User’s instructions the ceramic hob
Description
The hobs have been provided with radiant electric heaters. These heaters are incorporated under the surface of the hob as zones which redden while they are in use.
A.Cooking area (A).
B.A lights which indicate whether the corresponding heaters are at a temperature in excess of 60° C; even if the hob/zone has been switched off.
Instructions for using the pyroceram top
To obtain the best results from your hob, there are some basic rules to follow when cooking or preparing food.
·All types of pots and pans may be used on the ceramic glass cooktop. However, the bottom surface must be perfectly flat. Naturally, the thicker the bottom of the pot or pan, the more uniformly the heat is distributed.
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·Make sure that the base of the pan completely covers the cooking ring, so as to make full use of the heat produced
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Description of the heating elements
The radiant heating elements are composed of circular heating elements.They only become red after being turned on for
·Always make sure that the pan base is always dry and clean so as to guarantee proper contact as well as
·Do not use the same pans which are used for cooking on gas burners. The heat strength of gas burners may deform the pan base and will not give the same results if it is subsequently used on a glazed ceramic hob.
Pratical advice for using the electric plates
The cook-top electric plate control knobs (N)
The cookers may be equipped with standard, fast and automatic electric plates in various combinations (the fast plates distinguished from the others by a red dot in the centre, the automatic ones by a round aluminium disk at the centre.
To avoid heat dispersion and damage to the plates, recommend using cooking vessels with flat bottoms in diameters which are not smaller than the plate diameter. Table shows the correspondence between the position indicated on the knobs and the use for which the plates advised.
Setting | Normal or Fast Plate | |
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0 | Off | |
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1 | Cooking vegetables, fish | |
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2 | Cooking potatoes (using steam) soups, | |
chickpeas, beans. | ||
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3 | Continuing the cooking of large quantities | |
of food, minestrone | ||
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4 | For roasting (average) | |
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5 | For roasting (above average) | |
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6 | For browning and reaching a boil in a | |
short time. | ||
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The green pilot lamp (Q)
This lights up when an electric plate is turned on.
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