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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new range has
a
radiant glass ceramic cooktop.
The
best
types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
If
you are used to cooking with
gas
burners or electric
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
surface units, you will notice some differences when
surface unit you have.
vou use the radiant cooktop.
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The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between radiant cooktops and any other
type
of cooktop you may have used in the past.
Type
of
Cooktop
Radiant
(Glass
Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Induction
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Description
Electric
coils
under a
glass-
ceramic cooktop.
High frequency
induction coils
under a glasi
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Flattened
metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire
suipended
over a drip pan.
Solid cast iron
disk
sealed
to
the
Cooktop
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or
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burrwri
use
either LP
gas
or natural gas.
How it Works
Heat travels
to
the
glas~
surface and then to the cookware,
so
pans must be
tlat
on the 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 if
you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made
of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
produced by a magnetic circuit
between
the coil and the pan. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings right
away.
like
a
gas
cooktop. After turning the control
off’,
the
glass
cooktop
if
hot
f’rom
the
heat
of the pan, but cooking stops right away.
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by direct contact with the pan
tind
by heating the air 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 quickly but does not change
heat
\ettings
as
quickly as gai
or
induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
continue cooking
for
a
short
time
af’ter
they
are turned
of’f.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans
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be flat on the bottom for good
cooking
results.
Heats up and
cools
down more slowly than electric coils. The
dish stays hot enough to continue cooking
after
it is turned off. Remove the pan
from the
solid
disk if
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want the cooking
to
stop.
Flames heat the pans
directlj.
Pan
flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
heat
\ettings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
SURFACE UNIT CONTROLS
At both OFF and
H1
positions, there
is
a
slight
niche
so control “clicks”
at
those positions: on the word
HI
marks the highest setting; the
lowest
setting is the
word LO. In
a
quiet kitchen you may hear
s]igh(
“clicking” sounds during cooking, indicating heat
settings selected are being maintained.
Switching heats to higher settings always shows a
quicker change than switching to lower settings.
How
to Set the Controls
1. Push the control knob in.
2. Turn either clockwise or
courtterclockwise
to the
desired
heat
setting.
The control must be pushed
in
to set only from the
OFF position. When the control is in any position
other than
OFF, it may be turned without pushing
it in.
Be
sure
you turn the control to OFF when you
finish cooking.
The surface unit ‘bon” indicator light will glow
when
AN”Y
surf”ace
unit is on.
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