maintain a gentle boil. Remem-
ber, water boils at the same temperature whether boiling
gently or vigorously.
Use WARM to keep food at serving temperatures without
further cooking. You may find that some cooking may
take place if the cooking utensil is covered.
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