HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units.
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
If you are used to cooking with gas burners
or
other cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
types of electric cooktops, you will notice some
surface unit you have.
differences when you use electric coils.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences
b=tween
electric-coil surface units and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
Type of
Cooktop
Description
Electric Coil
Flattened metal
@
;\
tubing
containing
‘~)
electric resistance
wire suspended
. .
~
over a
dnp
pan.
Radiant
Electric coils
(Glass
Cooktop)
under a
glass
o
cooktop.
Induction
High
frequency
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1///,/,
+x
,111/,,,
/,,
~-.’-.w,’:..w,
--
-==
induction
coils
===.
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.,,,,,
\,..=,.=-=—
--/ ’%//,
,l,\.~\\,.-
‘%,,,,,,\\\
under a
glass
surface.
Solid Disk
Solid
cast iron
o
/“--%
disk sealed to the
‘<:
.“
cooktop surface.
Gas Burners
I
Regular or sealed
gas
-
burners use
either LP gas
or natural
gtis.
How it Works
Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan.
For
best
cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving
of
warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats
LIp
quickly but does not change
heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be
flat
on
the
bottom for good cooking results. The
glass
cooktop stays hot enough to
continue cooking
after
it
i~
turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if
you want cooking to stop.
Pans
must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
produced by
a
magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control
off,
the
glass
cooktop is hot from the heat
of
the pan, but cooking stops right
away.
Heats by direct contact
with
the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
cooking results. Heats
LIp
and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The
disk
stays
hot
enough
to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
from the
~olid
disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Flames
Ileat
the pans directly. Pan ilatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans
should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right
away
and change
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
SURFACE CONTROLS
At both OFF and HI the control “clicks” into
Switching heats to higher settings always shows
position.
YOL1
may hear
slight
“clicking” sounds
a
quicker change than switching to a lower setting.
during cooking, indicating the control is keeping
the unit at the heat level or power level you set.
How to Set the Controls
Push the knob in and turn in either direction to the
desired heat setting.
Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when
yoL~
finish cooking.
The surface unit “on” indicator light will glow when
AINY
heat on
any
surface unit is on.
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