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Selecting Proper Cookware
• Select heavy gauge cookpots. Usually heavy gauge cookpots will not
changeshape whenheated.
• Use cookpots with flat, smooth bottoms. The twoways todetermine
ifcookpotshave a flat, smoothbottomare the rulertest and the cooking
test.
Ruler Test:
1. Place the edge of ruler across the bottom of the pot.
2. Hold up to the light.
3. No light should be visible under
the ruler.
Cooking Test: (_"'"' '
1. Put 1 inch of water into the
cookpot.
2. Place cookpot on the solid ele-
ment. Turn control to the HI
setting.
3. Observethe bubble formation todetermine the heat distribution. If
the bubbles are uniform across the cookpot, the cookpot will
perform satisfactorily. If the bubbles are not uniform,the bubbles
will indicate the hot spots.
• Match the size of the cookpot to the size of the element. Cookpot
shouldbethe same size or slightlylarger.
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Improper Cookware
• Donot usecookware that extends morethan 1inchbeyondthe edgeofthe
solid element.
• Do not use a small cookpot on a large element. Not only can this cause
the element to require more energy and time, but it can also result in
spillovers burning onto the element which cause extra effort in cleaning.
• Do not use nonflat specialty items that are oversized, uneven or do not
meet proper cookware specifications such as round bottom woks with
rings, griddles, rippled bottom canners, lobster pots, large pressure
canners, etc.