HOW DOES THIS
COOKTOP
COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD
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new
cooktop
has a radiant glass ceramic
cooktop.
The
best types of cookware to use,
plus heat-up and
If you are used to cooking with gas burners or electric
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
surface units, you will notice some differences when
surface unit you have.
you use the radiant
cooktop.
The following chart will
help
you to understand the
differences between radiant
cooktops and any other
type of
cooktop you may have used in the past.
Type of
Cooktop
Radiant
(Glass Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Induction
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Gas Burners
Description
Electric coils
under
a
glass-
ceramic
cooktop.
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either
LP
gas
or natural gas.
How It Works
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 is 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 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 up quickly but does not change
heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
continue
c;}oking
for a short time after they are turned off.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
cooking results. Heats up 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 solid disk if
vou
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 away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
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