HOW DOES
TO
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Your
new
has electric coil surface units.
best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
If you are used to cooking with gas burners or other
times, depend upon the type of burner or
types of electric
you will notice some
surface unit you have.
differences when you use electric coils.
following chart
help you to understand the
between
units and any
other type of
you may have used in the past.
of
Electric
Radiant
Ceramic)
o
Induction
Solid Disk
Gas Burners
metal
tubing containing
electric
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Electric
under a
High frequency
induction coils
under a
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either
gas
How
it Works
Heats by
direct contact with the pan and by heating the under
the pan. For best
cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of
warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up
but does not change
heat settings as
as gas or induction. Electric roils stay hot enough to
continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on
the bottom for good rooking
glass
stays hot enough to
continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit if
you want inking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
by a magnetic circuit between the
and the pan. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings right away, like a gas
After turning the
off, the glass
is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils.
disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans should be well
Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
At both
and the control “clicks” into position.
Switching heats to higher
always shows a
You may hear slight “clicking” sounds during
quicker change than switching to a lower setting.
rooking,
the
is keeping the unit at
the heat level or power level you set.
How to Set the
the knob in and
turn in either direction
to the desired heat setting.
control must be pushed into set
from
the
position. When the control is in any
position other than
it may be turned without
pushing it in.
Be sure you turn control to
when you finish
surface unit indicator light
glow when
heat on any
unit is on.
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