Questions and hswem
Q. May I can foods and preserves on my solid disk surface units?
A. Yes, but ody use mokware designed for canning purposes. Check the manufacturer’s instructions and recipes for preserving foods. Be sure the canner is
Q. my does the solid disk surface unit smoke when I fmt turn it on?
A. This initial smoking is both normal and necessary. A rust preventative is applied to each unit at the factory. When the unit is turned on for the first time, the coating will burn off the unit areas.
This takes approximately 5 minutes and should be done without any eoohare on the surface unit. Otherwise, the coating will stick to the cookware.
Q. my is the coo~p hot to the touch?
—A. More heat is transferred to the eooktop by the solid disk surface units than by electric wil units be~use the units are clamped seeurely to the cooktop. This, of course, eliminates spi~overs from getting inside the moktop chassis. The secret to keeping the cooktop comfortably cooler is to turn the @oktop on ordy after the cookware and its contents are placed on the surface unit. More heat will tien be transferred to the mokware and the food rather than the eooktop. The cooktop temperature til not cause damage to the wbinets, countertops or cookware.
Q. my am I ovemooking my food with the new sotid disk surface units?
A. The solid disk surface units are very ener~- efficient and retain heat much longer than the cofi units. Food Ml boil or fry 3 to 5 minutes after the controls are turned off. We recommend that you begin rooking at lower settings than you have in the past and gradudly increase or decrease heat as desired. The energy savings are signifi=nt.
Q. my does it take a long time to cook my food?
A It doesn’t. The extra time it takes compared to the electric mil surface unit is measured in seeonds, not minutes. These few semnds are due to the greater mass of the surface unit. U the food is cooking slowly, it is bemuse the pots and pans are warped or have an uneven bottom surface. If flat- bottomed pots and pans are use~ cooking performanm of the solid disk surfaec unit closely parallels that of the electric coil unit with less energy consumption.
Q. Can I use special cooking equipment like an oriental wo& on my solid disk surface units?
A We recommend that you use ody a
Q. my is the porcelain finish on my cookware coming Ow
A. If you set the solid disk surface unit on a heat setting higher than required for the cookware mate~al, ~nd let the c~okware sit too long, the cookware’s finish may smoke, crack pop or bum depending on the pot or pan. Aso, woking stil amounts of dry food may damage the cookare’s finish.
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