Belling Forum 351 - Utensil Base and Material Guide

NEVER
Never use utensils with rough bases.
Never use lightweight utensils with thin, distorted or uneven bases.
Never use lightweight enamelled steel utensils.
Never use cast iron utensils.
Never use utensils with recessed, scrolled (like a gramophone record) or ridged bases.
Never use a utensil which has a base concavity greater than 1 mm as this will reduce the
performance of the hob.
Never use a utensil with a convex base.
Never use glass ceramic utensils.
Never use lightweight saucepans with plain thin copper bases on ceramic or halogen
hotplates.
Note: All copper pans are excellent conductors of heat, and are hard wearing and strong,
but need quite a lot of care. They can be very heavy and do not usually have completely flat
bases. The interiors are usually lined with a different material such as tin.
A stainless steel pan with a sandwich base of aluminium and stainless steel is an excellent
conductor of heat and is suitable for use on ceramic and halogen hobs, providing they are
used in accordance with the saucepans manufacturers' recommendations. Stainless steel
pans with a sandwich base of aluminium and copper are excellent conductors of heat. If
using stainless steel saucepans with aluminium and copper sandwich bases on ceramic
and halogen hobs, the use of these pans must be in accordance with the saucepan
manufacturers' recommendations. Extra care should be taken to ensure the base of the pan
and the hob is cleaned, and the hob conditioned, after each and every use, when using this
type of saucepan. If these recommendations are not followed, the result will be a build
up of small copper deposits on the surface of your hob, which, if not cleaned after each use,
will result in permanent marking of your hob.
Always lift the pan from the hob, Never drag or slide across the hob surface as damage
may occur.
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