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Choosing a burner
Use flat-bottomed pans, and make sure that they match your burner, as shown in the following
table. A small pot on a large burner is not efficient.
Using your cooktop
Fig. 6 Efficient and inefficient pot sizes.
Burners Minimum Maximum
Auxiliary 12 cm 14 cm
Semi-rapid 16 cm 24 cm
Rapid 24 cm 26 cm
Wok
26 cm 28 cm
Maximum diameter for woks: 36 cm
Do not use pans with concave or convex bases
Diameters of pans which may be used on the cooktop
If the flame is irregular
If the flame is yellow or irregular, check that the burner parts, including the burner cap, are:
Clean and dry.
Positioned correctly as shown in figs. 9 and 10.
See also ‘Troubleshooting’.