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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has electric coil surface units or a
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
radiant glass cooktop. If
you are used to cooking with
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
gas burners or other types
of electric cooktops.
YOU
surface unit you have.
will notice some differences when you use electric
The following chart will help you to understand the
coils or a radiant glass cooktop.
differences between electric coil surface units and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
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Type
of
Cooktop
Electric Coil
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Radiant
(Glass Cooktop)
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Induction
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Solid Disk
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Gas Burners
Description
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Electric
coils
under a
gla~s
cooktop.
High frequency
induction coils
under
a
glass
surface.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas
burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
How It Works
Heats by direct contact with the pan and 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 settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils 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 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 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. The
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.
Flames heat 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
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
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