Flame Size; Surface Cooking; Placement Of Burner Bases And Caps - KENMORE ELITE 790.74503 Manual De Uso

Surface
Cooking
FEATURE OVERVIEW

• Flame Size

• Proper Burner
Adjustment
• Placement of Burner
Bases and Caps
RIGHT
WRONG
Make sure each burner cap
is properly aligned and
level.
Turn the burner on to
determine if it will light. If
the burner does not light,
contact a Sears Service
Center. Do not service the
sealed burner yourself.
Flame Size
For most cooking, start on the highest control setting and then turn to a lower one to
complete the process. Use the table below as a guide for determining proper flame size for
various types of cooking. The size and type of utensil used and the amount of food being
cooked will influence the setting needed for cooking.
For deep fat frying, use a thermometer and adjust the surface control knob accordingly. If the
fat is too cool, the food will absorb the fat and be greasy. If the fat is too hot, the food will
brown so quickly that the center will be undercooked. Do not attempt to deep fat fry too much
food at once as the food will neither brown nor cook properly.
*Flame Size Type of Cooking
High Flame Start most foods; bring water to a boil; pan broiling
Medium Flame Maintain a slow boil; thicken sauces, gravies; steam
Low Flame Keep foods cooking; poach; stew
*These settings are based on using medium-weight aluminum pans with lids. Settings
may vary when using other types of pans.
Never extend the flame beyond the outer edge of the utensil. A higher flame simply wastes
heat and energy, and increases your risk of being burned by the flame.
Proper Burner Adjustments
The color of the flame is the key to proper burner adjustment. A good flame is clear, blue and
hardly visible in a well-lighted room. Each cone of flame should be steady and sharply defined.
Adjust or clean burner if flame is yellow-orange. To adjust the flame see the Installation
Instructions and to clean burner, see instructions under General Cleaning.
Placement of Burner Bases and
Caps
Your Cooktop is equipped with three different
sizes of burners: Power Burner, Standard Burner
and Simmer Burner.
Place the burner base over each gas opening,
matching the burner base size with the gas
opening size. Place the burner cap on each
burner base, again matching the cap size to the
burner base size. The cap for each burner has an
inner locating ring which locates the burner cap in
the center of the burner.
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Burner Cap
Burner Pan
Burner
Base
Electrode
Gas
Opening