JennAir CU230, CU240, CU240B Owner's Manual

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Updraft Convertible Grill-Range

Cooktops

MODELS--CU230 & CU240 SERIES

About Your

JennAir

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Your Jenn-Air cooktop offers new vistas in food preparation. The

countertop grilling of meats, fish or fowl is one of the most attractive
and succulent methods of preparing these foods.

Since this manual explains how you can obtain the best use of your
Jenn-Air, it is essential that you follow the instructions carefully. This
will enable you to fully enjoy and properly maintain your Jenn-Air and

will also assure you of achieving the finest cooking results with the

foods you prepare...year after year.

Should you have any questions about using your Jenn-Air appliance,

write to us. Be sure to provide the model number of your appliance.

Consumer Relations Department

Jenn-Air Company

3035 Shadeland Avenue

Indianapolis, IN 46226-0901

SAFETY

PRECAUTIONS

Read before operating your cooktop

All appliances--regardless of the manufacturer--have the
potential through improper or careless use to create safety
problems. Therefore the following safety precautions should be

observed:

1. Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by
a qualified technician.

2. Never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.

3. Children should not be left alone or unattended in area
where appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to

sit or stand on any part of the appliance.

4. Wear proper apparel. Loose-fitting or hanging garments
should never be worn while using the appliance.

5. Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance unless
specifically recommended in this manual. All other servic-
ing should be referred to an authorized Jenn-Air Service

Contractor.

6. Flammable materials should not be stored near surface
units.

7. Do not use water on grease fires. Smother fire or flame or
use dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

8. Use only dry potholders. Moist or damp potholders on hot

surfaces may result in burns from steam. Do not let pot-
holder touch hot heating elements. Do not use a towel or
other bulky cloth.

9. Use proper pan size. Many appliances are equipped with

one or more surface units of different size. Select cookware
having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit

heating element. The use of undersized cookware will
expose a portion of the heating element to direct contact and
may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of
cookware to heating element will also improve efficiency and
performance.

10. Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings.
Boil over causes smoking and greasy spillovers that may
ignite.

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11. On conventional element cooktops make sure that drip pans
are in place. Absence of these pans during cooking may
subject wiring or components underneath to damage.

12. Do not use aluminum foil to line surface unit drip pans or grill
basin. Installation of these liners may result in an electric

shock or fire hazard.

13. Glazed cookware--only certain types of glass, glass-
ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other glazed cookpots
are suitable for cooktop surface without breaking due to the
sudden change in temperature. Use only such cookware as
you know have been approved for this purpose.

14. Cookware handles should be turned inward and not extend
over adjacent surface heating elements to avoid burns,

ignition of flammable materials and spillage due to uninten-

tional contact with the cookware.

15. Do not soak or immerse removable heating elements in
water.

16. CAUTION--Do not store items of interest to children in
cabinets above a cooktop--children climbing on the cook-

top to reach items could be seriously injured.

17. Do not touch surface units or areas near units. Surface units

or heating elements may be hot even though they are dark in
color. Areas near surface units may become hot enough to

cause burns. During and after use, do not touch or let cloth-

ing or other flammable materials contact these areas until

they have had sufficient time to cool. Other surfaces may
become hot enough to cause burns--among these sur-
faces are the cooktop.

18. Do not cook on glass-ceramic cooking surface ifthe cooktop

is broken. Cleaning solutions and spillovers may penetrate
the broken cooktop and create a shock hazard. Contact an

authorized Jenn-Air Service Contractor.

19. Clean glass-ceramic cooktops with caution. If wet sponge or
cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot cooking area, be careful
to avoid steam burns. Some cleansers can produce noxious
fumes if applied to a hot surface.

20. Do not operate with damaged cooking element after any
product malfunction until proper repair has been made.

21. Keep all controls "OFF" when unit is not in use.

22. High performance range hood must be operated in conjunc-
tion with grill.

Surface Controls

The variable heat controls for the cooktop cartridges and grill element provide flexibility in
heat setting selection.

To Set Controls

• Since the controls are a push-turn type, they must be pushed down before turning. Toset
(from the OFF position), push down on control knoband turn in either direction to desired

heat setting.

• When control is in any position, other than OFF,it may be turned in any direction without
pushing down.

• A red indicator light will glow when asurface heating element isON.There is a light for each

cooking bay area.

Control Locations :

1. Left rear heating element or grill

2. Left front heating element or grill _

3. Right front heating element

4. Right rear heating element ....

Energy-Saver

Note: The Energy-Saver grill element (above, right) is included with the CU240 seris or may be
purchased as an option for the CU230. This permits utilizing only half of the grill area, if desired, or using

different heat settings for the front and rear position of the element. When using this element, both

cooktop controls, front and rear, must be turned on in order to use the full grill area. To use the standard
grill element, turn on the left rear control.

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Suggested Control Settings

The size and type of cookware and the amount and type of food being cooked will influence the
setting needed for best cooking results. Electrical voltage may also vary; this will affect the

needed control setting. The setting indicated should serve as a guide while you become familiar
with your cooktop.

HI A fast heat to start cooking quickly, to bring liquids to a boil, to preheat oil for deep fat

frying. Usedfor most grilling.

7-10 (Medium High) For fast frying or browning foods, to maintain rapid boil of large amounts of

food, to maintain oil temperature for deep fat frying.
5-6 (Medium) Forfoods cooked in adouble boiler,sauteing, slow boilof large amounts of food.
3-4 (Medium Lo) Tocontinue cooking foods started on higher settings.

LO-2 Maintaining serving temperatures of foods, simmering foods, melting butter or chocolate.

The heat controls offer flexibility in heat setting selection. On settings other than HI, you may
adjust the controls above or below the numbered setting for best results. Thisapplies to settings
when using cooktop cartridges or when using the grilt or any of the grill accessories. Suggested

settings are provided as general guidelines.

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Cartridges

Cooktop cartridges, either conventional coil, glass-ceramic, solid element or induction can

be installed on either side of the CU240 cooktop or on left side of the CU230 cooktop.

To Install Cartridges

1. To install any of the optional cooktop cartridges, first be sure control knobs are turned
OFE If the grill element, grill-rocks or grates are in place, remove before installing a

cooktop cartridge. Clean grill basin of any grease accumulation. (See page 14 for
cleaning recommendations.)

2. Position the cartridge terminal plug towards the terminal receptacle. This receptacle
is located at the front of the left side and at the back of the right side of the cooktop.

3. Slide the cartridge towards the receptacle until the cartridge terminal plug is
completely engaged.

4. Lower the opposite end of the cartridge into the cooktop until it is flush with the
surface. Your cooktop is now ready to use.

To Remove Cartridges

1. Control knobs must be in the OFF position and the cartridge should be cool.

2. Lift up on the "tab" located on the cartridge until top of cartridge clears the opening on
the cooktop by about 2 inches. Lifting the cartridge too high while still engaged inthe
receptacle could damage the terminal plug.

3. To disengage terminal, hold cartridge by the sides and slide away from the terminal
receptacle. Lift out when fully unplugged.

4. A storage tray, Model A350, is available and can be used for storing a cartridge.

5. Do not stack cartridges where they may fall or be damaged. Never store other
materials on top of the glass-ceramic cartridges since this could damage or mar the

surface.

Home Canning

Canning should be done on the conventional coil or induction cartridge only. Canning
element accessory, Model A145, makes it possible to use large oversized, flanged or
rippled bottom utensils with conventional coil cartridge.

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