HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Q our new
cooktop hap gas burners. If you are used
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
to cooking with indu+tion or other electric surface
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
units, you will notice some differences when you use
surface unit you have.
gas burners.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between gas burner cooktops and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
3jrpeof Cooktop
,)lescription How itWorks
Gas Burners
Regularor sealed Flamesheatthepansdirectly.Pan flatnessis notcriticalto cookingresults,but
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gasburnersuse pansshouldbe wellbalanced.Gasburnersheatthepan rightawayand change
eitherLP gas
heatsettingsrightaway.Whenyou turnthe controloff,cookingstopsright away.
or natural
gas.
Radiant
Wuabuml$’mtmic)
n
Electriccoils
undera glass-
CeramicCooktop.
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Heattravelsto theglass surfaceandthen to the cookware,sopans mustbe flaton
thebottomfor goodcookingresults.‘I’heglasscooktopstayshot enoughto
continuecookingafterit isturnedoff.Removethepanfromthe surfaceunit if
youwantcookingto stop.
Ektric coil
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Highfrequency
inductioncoils
‘imdera glass
surface.
Flattenedmetal
‘tubingcontaining
electricresistance
wiresuspended
lovera drippan.
Pans
mustbe madeof ferrousmetals(metalthat attracti a magnet).Heatis
producedby a magneticcircuitbetweenthecoilandthe pan.Heatsup rightaway
andchangesheatsettingsright away,like a gascooktop.Afterturningthe control
off,theglasscooktopis hotfromthe heatofthepan,but cookingstopsrightaway.
Heatsby directcontactwiththe pan andby heatingthe air underthe pan.For best
cookingresults,use goodqualitypans.Electriccoils aremoreforgivingof
warpedpansthan radiantor solid disks.Heatsup quicklybut does notchange
heatsettingsas quicklyas gasor induction.Electriccoils stayhot enoughto
continuecookingfor a shorttime aftertheyareturnedoff.
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SolidDisk
o
Solidcastiron
Heatsby directcontactwiththe pan, so pansmustbe flat on the bottomfor good
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disk sealedto the cookingresults.Heatsup andcools downmoreslowlythan electriccoils.The
Cooktopsurface.
disk stayshot enoughto continuecookingafterit is turnedoff.Removethe pan
fim the soliddiskif you wantthe cookingto stop.
SURFACECOOKING
Lighting Instru@ons for Electric Ignition Models
Ym surface burners @mlighted by electric ignition,
Surface burners in use when an electrical power
eliminating the need $r standing pilot lights with
failure occurs will continue to operate normally.
constantly burning fl@nes.
In ease of a power f#l~
you can light the surface
burners on your rangwitha match. Hold a lighted
a
match to the burner, en turn the knob to the LITE
position. Use extrem+ caution when lighting
burners this way.
The electrode of the spark igniter is exposed.
When one burner is turned to LITE, all the burners
spark. Do not attempt to disassemble or clean
around any burner while another burner is on.
An electric shock may resul~ which could cause
you to knock over hot cookware.
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