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new cooktop 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.
you use the radiant cooktop.
Type of Cooktop
Radiant
(Glass Ceramic)
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Gas Burners
Description
Electric coils
under a
glass-
ceramic cooktop.
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
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.
How it Works
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
giass
cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.
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
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Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans
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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
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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.
SURFACE CONTROLS
At both OFF and HI positions, there is a slight niche
Switching heats to higher settings always shows a
so control “clicks” at those positions; the word HI
quicker change than switching to lower settings.
marks the highest setting; the lowest setting is the
word LO. In a quiet kitchen you may hear slight
“clicking” sounds during cooking, indicating heat
settings selected are being maintained.
How
to
Set the Controls
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1. Push the control knob in. Be sure you turn the control knob
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2. Turn either clockwise or
to OFF when you finish cooking.
counterclockwise to the desired
The surface unit “on” indicator
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heat setting.
light will glow when ANY
The control must be pushed in to
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surface unit is on.
set only from the
OFF position.
When the control is in any
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position other than OFF, it may
be turned without pushing it in.
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