Hotpoint RS778GJ, How To Get The Best

Questions &Answers

Q. May I can foods and preserves
on my surface 

A. Yes, but only use cookware
designed for canning purposes. Check
the manufacturer’s instructions and
recipes for preserving foods. Be
sure canner is flat-bottomed and
fits over the center of your 
unit. Since canning generates large
amounts of steam, be careful to
avoid burns from steam or heat.
Canning should only be done on
surface units.

Q. Can I cover my drip pans with
foil?

A. No. Clean as recommended in
Cleaning Guide.

Q. Can I use special cooking
equipment, like an oriental wok,
on any surface units?

A. Cookware without flat surfaces
is not recommended. The life of
your surface unit can be shortened
and the range top can be damaged
from the high heat needed for this
type of cooking.

Q. Why am I not getting the heat
I need from my units even though
I have the knobs on the right
setting?

A. After turning surface unit off
and making sure it is cool, check to
make sure that your plug-in units
are securely fastened into the
surface connection.

Home Canning 

Canning should be done on

 only.

In surface cooking of foods other
than canning, the use of 
diameter pots (extending more than

l-inch beyond edge of trim ring) is

not recommended. However, when
canning with water-bath or
pressure canner, large-diameter
pots may be used. This is because
boiling water temperatures (even
under pressure) 

 not harmful to

 surfaces surrounding

heating unit.

HOWEVER, DO 

 USE

LARGE DIAMETER CANNERS

OR OTHER LARGE DIAMETER

 FOR FRYING OR

BOILING FOODS 
THAN WATER. Most syrup or
sauce mixtures—and all types of
frying—cook at temperatures much
higher than boiling water. Such
temperatures could eventually
harm 

 surfaces surrounding

heating units.

Observe Following Points
in Canning

1. Bring water to 

 on HIGH

heat, then after boiling has begun,
adjust heat to lowest setting to
maintain boil (saves energy and
best uses surface unit.)

2. Be sure canner fits over center
of surface unit. If your range does

not 

 canner to be centered on

surface unit, use smaller-diameter
pots for good canning results.

3. Flat-bottomed canners give best

 results. Be sure bottom of

canner is flat or slight indentation
fits snugly over surface unit.
Canners with flanged or rippled
bottoms (often found in enamelware)
are not recommended.

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Q. Why does my cookware tilt
when I place it on the surface unit?

A. Because the surface unit is
not flat. Make sure that the “feet”
on your 

 units are sitting

tightly in the range top indentation
and the reflector ring is flat on the

range surface.

Q. Why is the porcelain finish on
my cookware coming 

A. If you set your 

 unit

higher than required for the
cookware material, and leave it, the
finish may smoke, crack, pop, or
burn depending on the pot or pan.

 a too high heat for long

periods, and small amounts of dry
food, may damage the finish.

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4. When canning, use recipes from

reputable sources. Reliable recipes

are available from the manufacturer
of your canner; manufacturers of
glass jars for canning, such as Ball
and Kerr; and the United States
Department of Agriculture
Extension Service.

5. Remember, in following the
recipes, that canning is a process
that generates large amounts of
steam. Be careful while canning to
prevent burns from steam or heat.

 If your range is being

operated on low power (voltage),
canning may take longer than
expected, even though directions
have been carefully followed. The
process may be improved by:

(1) using a pressure canner, and
(2) for fastest heating of large

water quantities, begin with

 tap water.