HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE

WITH YOUR OLD ONE?

Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used to cooking with induction or other electric surface units, you will notice some differences when you use gas burners.

The best types of cookware to use, plLIs heat-up and cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or surface unit you have.

The following chart will help you to understand the differences between gas burner cooktops and any other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.

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Description

 

How It Works

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 aw~y and change

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either LP gas

 

heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.

 

 

or natural gas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radiant

 

Electric coils

 

Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on

(Glass Ceramic)

 

under a glass-

 

the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to

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ceramic cooktop.

 

continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if

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you want cooking to stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Induction

 

High frequency

 

Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is

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induction coils

 

produced by a ma&netic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away

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under a glass

 

and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control

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surface.

 

off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Coil

 

Flattened metal

 

Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best

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cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of

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electric resistance

 

warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid Disk

 

Solid cast iron

 

Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good

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disk sealed to the

 

cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The

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cooktop surface.

 

disk stays hot enough ‘o continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan

 

 

 

 

from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUWACE COO~NG

Electric Ignition

Your surface burners are lit by electric ignition, eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with constantly burning flames.

In case of a power failure, you can light the surface burners on your range with a match. Hold a lit match to the burner, then push in and turn the control knob to the LITE position. Use extreme caution when lighting burners in this manner.

Surface burners in use when an electrical power failure occurs will continue to operate normally.

Surface Burner Controls

The knobs that turn the surface burners on and off are located on the lower control panel in front of the burners.

The two knobs on the left control the left front and left rear burners. The two knobs on the right control the right front and right rear burners.

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