RCA LEB131, Use And Care Manual

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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE 

WITH YOUR OLD ONE?

Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units. 
If you are used to cooking with gas burners or other
types of electric cooktops, you will notice some
differences when you use electric coils.

The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
surface unit you have.

The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between electric coil surface units and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.

Type of Cooktop

Description

How It Works

Electric Coil 

Flattened metal

Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best cooking 

tubing containing 

results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of warped pans than radiant 

electric resistance 

or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change heat settings as quickly as gas or 

wire suspended

induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to continue cooking for a short time after they are 

over a drip pan.

turned off.

Radiant 

Electric coils 

Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on the 

(Glass Cooktop) 

under a glass

bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to continue cooking 

cooktop.

after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if you want cooking to stop.

Induction

High frequency 

Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is produced by 

induction coils 

a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away and changes heat 

under a glass 

settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control off, the glass cooktop is

surface.

hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away. 

Solid Disk 

Solid cast iron 

Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good cooking 

disk sealed to the

results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The disk stays hot  

cooktop surface.

enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the solid disk if 
you want the cooking to stop.

Gas Burners

Regular or sealed 

Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but pans 

gas burners use

should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change heat settings 

either LP gas

right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.

or natural gas.

PREPARATION

Flooring Under the Range

Leveling the Range

Your range, like many other household items, is
heavy and can settle into soft floor coverings such as
cushioned vinyl or carpeting. When moving the
range on this type of flooring, it should be installed on
a 1/4-inch-thick sheet of plywood (or similar material)
as follows: When the floor covering ends at the front
of the range, the area that the range will rest on should
be built up with plywood to the same level or higher
than the floor covering. This will allow the range to be
moved for cleaning or servicing. For complete
information, see the Installation Instructions.

Please check your range to insure all packaging
materials and protective tape covering are removed
from areas, such as the door trim, cooktop frame, end
caps, etc., before using.

Leveling screws are located on each corner of the 
base of the range. Remove the bottom drawer and 
you can level the range on an uneven floor with the 
use of a nutdriver.

To remove drawer, pull the drawer out all the way, 
tilt up the front and take it out. To replace drawer,
insert glides at back of drawer beyond stop on range
glides. Lift drawer if necessary to insert easily. Let
front of drawer down, then push in to close.

One of the rear leveling screws will engage the Anti-
Tip device (allow for some side to side adjustment).
Allow a minimum clearance of 1/8

″

between the range

and the leveling screw that is to be installed into the
Anti-Tip device.