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Top-of-Range
Cookware
Aluminum: Medium-weight
cookware
is
recommended
because
it heats quickly
and evenly. Most foods brown
evenly in
an ahmlinunl
skillet. Use saucepans
with
fight-fitting
lids when
cooking
with
mininmm
amounts
ofwamL
Cast-Iron: If heated
slowly,
nlost
skillets
will give satisfactory
results.
Enamelware:
Under
some
conditions,
die
enamel
of some
cookware
may
melt.
Follow
cookware
malmfacturer's
recommendations
for cooking
mefllods.
Glass: There
are two types of glass
cookware--fllose
for oven use only
and fllose for top-of-range
cooking
(saucepans,
coffee and teapots).
Glass conducts
heat very slowly.
HeatproofGlass
Ceramic: Can be used
for eifller surface
or oven cooking.
It
conducts
heat very slowly and cools very
slowb'. Check
cookware
Inanufacuner's
directions
to be sure it can be used on gas
ranges.
Stainless Steel: This metM None
has
poor heating
properties
and is usually
combined
Mill coppe_; Muminum
or other
metals for improved
heat
disnibufion.
(;ombinafion
metal skillets
usually work satisfactorily
if tile), are used
with medium
heat as the malmfacmrer
iecolillilen
ds.
Stove TopGrills
Do not use stove mp grills on your seMed
gas burners.
If you use tile stove mp grill
on tile sealed gas burne_;
it will cause
incomplete
conlbustion
and can result
in exposure
m carbon
monoxide
levels
_fl)ove allowable
current
standards.
Thiscanbe hazardous t o yourhealth.
Use a flat-bottomed
wok.
Wok This Way
Werecommend t hatyouusea 14-inch (35.6 cm)
or smaller fiat-bottomed wok.Makesurethewok
bottomsitsflat on thegrate. They areavailable at
yourlocalretailstore.
Only a fiat-bottomed wok should be used.
Do not use a flat-bottomed wok on a
support ring. Placing tile ring over die
burner or gram m W cause the burner
to work improperl)_ resulting in carbon
monoxide levels _d)ove allowable
standards. This could be dangerous m
your health.
In Case of Power Failure
In case of a power failure, you can light
tile gas surface burners on your range
with a match. Hold a lit match to tile
burner; then push in and mrn the conuol
knob to file UTE position. Use exueme
cautioll when lighting burnels this way.
Surface
burners
in use when an electric_d
power failure occuls will continue
to
operate
nornlally.
NOTE: If range lock-out is in use at the time of a
power failure, the surfaceburners cannot be lit.
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