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Q. May I can foods and preserves on my solid
disk surface units?
A. Yes,
but
ody
use
mokware
designed for canning
purposes. Check the manufacturer’s instructions
and recipes for preserving foods. Be sure the
canner is flat-bottomed and fits over the center of
the solid disk surface unit. Since canning generates
large amounts of steam, be
eareti
to avoid burns
from steam or heat.
~ing
shotid ofly be done
on the surface units. Follow our recommendations
in the Home
&nning Tips section.
Q.
my
does the solid disk surface unit smoke
when I
fmt
turn it on?
A. This initial smoking is both normal and necessary.
A rust preventative is applied to each unit at the
factory. When the unit is turned on for the first
time, the coating will burn off the unit areas.
This takes approximately 5 minutes and should be
done without any
eoohare
on the surface unit.
Otherwise, the coating will stick to the cookware.
Q.
my
is the
coo~p
hot to the touch?
A. More heat is transferred to the
eooktop
by the solid
—
disk surface units than by electric
wil
units
be~use
the units are clamped
seeurely
to the
cooktop.
This, of course, eliminates
spi~overs
from getting inside the
moktop
chassis. The secret
to keeping the
cooktop
comfortably cooler is to
turn the
@oktop
on
ordy
after the cookware
and
its
contents are placed on the surface unit. More heat
will
tien
be transferred to the
mokware
and the
food rather than the
eooktop.
The
cooktop
temperature
til
not cause damage to the
wbinets,
countertops or cookware.
Q.
my
am
I
ovemooking
my food with the new
sotid
disk surface units?
A. The
solid disk surface units are very
ener~-
efficient and retain heat much longer than the
cofi
units. Food
Ml
boil or fry 3 to 5 minutes after the
controls are turned off. We recommend that you
begin rooking at lower settings than you have in
the past and
gradudly
increase or decrease heat as
desired. The energy savings are
signifi=nt.
Q.
my
does it take a long time to cook my food?
A
It doesn’t. The extra time it takes compared to the
electric
mil surface unit is measured in
seeonds,
not minutes. These few
semnds
are due to the
greater mass of the surface unit.
U
the food is
cooking slowly, it is
bemuse
the pots and pans are
warped or have an uneven bottom surface. If
flat-
bottomed pots and pans are use~ cooking
performanm
of the solid disk
surfaec
unit closely
parallels that of the electric coil unit with less
energy consumption.
Q. Can I use special cooking equipment like an
oriental
wo&
on my solid disk surface units?
A
We recommend that you use
ody
a flat-bottomed
wok. They are available at your
lod
retail store.
The bottom of the wok
shodd have the same
diameter as the surface unit to ensure proper
contact. Do not use woks that have support rings.
This type of wok
wdl
not heat on solid disk
surface units.
Q.
my
is the porcelain finish on my cookware
coming
Ow
A. If you set the solid disk surface unit on a heat
setting
higher
than required for the cookware
mate~al,
~nd
let the
c~okware
sit too long, the
cookware’s finish may smoke, crack pop or
bum depending on the pot or pan.
Aso,
woking
stil
amounts of dry food may damage the
cookare’s
finish.
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