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HOW DOES THISCOOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop may have one of several types
The following chart
of cooking surface units. You will notice some
differences between
differences when you use each one.
type of cooktop you
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
surface unit you have.
~pe of Cooktop
Electric Coil
e
Halogen/Radiant
(Glass Ceramic)
Cooktop
o
Induction
Solid Disk
o
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Gas Burners
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Description
Flattenedmetal
tubingcontaining
electricresistance
wiresuspended
overa drippan.
Radiant: Electric
coilsundera glass-
ceramiccooktop.
Halogen: Quartz
tubefilledwith
halogengasaround
a tungstenwire
heatingelement
undera glass
ceramiccooktop.
Highfrequency
inductioncoils
undera glass
surface.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
R@~ or sealed
gas burners use
either LPgas
ornaturalgas.
will help you to understand the
your new cooktop and any other
may have used in the past.
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 halogenhadiant 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 long 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 pti, 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 weli baianced. 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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