Hotpoint H251EWH manual Hob General Information, Choice of Utensils, Pans should not, Hotplate

Hob General Information

CHOICE OF UTENSILS

Every Electric Hob deserves the right choice of utensils.

We recommend for optimum performance the use of good quality utensils.

PANS SHOULD NOT

Be concave (bowed in)

Be convex

(bowed out)

Be rimmed

Be deeply ridged

But essentially Flat

Always ✓	Never ✗
● Use good quality flat-based	● Use gauze, metal pan
cookware on all electric	diffusers, asbestos mats
heat sources.	and stands e.g. Wok stands
	– they can cause overheating.
● Ensure pans have clean, dry
bases before use.	● Use utensils with skirts or
	rims e.g. buckets and some
● Ensure pans match size of	kettles.
heating area.
	● Use badly dented or distorted
● Remember good quality	pans.
pans retain heat well, so
generally only a low or medium	● Leave an element switched
heat is necessary.	on when not cooking.
● Ensure pan handles are	● Cook food directly on the
positioned safely and away	hotplate.
from heat sources.
	● Drag or slide utensils across
● Lift pans, do not drag.	the hob surface.

●Use pan lids except when ● Place large preserving pans

frying.	or fish kettles across two
	hotplates.

●Deal with spillage immediately

but with care.	● Place plastic vessels or
	utensils on a hot hob.
	● Use the hob as an area for
	storage
	Always place pans
	centrally on the
	hotplate

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