Maytag mer6550 - SURFACE COOKING; Surface Controls and Usage

SURFACECOOKING
SURFACECONTROLS BeforeCooking AfterCooking
Alwaysplacea panonthe surface >- Cleanup messyspillsassoonas
Useto turnon thesurfaceelements.An unitbeforeyouturniton.Toprevent possible.
infinitechoiceof heatsettingsis available damagetorange,neveroperatesur-
fromLOWtoHIGH.Theknobscanbeseton faceunitwithoutapaninplace. OtherTips
orbetweenanyofthesettings.
>- NEVERusethecooktopasastorage >> Ifcabinetstorageisprovideddirectly
SE'R'INGTHECONTROLS areaforfoodorcookware, abovecookingsurface,limitittoitems
thatareinfrequentlyusedandcan
1. Placepanonsurfaceelement. DuringCooking besafelystoredinanareasubjected
2. Pushinandturntheknobineitherdirec- > Besureyouknowwhichknobcon- toheat.
tiontothedesiredheatsetting, troiswhichsurfaceunit.Makesure Temperaturesmay be unsafefor
Thebackguardismarkedto youturnedon the correctsurface itemssuchasvolatileliquids,clean-
identifywhichelementthe unit. ersoraerosolsprays.
knobcontrols.Forexample, > Begincookingonahigherheatset- > NEVERleaveanyitems,especially
([) 0 indicatesrightfront tingthenreducetoalowersettingto plasticitems,onthe cooktop.The
([)0 element, completetheoperation.Neverusea hotairfromtheventmayigniteflare-
3. Thereisanindicatorlightbyeachpairof highheatsettingforextendedcook- mableitems,meltorsoftenplastics,
controlknobs.Whenoneorbothofthe ing. orincreasepressureinclosedcon-
surfacecontrolknobsis turnedon,the >- NEVERallowapanto boildry.This tainerscausingthemtoburst.
lightwillturn on.The lightwillturnoff coulddamagethepanandtheappli- > NEVERallowaluminumfoil, meat
whenthesurfaceelement(s)is turned ance. probesor any othermetalobject,
off. > NEVERtouchcooktopuntil it has otherthan apanona surfaceele-
4. Aftercooking,turnknobtoOFF.Remove cooled.Expectsomepartsof the ment,tocontactheatingelements.
pan. cooktop,especiallyaroundthesur-
faceunits,to becomewarmor hot
duringcooking,Usepotholdersto
DUALELEMENT(SELECT MODELS) protecthands.
Thecookingsurfaceisequippedwithadual
elementlocatedintherightfrontposition.To
operate,pushinonthecontrolknobandturn
tothe leftto controlthe largeelement,or SUGGESTED HEAT SETTINGS
pushinandturnto the rightto controlthe _H,GH
smallelement. The size,typeof cookwareandcooking
operationwillaffectthe heatsetting. For
informationoncookwareandotherfactors
affectingheatsettings,referto"Cooking
MadeSimple"booklet. MED. MED.
2 HIGH: Low , 6 .,o.
4 Usetobringliquidtoaboil.Alwaysreduce
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6 settingtoalowerheatwhenliquidsbeginto MEDfU,_
8_"_H_G"_8 boilorfoodsbeginto cook.
MED.HIGH:
Useto brownmeat,heatoilfor deepfat MED.LOW:
fryingor sauteing.Maintainfast boil for Usetocontinuecookingcoveredfoodsor
largeamountsof liquids, steamfoods.
MEDIUM: LOW:
Usetomaintainslowboilforlargeamounts Useto keepfoodswarmandmeltchoco-
ofliquidsandformostfryingoperations, lateandbutter.
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