HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has electric
coil
surface
units.
The
be~t
types of
cookware
to
use,
plus
heat-up
and
If you
are
used
to
cooking with
gas
burnets
or
t~ther
cool-down times.
depend
upon the type
of
burner or
types of electric
cooktops,
you
will
notice
some surface unit you
hti}’e.
differences when you use electric
coils.
The
following
chart will
hell?
vou
to
under~tand
the
differences
b&ween
electric’c;il surface units and any
other type of cooktop you
may’
have
used in the past.
Type
of
Cooktop Description
-J--
How it
Works
I
El:c&ic Coil Flattened
metal
Eieats
by
direct
contact
With
the pm and
by
heating
the
air
under the pan
[;(jr
be~{
@
{’
O
tubing containing
cooking results.
use
good quality
gxins.
Electric coils
w-e
more
forgiving
(lt
‘k.]
electric resistance
warped
pan~
than
r-ad
iant
or
~ol
id
disks.
Heats
up
q
u
ickly
but doej not
chm:c
wire
su~pended
heat
setting~
a~
quickly
as
ga<
or induction. Electric
coils
itay
ho[
enough
to
o~er
a drip pan.
continue
cooking
for
a
short
time after they are turned
off.
Radiant
Electrlc
c(>il~
1
Heat
tra~e!~
to
the
g!:iss
sur-iace
and then to the cookware,
WJ
pans
must
be
flat
L)II
(Glass Ceramic)
under
a @ass- the
bottom
for
good
cooking resulti. The
glas~
cooktop
stay~
hot
enough
L(J
Cooktop
ceramic cooktop.
c(~ntinuc
cook
iu,g
tif’ter
it
lS
turt~ed
ofl.
Remo\
e
the pan
f’mm
the
~urtace
?Ini[
i
f
o
yOLI
want
cooking
t(-)
s[(~p.
Induction
High
f’requenc)
Pan~+
must
he
made of”
terrous
metas
(metal
that
attracts a magnet). Heat
i~
,,illlw,,,,,
+1
\ll
f/,,,
,/
>-’’:..’’:..
A
l,=,,=--,=
~
induction
coi]s
~==.
produced by
a
magneiic
circuit between
the
coil and
(he
pan.
l-leats
up
right
aw
O:
,..--=__—
=--=.,,-..,,,
,,,.
.,.>=.-
-,,
./,,
,,,,
.,,,,
under a
glaw
and
char]~:c~
Ileat
settings right away, like a gas cooktop.
After
turnin:
the
control
‘%/,,
,
,,\\
surfact.
oft.
the glass cooktop ii hot
from
the heat
of’
the pan, but
c(mk
i
ng
~top~
right away.
Solid Disk
Solid
ctist
iron
Heat~
b>
direct
contact
with
the pan.
so
pans must
be
flat on the
b(~ttom
t’or
gmd
r)
-1
di~k
waled
to
the
c(~(~k
i n
g
result~.
Heats
up
and cm)li
do~m
more slowly than electric
cwi
1
~.
The
k;
\
C(K)LtOp
surf-tlce.
disk
t[o~rs
hot
enough
to
continue cooking
af’ter
it
if
turned
oft”.
Renlo~c
the pan
tn~m
the
so]
id disk if’ you
v~ant
the
cooking
to
stop.
Gas
Burners
Regular
or
waled
F’]amct
hea[
the
pan$
directly.
Pan
~latness
is not critical to cooking
rcsuli~,
hL!l
e
—
gas
burners use
pan~
should
be
well balanced. Ga\ burners heat the pan
right
away and
change
*,1
either
1.P
gas
heat sell
in:~
right away.
‘Whe~~
}
(JLJ
turn the control
off.
cooking
~tops
right
aL\a:’.
/
orntitural
ga~.
SI.RFACE
CONTROLS
.4t
both OFF and HI the control “clicks”
into
Switching heats to higher
setting~
alwajs
show’s
position. You may hear
slight
“clicking”’ sounds
a
quicker change than switching to
a
Iow’er
wtti
n:.
during cooking, indicating
the
control
is
Keeping
the unit
at
the heat
le%el
or
power
level
you
ser.
How
to
Set
the Controls
~ush
tl~e
knob in and turn in either
direction
t~)
the
desired heat setting.
Be sure
yOLI
turn the
control
knob
to
OFF w
hen
jrOLi
finish cooking.
The surface unit “on” indicator
light
wrill
glow when
AINY
heat
on any surface unit
i~
on.
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