Ariston PF750AST manual Practical Advice, Practical Advise on Using the Burners

Practical Advice

Practical Advise on Using the Burners

For best performance, follow these general guidelines:

•Use the appropriate cookware for each burner (see table) in order to prevent the flame from reaching the sides of the pot or pan;

•Alwasy use cookware with a flat bottom and keep the lid on;

•When the contents come to a boil, turn the knob to "Low".

Burner	ø Cookware diameter (cm)
Rapid (R)	24 - 26
Reduced Rapid (RR)	24 - 26
Semi-Rapid (S)	16 - 20
Auxilliary (A)	10 - 14
Half-Fishburner (SP)	16 - 20
Triple Crown (TC)	24 - 26
Ultrarapid (UR)	24 - 26
Fishburner (P)	Oval cookware
Double flame (DCDR	10 -14
internal)
Double flame (DCDR	26 - 28
external)

N.B. On the models supplied with a reducer shelf, remember that this should be used only for the Double flame internal (DCDR internal) burner when you use casserole dishes with a diameter under 12 cm.

Practical Advice on Using the Electric Hot Plates

In order to avoid heat loss and damage to the hot plate, use cookware with a flat bottom the diameter of which is not less than that of the hot plate.

Setting	Normal or Fast Plate
0	Off
1	Cooking vegetables, fish
2	Cooking potatoes (using steam) soups,
	chickpeas, beans.
3	Continuing the cooking of large quantities
	of food, minestrone
4	For roasting (average)
5	For roasting (above average)
6	For browning and reaching a boil in a
	short time.

Before using the hot plates for the first time, you should heat them at maximum temperature for approximately 4 minutes, without any pans. During this initial stage, their protective coating hardens and reaches its maximum resistance.

Practical Advice on Using the Half Fish-Kettle Burner

The two central burners, or Half Fish-Kettle burners, are eliptic in form and can be turned up to 90°. This makes the cooktop more flexible in terms of how it can be used.

To turn the two central burners 90°, proceed as follows:

•Make sure that the burners are cool;

•Lift the burner completely out of its housing;

•Replace it in its housing in the position desired;

•Make sure that the burners are positioned correctly before use.

In addition, the two cetnral burners can be used in tandem or speartely with cookware of different shapes and sizes:

•Double burner for a fish-kettle or oval cookware (Fig. A).

•Double burner for a griddle or rectangular/square cookware with minimum dimensions of 28x28 cm (Fig. B)

•Double burner for large cookware (diameter of 24-26 cm) (Fig. C).

•Single burner for medium size cookware (diameter of 16-20 cm) (Fig. D).

Fig. A Fig. B

Fig. C Fig. D

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