HOW DOES T~ COOKTOP COmARE
m YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used to cmking with induction or other electric surface units, you will notice some differences when you U.SC gas burners.
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The folluwing chart will help you 10 understand the dit~erences between gas burner cooktnps and any
. other type ufcooktop you may have used in the past.
~pe of Cooktop |
| Description |
(;as Burners |
| Regular or scaled |
.d |
| ~ils bum~rs us~ |
| ci[hcr LP ~iis | |
a |
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| or natural gas. |
Radiant |
| Electric coils |
((;lass Ceramic) |
| under a glass- |
Cooktop |
| ccramic cooklop. |
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| High frequency | |
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| induction coils | |
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| under a ~lilSS | |
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| surface. | |
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Electric Coil |
| Flatlcncd metal | ||
r | \ |
| tubing containing | |
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| electric resistance | |
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| wim sus~’ndcd | |
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| over a drip pan. | |
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Solid Disk |
| Solid cast iron | ||
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| disk scaled to the | |
o |
| cooktop” surface. | ||
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How It Works
Fliuncs heat the puns directly. PiuI Ilatncss is not crhiciil to col)king results. but pans should b~ WCII hilliln~~d. C;ils bumcrs h~ilt [h~ Piill right ilwti~ aIld change
h~iit scllings right il~’il~. Wh~I) ~I)U IUM IhC
Heat trilv~ls [() the glass surface and then to the cookware.” s() pans Inus[ he Ila[ on lhc bottotn” ll?r g(N)d cooking” results. The gloss col)ktop” sItiys hot enough to coniinuc cooking” after it is tumcd off. Rcnlovc the piln fn)tn Ihc surfticc unit if you want cooking to stop.
Pans must hC made of f~rrous ]nctals (tll~[ill that illtr~~ls a magnet). HCaI is produced by a magnetic ci~ui[ bctwccn the coil and the piln. Ilcats up right ilw~y und changes heat sct[ings right tiwily. Iikc a ~ils cooktop. After turning [he control 011.. the glass c(x)ktop is hot fn)m [hc heat of the piul. hut cuuking stops right awuy.
Heats by direct conttict with the Piltl and by heating the air under the pan. For hcst cooking” results. usc good” quality pans. Eicc[ric coils are more fo~iving of wa~~d pans than radiant l)r solid disks. Heats up quickly hut docs not chiulgc
h~at settings as quickly ils ~ils or induction. Electric coils stay hot cnl)ugh to “- continue cooking” for a short time tiftcr they arc tumcd off.
Heats by direct contact with the pan. so puns tnust bc Ilat on the bo[tl)tn I\)r good” cuoking rcsu]ts. Heats up and cools” dl)wn more slowly than electric coils. The
disk stays hot enough to continue cooking” allcr it is tumcd off. Rcml)vc Ihc pan fruln the solid disk if you Wiltlt the cooking” I() stop.
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