HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new range has a radiant glass ceramic cooktop. If you are used to cooking with gas burners or electric surface units, you will notice some differences when Jvou use the radiant cooktop.
The best types of cookware to use, plus
The following chart will help you to understand the differences between radiant cooktops and any other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
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Radiant | Electric coils |
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Electric Coil | Flattened metal |
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How it Works
Heat travels to the glas~ surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be tlat on the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away and changes heat settings right away. like a gas cooktop. After turning the control off’, the glass cooktop if hot f’rom the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.
}Ieats by direct contact with the pan tind by heating the air under the pan. For best cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change heat \ettings as quickly as gai or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to continue cooking for a short time af’ter they are turned of’f.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans Inusi be flat on the bottom for good cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The dish stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the solid disk if }OU want the cooking to stop.
Flames heat the pans directlj. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change heat \ettings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
SURFACE UNIT CONTROLS
At both OFF and H1 positions, there is a slight niche so control “clicks” at those positions: on the word HI marks the highest setting; the lowest setting is the word LO. In a quiet kitchen you may hear s]igh( “clicking” sounds during cooking, indicating heat settings selected are being maintained.
Switching heats to higher settings always shows a quicker change than switching to lower settings.
How to Set the Controls
1.Push the control knob in.
2.Turn either clockwise or courtterclockwise to the desired heat setting.
The control must be pushed in to set only from the OFF position. When the control is in any position other than OFF, it may be turned without pushing
it in.
Be sure you turn the control to OFF when you finish cooking.
The surface unit ‘bon” indicator light will glow when AN”Y surf”ace unit is on.
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