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USING YOUR RANGE
USING THE COIL ELEMENTS (CONT.)
Home canning information
To protect your range:
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Use flat-bottomed canners/pans for best results.
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Use the largest coil
element for best results.
Also, use a canner/pan
that you can center over
the coil element and that
does not extend more
than 1 inch outside
the coil element area.
Large diameter canners/
pans, if not centered
correctly, trap heat and
can cause damage to the cooktop.
•
Do not place your canner on 2 coil elements at the
same time. Too much
heat will build up and
damage the cooktop.
•
Start with hot water.
This reduces the time
the control is set on
high. Reduce the heat
setting to the lowest
position needed to
keep water boiling.
•
When canning for long periods of time, alternate
use of the coil elements between batches to allow
the coil elements to cool down, or prepare food in
small batches.
•
Keep your reflector bowls clean so that they
will always reflect heat well.
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Refer to your canner manual for specific
instructions.
Optional canning kit
Most water-bath or pressure canners have large
diameters. If you do canning with them at high
heat settings for long periods of time, you can
shorten the life of regular coil elements. This can
damage the cooktop. If you plan to use the cooktop
for canning, we recommend the installation of a
Canning Kit. Order the kit (Part No. 242905) from
your Whirlpool dealer or authorized Whirlpool service
company.
Using cookware
•
Use the correct cookware to prevent damage to
the coil element, cooktop, wiring, and surround-
ing areas.
•
If the cookware is too small for the coil element
or the bottom is not flat, the coil element could
stay glowing red for an extended length of time
causing damage to the range.
•
If you start cooking on high, it is important to
turn the control down to a lower setting to
complete cooking.
•
The coil element could overheat or be damaged
if a pot has boiled dry or has been left empty on
a hot coil element.
Pan
Coil element
Using the right cookware
makes a big difference
•
Flat bottomed cookware, including woks,
canners, and teakettles, will provide better
contact with the coil element and provide
the best cooking results.
•
Warped, dented, and ribbed-bottomed
cookware can result in uneven cooking
due to incomplete contact with the
coil element.
•
Cookware that has been designed with
slightly indented bottoms or small expan-
sion channels can be used.
•
Choose medium to heavy gauge (thick-
ness) cookware.
•
The pan material (type of metal or glass)
affects how quickly and evenly the pan
heats.