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CARE AND USE MANUAL
®
For Thermador Professional PRO-HARMONY™
Models
Gas Ranges
P304
P36
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A Special Message to our Customers ® Thank you for selecting the Thermador Professional Range. We recommend that you take time to read this entire booklet before using your new appliance for the first time. The booklet contains suggestions we believe will be helpful as well as directions for using all the features of this range. Keep it in a handy place, as it has the answers to questions that may occur when you start to cook. Let us know if we can help you. When you write, please include the m
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INTRODUCTION: CARE AND USE MANUAL Introduction ® This manual contains important Care and Use information for all Thermador Professional Ranges. When using this manual, it is critical that you know the model number of your range, as some information will be unique to each range. The model number may be found on the rating plate located on the range as identified on Page 37 of this manual. The charts on the following pages summarize the various range models and identify the features of each range.
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SECTION ONE: GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Safety Precautions GAS AND ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS AND GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE READ CAREFULLY CAUTION CAUTION Gas Models: FOR PERSONAL SAFETY, P304 Accessible parts may THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE 120 volts, 60 Hz., CONNECTED TO A become hot when the grill 10 Amp electrical circuit required. PROPERLY GROUNDED is in use. Young children AND POLARIZED ELECTRICAL must be kept away. Gas Models: POWER SUPPLY. P364GL,P366 120 volts, 60 Hz., See Installation
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SECTION ONE: GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Safety Practices to Avoid Personal Injury When properly cared for, your new When children become old enough it has cooled. Fabric may ignite ® Thermador Professional Range to operate the appliance, it is the and result in personal injury. has been designed to be a safe, legal responsibility of the parents Use only dry potholders: moist or reliable appliance. However, use or legal guardians to ensure that damp potholders on hot surfaces extreme care when
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SECTION ONE: GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Safety Precautions WARNING: The appliance Use caution to insure that drafts like WARNING is for cooking. Based on safety those from forced air vents or fans do After a spill or boil over, turn off considerations, never use not blow flammable material toward the burner and clean around the the oven or cooktop to warm or the flames or push the flames so that burner and burner ports. After heat a room. Also, such use can they extend beyond the edges of the
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SECTION ONE: GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Safety Precautions Do not clean, rub, damage, service center for service. California Proposition 65 move or remove the door Clean the ventilator hood and filters Warning: The burning of gas gasket. It is essential for a good above the range frequently so cooking fuel and the elimination of seal during baking. If the gasket grease from cooking vapors does soil during self-cleaning generate becomes worn or excessively not accumulate on them. some by-product
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SECTION TWO: BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before Using Your Range for the First Time Remove all packaging materials and temporary labels from oven and cooktop. 1. Check that you have the items listed on Page 6. 5 2. Record the Model and Serial number on 4 Page 37. See "Data Rating Plate." These may 3 be used for any future contacts with your servicer 2 or the factory. Enter this information on the 1 Product Registration Card included with this prod- uct then mail it to the indicated address. Oven Rack Po
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SECTION FOUR: USING THE COOKTOP Using the Cooktop SEALED BURNERS CONTROL KNOBS BTU Output for Standard Burners • HI is equivalent to 15,000 BTU / HR. The control knobs for two sealed • SIM is equivalent to 2,100 BTU / gas burners, one in front and one HR. in the rear, are located directly in ® BTU Output for ExtraLow Burner front of and below the pair of • HI is equivalent to 15,000 BTU / burners on the control panel. HR. • SIM is equivalent to 3,000 BTU / Setting Indicator HR. • XLO is equivale
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SECTION FOUR: USING THE COOKTOP • To maintain a low or simmer Brass Operation of the ExtraLow heat, bring food to a rolling boil. Burner Stir well, then cover the pan and Burner Base lower the heat to a setting just • XLO, the very lowest setting, is below SIM. achieved by cycling the flame ON for approximately 8 • Check periodically to see if the seconds and OFF for 52 control knob should be turned seconds of each minute. to another setting. • When the knob is set just below • If an over-size p
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SECTION FOUR: USING THE COOKTOP AUTOMATIC RE-IGNITION POWER FAILURE FLAME HEIGHT • The correct flame height • In the event of a power failure, If any one or more burners or grill depends on 1) size and only the standard burners can blow out, the electronic igniter material of pan being used; 2) be manually lit. It is necessary automatically sparks to re-light the food being cooked; and 3) to light each one individually. flame. Do not touch the burners amount of liquid in the pan. when the ignite
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SECTION FOUR: USING THE COOKTOP Cookware Recommendations CAUTION: ➤ Food packaged in aluminum foil should not be placed directly on the burner grate. Aluminum foil can melt during cooking. ➤ Do not let plastic, paper or cloth come in contact with a hot burner grate. They may melt or catch fire. (51 mm) ➤ Never let a pan boil dry. This can damage BASE DIAMETER your pan and the cooking surface. • Select the base diameter to match the diameter of the flame. The diameter of the flame should be the s
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SECTION FOUR: USING THE COOKTOP Specialty Cookware CANNING TIPS: • A flat base pan is preferred to one with a concave, convex or rippled base. • When using two canners at the same time, use staggered burners. Do not block air to the burners. A flame needs the right amount of air for complete combustion. FLAT-BOTTOM WOK PAN • Use a cover on a canner when bringing the contents to a boil. • Once the contents have reached a boil on HI, use the lowest flame possible to maintain the boil or pressure
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SECTION FOUR: USING THE COOKTOP Surface Burner Cooking Recommendations Food Start Setting Finish Setting Finish Setting Standard Burners ExtraLow® Burner BEVERAGES MED – heat milk, SIM – finish heating XLO – keep warm, Cocoa cover cover* BREADS MED – preheat skillet MED LO to MED – Same as Standard French Toast, Pancakes, cook Grilled Sandwiches BUTTER 4 to 3 – allow 5 to 10 Melting XLO – to hold minutes to melt CEREALS HI – cover, bring MED LO to MED – XLO – to hold, cover* Cornmeal, Grits, wat
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SECTION FOUR: USING THE COOKTOP Surface Burner Cooking Recommendations Food Start Setting Finish Setting Finish Setting ® Standard Burners ExtraLow Burner Simmering: Stewed HI – cover, 4 to 1 – simmer slowly Chicken, Corned Beef, bring liquid Tongue, etc. to a boil PASTAS HI – bring water to a MED HI to HI – to Same as for Standard Burners Macaroni, Noodles, boil, add pasta maintain a rolling boil Spaghetti POPCORN (use a heavy, HI – cover, heat until MED HI to HI – Same as for Standard Burne
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SECTION FOUR: USING THE COOKTOP Using the Gas Grill A VENTILATING HOOD of adequate cubic-feet-per-minute capacity vented to the outside of the house is recommended for installation ABOVE THE RANGE. For most kitchens with a wall mounted hood, a certified hood is recommended. The hood must be installed according to installation instructions furnished with the hood and local building code requirements. Refer to ventilation requirements in the Installation Instructions for additional information. TH
