BEFORE USING THE COOKTOP
Cookware Recommendations
Be sure to follow the following recommendations for using cookware as shown:
Use the Correct Cookware Size
The Cooking Zones available on the Induction Cooktop require a MINIMUM pan size to be used at each location. The inner “X” of each Cooking Zone is your guide to the
INCORRECT
•Cookware not centered on
Cooking Zone surface.
•Curved or warped pan bottoms or sides.
•Pan does not meet the minimum size required for the Cooking Zone used.
•Pan bottom rests on cook- top trim or does not rest completely on the cook- top surface.
CORRECT
•Cookware centered cor- rectly on Cooking Zone surface.
•Flat pan bottom & straight sides.
•Pan size meets or exceeds the recommended minimum size for the Cooking Zone.
•Pan rests completely on the Cooktop surface.
correct MINIMUM pan size. The pan bottom must FULLY cover the inner “X” for proper cooking to occur.
The thicker outer lines “+” at each Cooking Zone is helpful to determine the pan MAXIMUM size. After centering the cookware on the cooktop, make sure the cookware does not extend more than 1/2” beyond the thicker line on the Cooking Zone. The pan must make FULL contact on the glass surface without the bottom of the pan touching the metal cooktop trims.
NOTE
NOTE: Pan bottom should not exceed 1/2” (13mm) from outer Cooking Zone (Induction) “+”.
Max
Min
NOTE
• Heavy handle tilts pan. | • Pan is properly balanced. |
Fig. 1
NOTE
ANY one of the incorrect conditions listed above in Fig. 1 may be detected by the sensors located below the ceramic cooktop surface. If the cookware does not meet any of these conditions, one or more of the Cooking Zones will not heat indicated by a flashing power level in the digital display for that affected zone. Correct the problems before attempting to reactivate the cooktop.
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If a pan made of the correct material is centered properly on any of the active Cooking Zones but is TOO SMALL, the power level will flash in the in the digital display and the pan will not heat.
