Maytag GEMINI - SURFACE COOKING; SURFACE CONTROLS AND OPERATION; DUAL ELEMENT AND SUGGESTED HEAT SETTINGS

SURFACECOOKING
SURFACECOHTROLS
Usetoturnonthesurfaceelements,Aninfinite
choiceofheatsettingsisavailablefromLOW
toHIGH.Theknobscanbesetonorbetween BeforeCooking AfterCooking
anyofthesettings.
_- Alwaysplaceapanonthesurfaceunit >- Makesuresurfaceunitisturnedoff.
SETTINGTHE CONTROLS beforeyouturniton.Topreventdam-
agetorange,neveroperatesurface _ Cleanup messyspillsas soonas
possible.
1. Placepanonsurfaceelement, unitwithoutapaninplace.
2. Pushinandturntheknobineitherdirection_ NEVERusethecooktopasastorage OtherTips
tothedesiredheatsetting, areaforfoodorcookware. >- Ifcabinetstorageis provideddirectly
>- Thebackguardis markedto identify DuringCooking abovecookingsurface,limitittoitems
whichelementtheknobcontrols.For thatareinfrequentlyusedandcanbe
example,indicatesrightfront _ Besureyouknowwhichknobcontrols safelystoredinanareasubjectedto
--_e element, whichsurfaceunit.Makesureyou heat.
turnedonthecorrectsurfaceunit.
3. Thereisanindicatorlightbyeachpairof Temperaturesmaybeunsafeforitems
controlknobs.Whenoneor bothof the _- Begincookingonahigherheatsetting suci"as volatileliquids,cleanersor
surfacecontrolknobsareturnedon,the thenreducetoalowersettingtocorn- aerosolsprays.
lightwillturnon.Thelightwillturnoffwhen oletetheoperation.Neveruseahigh
thesurfaceelementsareturnedoff. heatsettingforextendedcooking. _- NEVERleaveanyitems,especially
plasticitems,onthecooktop.Thehot
4. Aftercooking,turnknobtoOFF.Remove _ NEVERallowapanto boildry.This airfromtheventmayigniteflammable
pan. coulddamagethepanandtheappli- items,meltorsoftenplastics,or in-
ance. creasepressureinclosedcontainers
DUALELEMENT(selectmodels) causingthemtoburst.
>- NEVERtouchcooktopuntilit has
Selectglass-ceramicsurfaces cooled.Expectsome partsof the _ NEVERallowaluminumfoil,meat
areequippedwithadualele- cooktop,especiallyaroundthesurface probesoranyothermetalobject,other
mentlocatedintherightfront
position.Tooperate,presstherockerswitch units,[o oecomewarmor hotduring thana panona suflaceelement,to
onthecontrolpaneltoward(_) tocontrolthe cooking.Usepotholdersto protect contactheatingelements.
largeelementortoward• tocontrolthesmall hands.
element.
MED.HIGH(8-9): OFF
Usetobrownmeat,heatoilfordeepfatfrying LOW _ HIGH
SUGGESTEDttEATSETTINGSorsauteing.Maintainfastboilforlargeamounts 2 • "
ofliquids.
Thesize,typeofcookwareandcookingopera- MEDIUM: 3
tionwillaffecttheheatsetting.Forinformation Usetomaintainslowboilforlargeamountsof
oncookwareandotherfactorsaffectingheat
settings,referto "CookingMadeSimple" liquidsandformostfryingoperations. 4 ,..., _.
booklet. MED.LOW(3-4): _ MEDIUM
HIGH: Useto continuecookingcoveredfoodsor
Useto bringliquidtoa boil.Alwaysreduce steamfoods.
settingtoa lowerheatwhenliquidsbeginto LOW:
boilorfoodsbegintocook. Usetokeepfoodswarmandmeltchocolate
andbutter.