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Top-of-Range Cookware
Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware
isrecommended because it heats quickly
and evenly. Most foods brown evenly in
an aluminum skillet. Usesaucepans with
tight-fitting lidswhen cooking with minimum
amounts of water.
Cast-Iron: If heated slowly,most skillets
will givesatisfactory results.
Enamelware: Under some conditions,
the enamel of some cookwure may melt.
Follow cookware manufacturer's
recommendations for cooking methods.
Glass: Thereare two types of glass
cookware-those for oven use only and those
for top-of-range cooking (saucepans,coffee
and teapots).Glassconducts heat very slowly.
HeatproofGlass-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 metal alone has poor
heating properties and is usually combined
with copper,aluminum or other metals for
improved heat distribution. Combination
metal skilletsusually work satisfactorily
if they are used with medium heat
asthe manufacturer recommends.
Stove Top Grills (on models with sealed burners)
Do not usestove top grillson your sealedgas
burners. If you usethe stove top grill on the
sealedgas burner,it will cause incomplete
combustion and can result in exposure to
carbon monoxide levelsabove allowable
current standards.
Thiscan behazardous toyour health.
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Usea flat-bottomed wok.
Wok This Way (on models with sealed burners)
We recommend that you use a 14" or smaller
flat-bottomed wok. Make sure the wok bottom
sits flat on the grate. They are available at your
localretail store.
Onlya flat-bottomed wok should be used.
Donot usea flat-bottomed wok on a support
ring. Placingthe ring over the burner or grate
may cause the burner to work improperly,
resulting in carbon monoxide levelsabove
allowable standards. Thiscould be dangerous
to your health.
In Case of Power Failure
In caseof a power failure,you can light
the gas surface burners on your range with
a match. Hold a lit match to the burner,
then pushin and turn the control knob
to the LITEposition. Useextreme caution
when lighting burners this way.
Surface burners in usewhen an electrical
power failure occurswill continue to operate
normally.
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