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
you are used to cooking
gas burners or other
cool-down
depend upon the type of burner or
types of electric
you will notice some
unit you have.
differences when you
electric coils.
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differences between electric coil surface units and any
type of cooktop
you may have used in the past.
Type of Cooktop
Electric Coil
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Radiant
Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Solid Disk
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Burners
Description
tubing containing
resistance
wire suspended
a
pan.
Electric coils
under
ceramic
High frequency
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under a glass
surface.
Sol id
iron
disk sealed
the
cooktop surface.
or
gas burners usc
LP gas
How It Works
by direct
with
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
settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
travels
the
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
you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts magnet). Heat is
produced by
circuit between the coil and tbe pan. Heats up right away
changes
settings
away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control
off. the glass
is hot
the heat of the pan, but cooking stops
away.
Heats by direct
with the pan. so pans must be
on the bottom for
cooking results. Heats up
cools down more slowly than electric coils. Tbe
disk
hot enough
continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
from tbe solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Flames
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
When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
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or natural gas
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