KitchenAid KEDT105V - Cast-Iron Elements; Cooking Utensil Tips

Cast-iron elements stay hot for a
long time. Do not use the HI
setting for long periods of time
or leave pans on hot elements
when cooking is done. Burned
food and damage to the
cookware could result.
Cast-Iron Elements
Your new KitchenAid range is equipped
with four cast-iron elements which have
been specifically designed to provide an
infinite number of heat settings to meet
a wide variety of cooking needs. Cast-
iron elements provide even heat for
uniform cooking. The elements heat up
gradually and retain heat longer than
open coil elements. Due to the retained
heat in the element, cooking may be
completed by turning the element off
and leaving the pan on the element.
Element does not glow red during
normal operation.
IMPORTANT: Each surface element has
a built-in protective temperature limiter
as a safety feature to protect the element
from overheating. This temperature
limiter automatically reduces the heat
level when a pan boils dry or if the
element is turned on without a pan on it
The heat level may also be reduced
automatically if the bottom of the pan is
not flat or if the pan is too large or too
small for the element. This will result
in longer cooking times.
Cooking Utensil Tips
• Use cooking utensils with flat bottoms,
straight sides and tight fitting lids. To
determine if a pan bottom is flat, turn
the pan upside down on a counter
and place the edge of a ruler across
the bottom. There should be no space
between the pan and the edge of
the ruler. Flat bottoms allow maximum
contact between the pans and
surface units for fast even cooking.
• Use only the correctly sized cooking
utensils. Pans should be the same size
or up to 1 inch larger in diameter than
the element. Pans smaller than the
element waste energy and cause
spillovers to contact the element.
• Do not use canners, woks, griddles or
other specialty utensils with rounded
or ridged bottoms. Use only flat,
correctly sized utensils for canning. Do
not use large diameter pressure
canners.
Burn Hazard
If the pan is too small for the
surface element, you could be
burned by the heat from the
exposed section of the surface
element. Use correctly sized
utensils to prevent injury.
• Use a lid to shorten cooking times.
• Turn the element off before the end of
cooking time and leave pan on
element. Food will finish cooking due
to the retained heat in the cast-iron
element.
• Aluminum pans heat up quickly
and evenly
• Stainless steel pans with copper or
aluminum cores heat up evenly.
• Cast iron heats up slowly but
cooks evenly.
• Check manufacturer's recommendation
before using porcelain enamel-on-steel
or porcelain enamel-on-cast iron.
See the Cooking Guide for additional
utensil information.
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