HOWDOESTmS COOKTOP CO~ARE
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Yournew 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 cookto~s, vou will notice some
surface unit you have.
differences when you u~e“ejectriccoils.
The following chart will hel~ vou to understand the
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differences b~tween electric’c~ilsurface units and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
Description Howit Works
~attened metal Heatsby directcontactwith the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best cooking
tubing containing
results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgivingof 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.
Electric coils Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on the
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.
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 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,
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.
SUmACE CONTROLS
Howto Set the Controls
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Push the knob in and turn in At both OFF and HI the control “clicks” into position.
either direction to the heat
Youmay hear slight “clicking” sounds
during
setting you want. cooking, indicating the control is keeping the unit at
Be sure vou turn control to
the heat level or power level you set.
OFF wh~n you finish cooking.
Switching heats to higher settings always shows a
The surface unit “on” indicator light will glow
when ANY heat on any surface unit is on.
quicker change than switching to a lower setting.
CookingGuideforUsingHeatSettings
HI-Used to begin cooking or to bring water to a
OFF
LO—Used for long
boil. Reduce heat setting after water boils.
slow cooking
Medium High—(Setting halfway between HI and
Medium
(simmering) to
MED) Maintains a fast boil on large amounts of food.
Low z
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tenderize and develop
MED—Saut6 and brown; keeps food at a medium
flavors. Use this
boil or simmer.
setting to melt butter
and chocolate or to
Medium Low—(SettinE halfwav between MED and
MEO
keep foods warm.
LO) Cook after starting>t HI; c~oks with little water
NOTE: The surface unit “on” indicator light may
in covered pan.
glow between LO and OFF, but there is no power to
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the surface units.
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