electric range

Electric appliance for cooking food, equipped with surface elements or griddles and an oven.

drawer

Sliding drawer at the bottom of the range in which sundry cookware is stored.

window

Thick window for looking inside the oven.

rack

Metal grille for supporting cookware; its height is adjustable.

oven

Closed part of the range, equipped with an upper heating element (broiler) and a lower heating element, in which food is cooked or heated.

timed outlet

Electric-feed device for switching on an appliance at a preset time.

backguard

Vertical part across the back of the range containing the appliance’s various controls.

oven control knob

Instruments for turning on the oven and controlling the mode of cooking and temperature.

handle

Part for opening and closing the oven door.

cooktop

Surface of the range on which the elements are arranged.

cooktop edge

Protruding edge along the sides of the cooking surface.

surface element

Heating element on which cooking takes place.

signal lamp

Light showing that a surface element is on.

control knob

Instrument for making or cutting electric contact and for regulating the intensity of the surface elements’ heat.

control panel

Panel containing the programming keys.

clock timer

Multifunction timekeeping mechanism; it shows the time, times cooking duration, starts the oven at a preset time, etc.