Suitable Kitchenware for Induction Cooking Zones

Pots and Pans

•In principle all pots and pans with magnetic bases are suitable. These are steel, steel-enamel as well as cast-iron pots and pans.

•High grade steel pans with a mixed metal base (sandwich base, e.g. Tefal with an aluminium/cop- per base) are suitable for induction only if the man- ufacturer has expressly marked them as such. In that case they have a ferromagnetic percentage in the base.

•If you wish to use a special type of pan (e.g. a pres- sure cooker, simmering pan, wok, etc.), please ob- serve the manufacturer's instructions.

•Aluminium, copper, brass, stainless steel pots and pans (unless specifically designated as suitable for induction), glass, ceramic or porcelain are not suit- able for induction cooking zones. The cooking zone reacts as if it were being used without a pot or pan: Error code f.

Look for the label: Suitable for induction!

Suitability Test

If you are not sure if a pot or pan is suitable for cooking or frying on the induction cooking zone you can check this as follows:

•Place a pot filled with a little water (3-5 mm filling height) on the cooking zone.

Switch the cooking zone to full power (switch set- ting 9).

Caution: The pan base of suitable kitchenware heats up within a few seconds!

•You can also check this with a magnet. If it remains fixed to the base the pan is suitable for induction cooking zones.

Pan Size

Up to a certain limit the induction cooking zone adapts itself to the size of the pan base diameter. However, the pan base diameter must be of a minimum size, depending on the size of the cooking zone.

Diameter of the cooking zone 14,5 cm: Diameter of the pan base at least 12 cm Diameter of the cooking zone 18 cm: Diameter of the pan base at least 14,5 cm Diameter of the cooking zone 21 cm: Diameter of the pan base at least 18 cm

Note:

Please note the diameter of the pan base when buying new pans, since the manufacturers usually specify the top edge diameter of their pans.

Automatic Pan Sensing

The induction cooking zone does not function when unsuitable pans are used.

If the cooking zone is switched on without a suitable pan on it f flashes in the digital display of the cooking zone.

After about 10 minutes the cooking zone switches itself off automatically. _ appears in the digital dis- play.

Also when overheating occurs (e.g. heating up a pan that is empty) or with faults in the electronics the display _ is lit. The cooking zone switches itself off au- tomatically.

To be able to use it again the cooking zone must have been first switched off and then reset to the required heat setting.

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