IKEA CIRKULERA - Setting Surface Controls; Operating Surface Elements; Surface Cooking Best Practices

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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Surface Cooking Elements and Settings
The cooktop has four single radiant or coil surface
elements, depending upon your appliance.
The size and type of utensil used, and the amount
and type of food being cooked will inuence the
surface element power level setting needed for best
cooking results. Use Table 1 to determine the correct
setting for the type of food you are preparing.
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant or
coil surface element.
2. Push in and turn the surface control knob in
either direction to the desired setting (Figure 6).
Start most cooking operations on a higher setting
and then turn to a lower setting to nish cooking.
Each surface element provides a constant
amount of heat at each setting. A glowing red
surface heating area extending beyond the
bottom edge of the cookware indicates the
cookware is too small for the surface heating
area.
3. When cooking has completed, turn the surface
control knob to OFF before removing the
cookware.
Surface Cooking Tips:
• For efcient cooking, turn off the element sev-
eral minutes before cooking is complete. This
will allow residual heat to complete the cooking
process.
• The Cooktop indicator light will glow when one or
more elements are turned on. A quick glance at
these indicator lights when cooking is nished is
an easy check to be sure all surface elements are
turned off.
CAUTION
Radiant surface elements may appear to have
cooled after they have been turned off. The indica-
tor light will turn on and will continue to glow until
the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate
level. The glass surface may still be hot and burns
may occur if the glass surface is touched before
the indicator light has turned off.
Do not allow aluminum foil, empty glass/porcelain
cookware or any material that can melt to make
contact with the ceramic cooktop. If these items
melt on the cooktop they may damage the ceramic
cooktop.
Do not place plastic items such as salt and pep-
per shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings
on top of the range when it is in use. These items
could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden
spoons could catch re if placed too close to the
surface elements.
To Operate the Surface Elements:
Setting Type of Cooking
HIGH
(HI)
Start most foods; bring water to
a boil and pan broiling
MEDIUM HIGH
(8-10)
Continue a rapid boil; frying,
deep fat frying
MEDIUM
(6)
Maintain a slow boil; thicken
sauces and gravies; steaming
vegetables
Medium LOW
(2-4)
Keep foods cooking; poaching
and stewing
LOW
(LO)
Keep warm, melting and sim-
mering
Table 1: Recommended settings for surface
elements
OFF Hi 8 7 6 Med 4 3 2 Lo
Sim
Hot Surface
Cooktop
Figure 5: Surface control knobs
Figure 6: Control knob shown is typical only