HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE

TO YOUR OLD ONE?

four new
cooktop has electric coil surface units.
The best
types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
If
you are used to cooking
with
gas burners or other cool-down
tilnes,
depend upon the type of burner or
types of electric
cooklops.
you will notice some surlace unit you have.
differences when you
use
electric coils.
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differences between electric coil surface units and any
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type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
Type of Cooktop
Electric Coil
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Radiant
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Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Burners
Description
Fla[tened metal
tubing containing
eleclric
resistance
wire suspended
o~er a
drip
pan.
Electric coils
under
a
glass-
ceramic cook~op.
High frequency
induclion
coi
Is
under a glass
surface.
Sol id cast iron
disk sealed [o the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners usc
eitbel- LP gas
How It Works
Heats by direct contact with
Lhe
pan and by heating the air under tbe pan. For best
cooking results, usc good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of
warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change
hea[ settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Heat travels
LO
the
&lass
surface and tben to the cookware, so pans must be flat on
tbc bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to
continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit
if
you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts
a
magnet). Heat is
produced by
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rnagnctic circuit between the coil and tbe pan. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings
rigbt
away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control
off. the glass
cooktop
is hot
froln
the heat of the pan, but cooking stops
righ[
away.
Heats by direct con[ac[ with the pan. so pans must be
flat
on the bottom for &ood
cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. Tbe
disk stays hot enough
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continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
from tbe solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Flames heal the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
hca~
settings
rigbt
away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.

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