HOW DOES
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COOKTOP COMP!!!!
To OUR OLD ONE?
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Your new cooktop has electric coil surface @a.
The best types of cookare to use, plus heat-up and *
If you are used to cooking with gas burners@ other cool-down times, depend upon the type of burners
or
types
of electric coo- you wiIl notice @me surface units you have.
~erences when you ~ electric coik
.
The following chart will heln you to understand the
differences l%twcen electric”c%ilsurface units and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
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coil
Rsdiant
(Glass Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Inductioo
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Flattenedmetal
tubing containing
electric resistsIMx
wire
suspended
over a drip pan.
Electriccds
under aglass-
ceramic cooktop.
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underaglass
Surfhcc.
H@s by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best
WV fGS~* usc @ q~ity PM. El-c coils arc more forgiving of
S ~ * ~~t or =lid
@ks. H** Upquicklybutdoes notchange
z
aemngsas qwcklyas gas or
induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
tinuecookingfora short time after they are turned off.
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H t travelsto the glass surfaceandthen to thecookware,so pans must be flat on
bottom
fw goodcooking results. The #ass cooktop stays hot enough to
cdntinue *ng * it is tuti off. Rcrnove the pan
fkomthe surfaceunit if
yQUwant cooking to stop.
P@a must be made of ferrous metais (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
#pducd by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away
a@ changes heat
settingsrightaway,likea gas cooktop. After turning the control
0$ the glass cooktop is hot fhxn the heat of the - but cooking stops right away.
Solidmsk
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@
Solid ast iron
disksealedmthe
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‘ g resuhs. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The
@
“ stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan ,
fr(xn the solid disk if
youwantthecookingto stop.
Gas Burners
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Regular or add Fl~ heat the pans directly. Pan fiatness is not critical to cooking results, but
gas burlwrs use
p+s should be well balancd
Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
either IX gas
hdat settings right
away.Whenyouturn the control off, cooking stops right away.
or natural gas.
-ACE CONTROLS
At both OFF and HI the control “clicks” *I position.
StitChillg heats
tO higher Settings idWiiJTS ahoWS
Youmayhearslight Wking’’aoundsdurill$
a quicker change than switching to a lower setting.
cookingJndicatingt hecontroli skeepingthOnit
at the heat level you set.
How to Set the Contmb
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4
Puahtheknob iqandturn
*sure you turn control to OFF when you finish
in either &ectio@ to the
cooking.
setting you want,
‘l’h@surfhce unit ‘onw indbtor light wiIl gbw
*
when ANY heat setting on
any surface unit is on.
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