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To achieve optimum cooking performance, use heavy gauge, flat, smooth bottom
cookpots that conform to the diameter of the radiant element (no more than one inch
overhang). Proper cookpots will minimize cooking times, use less electricity, cook food
more evenly and require less water or oil.
Cookpots with thin, uneven bottoms do not adequately conduct heat from the radiant
element to the food inthe cookpots which results in hot spots, burned or underdone food.
Using bad cookpots also requires more water, time, and energy to cook food.
• Select heavy gauge cookpots. Usually heavy gauge cookpots will not change
shape when heated.
• Use cookpots with flat, smooth bottoms. The two ways to determine ifcookpots
have a flat, smooth bottom are the ruler test and the cooking test.
Ruler Test:
1. Place the edge of ruler across the /_ "_-...._
bottom of the pot.
2. Hold up to the light. I._._,,,, ,,, __
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 element. Turn control to the Hi setting.
3. Observe the bubble formation to determine the heat distribution. If the
bubbles are uniform across the eookpot, the cookpot will perform satisfac-
torily. Ifthe bubbles are not uniform, the bubbleswill indicatethe hot spots.
• Match the size of the cookpot to the size of the element. Ideally, the cookpot
will be the same size or slightly larger.
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