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. | ||
gas burners. |
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Type of Cooktop | Description | How It Works |
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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. | |
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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 | |
Cooktop | ceramic 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 away | |
| under a glass | and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control | |
| surface. | 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 | 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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Cooktop Comparison