HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used | The best types of cookware to use, plus | ||||||||
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units, you will notice some differences when you use | surface unit you have. | ||||||||
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Gas Burners |
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| Flames heat the pans directly. Pan tlatness is not critical to cooking results, but | ||||
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| pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change | |||
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| either LP gas |
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| heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away. | |||
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Radiant |
| Electric coils |
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| Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on | ||||
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| the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to | ||||
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| ceramic cooktop. |
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| continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if | ||||
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Induction |
| High frequency |
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| Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is | ||||
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| induction coils |
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| produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away | |||
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| and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control | |||
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| surface. |
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| off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away. | |||
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Electric Coil |
| Flattened metal |
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| 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 | ||||
| electric resistance |
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| 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 | |||||
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| over a drip pan. |
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Solid Disk |
| Solid cast iron |
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| 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 |
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| cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The | |||
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| disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan | ||||
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