Hotpoint BE72 manual Using Your Hob, Choice Of Utensils, But essentially Flat

Using Your Hob

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 diffusers,
cookware on all electric heat	asbestos mats and stands e.g.
sources.	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 kettles.
● Ensure pans match size of
heating area.	● Use badly dented or distorted
	pans.
● Remember good quality pans
retain heat well, so generally	● Leave an element switched on
only a low or medium heat is	when not cooking.
necessary.
	● Cook food directly on the
● Ensure pan handles are	hotplate.
positioned safely and away from
heat sources.	● Drag or slide utensils across
	the hob surface.
● Lift pans, do not drag.
	● Place large preserving pans or
● Use pan lids except when frying.	fish kettles across two
	hotplates.
● Deal with spillages 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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