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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
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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 between electric coil surface units and any
other type
of cooktop you may have used
in
the past.
‘Iype
of
Cooktop
Electric Coil
Radiant
(Glass Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Induction
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Disk
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Description
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Electric coils
umicr
a
glass-
ceramic cooktop.
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Solid cast iron
disk
sealed
to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
How it
Works
Heats by
direct
crm[act
with
(he
pan md by
heating
the air under the pan. For best
cooking results,
usc
good quality
pans. Electric coils
arc more forgiving of
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pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly
but
does not
change
heat settings as
quickly
m
gas
or induction.
Electric
coils
stay hot enough to
continue cooking
for
a
shor[
time
after
they
m
turned
of’f.
Heat travels
[()
the
glass
surl’ace
and
then
[o
the
cookware, so pans must
be
flat on
the bottom
For
good cooking results. The
glass
cook[op
stays hot
enough
to
continue cooking
after
it is
turmxi
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
(be
coil and
(he
pm. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings
right
away, like a
gas
cooktop.
After
turning the control
off,
the glass cooktop is hot trom
[he
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 up and
COOIS
down more slowly than electric coils. The
disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned
off.
Rcmove the pan
—
from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away
and change
heat settings right
awa).
When
you
turn the control
off,
cooking stops right away.
SURFACE CONTROLS
At
both the OFF and the HI positions, there is a slight
Switching heats to higher settings always shows
niche so the control “clicks” at those positions; HI
quicker change than switching to lower settings.
marks the highest setting; the lowest setting is the
word WM. In a quiet kitchen, you may hear slight
“clicking” sounds during cooking, indicating the heat
settings selected are being maintained.
a
How to Set the Controls
1.
Grasp the control knob
The control knob must be pushed into set only
and push in.
from the OFF position. When the control is in any
2. Turn the knob either
position other than OFF, it may be turned without
clockwise or
pushing it in.
counterclockwise to the
Be sure you turn the control knob to OFF when you
–
desired heat setting.
finish cooking.
The surface unit “on” indicator light will glow when
ANY surface unit is on.
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