HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
This new range has a Radiant glass cooktop. The radiant cooktop works differently than any other type, as to how it conducts heat and how it interacts with different types of cookware.
The following information will help you understand the differences between the Radiant Cooktop and any other type you may have owned in the past.
Type of Cooktop | Description | How It Works |
Radiant | Electric coils | Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on |
(Glass Cooktop) | under a glass | the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to |
| cooktop. | continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if |
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Induction | High frequency | Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is |
| induction coils | produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right |
| under a glass | away and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the |
| surface. | control off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops |
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Electric Coil | Flattened metal | Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best |
| tubing containing | cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of |
| electric resistance | warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change |
| wire suspended | heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to |
| over a drip pan. | continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off. |
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Solid Disk | Solid cast iron | Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good |
| disk sealed to the | cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The |
| cooktop surface. | disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan |
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| from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop. |
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Gas Burners | Regular or sealed | Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but |
| gas burners use | pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change |
| either LP gas | heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away. |
| or natural gas. |
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