Usingyourcooktop.
Use a flat-bottomed wok.
Wok This Way
Werecommendthatyouusea flat-bottomed
wok,availableat yourlocalretailstore.
Only a flat-botton/ed wok should be tlsed,
Do not use a flat-bottonled wok with a
wok holdei:
Do not rise a I']at-bottoilled wok on a
support ring. Placing tile ring over tile
burner or grate nlay cause tile burner to
work inlproperly, resulting ill carbon
n/onoxide levels above allowable current
standards. This could be dangerous to
your health.
Cookware
Aluminum:Mediunl-weight cookware is
reconln/ended because it heats quickly
and evenly. Most foods brown evenly ill
an ahuninunl skillet. Use saucepans with
tight fitting lids when cooking with
lIlinilIltllIl alIlOtlnts ofwatei:
Enamelware: Under sonle conditions,
tile enaiilel o_f SOIIle cookware n/av
nlelt. Follow cookware iilanH[ilctHi'ei"s
reconln/endations fi)r cooking nlethods.
Glass: There are two t,ipes of glass
cookware: those fi)r oven tlse only
and those fi)r cooktop cooking
(saucepans, coffee and tea pots).
Glass conducts heat veI_' slowly.
Cast#on:If heated slowly, n/ost
skillets will give satisfi_ctorv results.
HeatproofGlass-Ceramic:Can be used
fi)r either sui_fi_ce or ()\'el1 cooking.
It conducts heat veI T slowly and cools
very slowlx: Check cookware
inantdi_cturer's directions to be sure it
C_lll be/Ised on _1 g_ls cooktop.
Stainless Steel'. This n/etal alone has
poor heating properties and is usually
conlbined with coppeI; ahnninunl
or other nletals fi)r inlproved heat
disti_Jbufion. (_onlbinafion nletal skillets
usually work satisfactorily if they are used
with n/ediun/ heat as the n/anuthcturer
l'eCOllll//ends,
Stove TopGrills
Do not rise stoxe top grills on VOtll"
sealed gas burners. If you use tile stoxe
top grill on the sealed gas burner it will
catlse incoillplete coi//btlstion and C[lll
result ill exposure to carbon n/onoxide
levels above allowable current
standards. This can be hazardous to
your health.
Usingthe downdraftventsystem.
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How to Operate the Downdraft VentSystem
Thebuilt-in vent system helps remove
cooking vapors, odorsand smokefrom
foods prepared on the cooktop.
Turn tile vent fan speed control knob
to HI, MED or LO,as needed.
(_ontinuous use of tile vent system
while cooking helps keep tile kitchen
conltortable and less humid, reducing
cooking odors and soiling n/oisture
that norn/allv creates a fl'equent need
fl)r cleaning.
Tile appearance of tile burner flanles
nlav be afl'ected when the vent tan is
operating. At high tan speed setting,
the flanle nlav be drawn toward the
vent opening, afl'ecting cooking
pe l't() lIIl _1nce,
IN CASEOFAPOWERFAILURE,THE
VENTILATIONSYSTEMWILLNOTOPERATE.