Advice and hints for using the cooking zones
If you use the advice below you will save energy and make your cleaning tasks easier.
Adjust the cooking zones correctly. Select the highest setting for the cooking zones until the food is brought to the boil. Then reduce the setting as far as possible, without the food going off the boil.
Use level saucepans. An uneven saucepan may increase the electricity consumption by up to 50 per cent. Check whether your saucepans have level bases by placing the item in question upside down on a work top and positioning a ruler on the base. A curved base, both inwards and outwards, will prolong the cooking time and increase the energy consumption
The saucepan should match the cooking zone – or be slightly larger. Remember that a large saucepan can also hold small quantities. If the diameter of the base is too small, the energy consumption will increase, and any food boiling
over will burn onto the hot cooking zone.
Saucepans with very shiny/bright bases will prolong the cooking time slightly compared with cooking utensils with matt/dark bases.
Use a tightly fitting lid on the saucepan. Without a lid you use more than three times as much electricity.
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