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Viking Use & Care Manual
Viking Range Corporation
111 Front Street
Greenwood, Mississippi 38930 USA
(662) 455-1200
For product information,
call 1-888-VIKING1 (845-4641)
or visit the Viking Web site at
vikingrange.com
Professional
Built-in Gas Cooktops
F20561C EN (061011)
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Congratulations Table of Contents Getting Started Congratulations and welcome to the elite world of Viking ownership. Warnings and Important Safety Information______________________4 We hope you will enjoy and appreciate the care and attention we have Before Using Cooktop _______________________________________10 put into every detail of your new, state-of-the-art cooktop. Cookware ________________________________________________10 Your Viking cooktop is designed to offer years of reliable servi
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Getting Started IMPORTANT– Please Read and Follow IMPORTANT– Please Read and Follow Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in this manual are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that WARNING may occur. Common sense, caution, and care must be exercised If the information in this guide is not followed exactly, a when installing, maintaining, or operating this appliance. fire or explosion may result causing property damage, ALWAYS contact the manufacturer about pr
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Getting Started IMPORTANT– Please Read and Follow IMPORTANT– Please Read and Follow In Case of Fire Cooking Safety (cont.) Turn off appliance and ventilating hood to avoid spreading the flame. • Use dry, sturdy pot-holders. Damp pot-holders may cause burns from Extinguish flame, then turn on hood to remove smoke and odor. steam. Dishtowels or other substitutes should NEVER be used as • Smother fire or flame in a pan with a lid or cookie sheet. potholders because they can trail across hot surface
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Getting Started IMPORTANT– Please Read and Follow IMPORTANT– Please Read and Follow Cookware Safety (cont.) Important notice regarding pet birds: • To minimize burns, ignition of flammable materials and spillage due to NEVER keep pet birds in the kitchen or in rooms where the fumes from the unintentional contact with the utensil, DO NOT extend handles over kitchen could reach. Birds have a very sensitive respiratory system. Fumes adjacent surface burners. ALWAYS turn pan handles toward the side
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Product Controls Before Using Cooktop Cooktop Features (VGSU) All products are wiped clean with solvents at the factory to remove Professional 30”W. Four Burner any visible signs of dirt, oil, and grease which may have remained from the 1 2 manufacturing process. Clean your gas glass top before the first time you use it. A thorough cleaning with a glass top cleaner is recommended. 1. 12,000 Nat./11,500 LP (BTU) burner 5 Before cooking, clean the cooktop thoroughly with a hot, soapy damp 2. 8,000
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Operation Surface Operation Surface Operation Lighting Burners • The simmer line on the control panel is the beginning of the variable All burners are ignited by electric ignition. simmer setting and produces a high simmer setting. Turn the knob There are no open-flame, “standing” pilots. slowly towards “OFF” and the flame will adjust to a lower simmer setting. Surface Burners-Automatic Reignition • Use low or medium flame heights when cooking in cookware that are To light the surface burners, p
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Product Care Cooking Substitutes Charts Cleaning and Maintenance In many cases, a recipe requires an ingredient which is not readily available Any piece of equipment works better and lasts longer when maintained or calls for a unit of measure that is not easily recognized. The following properly and kept clean. Cooking equipment is no exception. Your charts have been provided as useful guides in these situations. cooktop must be kept clean and maintained properly. Before cleaning, make sure all
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Product Care Cleaning and Maintenance Cleaning and Maintenance Burner Head Stainless Steel Parts If ports on burner head are clogged, clean with a straight pin. DO NOT All stainless steel body parts should be wiped regularly with hot soapy water enlarge or distort the ports. DO NOT use a toothpick to clean the ports. at the end of each cooling period and with a liquid cleaner designed for that When replacing burner head, carefully align the 2 tabs underneath the material when soapy water will no
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Product Care Cleaning and Maintenance Cleaning and Maintenance Glass Ceramic Top Cleaning Problems on Glass Ceramic Top Cleaning of glass ceramic tops is different from cleaning a standard Problem Cause To Prevent To Remove porcelain finish. To maintain and protect the surface of your new glass Brown Cleaning with Use cleaning Use a light ceramic top, follow these basic steps: streaks and sponge or cloth cream with application of specks containing soil- clean damp paper cleaning cream For normal
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Product Care Cleaning and Maintenance Troubleshooting Cleaning Problems on Glass Ceramic Top (cont.) Problem Possible Cause and/or Remedy Problem Cause To Prevent To Remove Igniters will not work. Circuit is tripped. Fuse is blown. Metal Sliding or scraping DO NOT slide Remove metal Cooktop is not connected to power. markings metal cookware metal objects marks before the (silver/gray on glass top. across top. glass top is used Igniters sparking but no Gas supply valve is in “OFF” position. marks
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Product Care Service Information Warranty PROFESSIONAL SERIES GAS COOKTOPS WARRANTY If service is required, call your dealer or authorized service agency. THREE YEAR FULL WARRANTY The name of the authorized service agency can be obtained from the Gas cooktops and all of their component parts, except as detailed below*†, are warranted to be free from defective materials or workmanship in normal residential use for a period of three (3) years from the dealer or distributor in your area. date of or
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Warranty (cont.) Notes LIMITATION OF REMEDIES AND DURATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTY _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ OWNER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR A CLAIM OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THIS PRODUCT SHALL BE THE REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE.VIKING IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FOOD OR MEDICINE LOSS, DUE TO PRODUCT FAILURE, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF ___________________
