Using The Hob,16 - Indesit KN3E11/I Operating Instructions Manual

Using the electric hob
Practical advice on using the electric
GB
hotplates
To avoid heat loss and damage to the hotplates use
pans with a flat base, whose diameter is no less than
that of the hotplate itself.
! Before using the hotplates for the first time, you
should heat them at maximum temperature for
approximately 4 minutes, without placing any pans on
them. During this initial stage, their protective coating
hardens and reaches its maximum resistance.
Setting Normal or Fast Plate
0 Off
1 Cooking vegetables, fish
Cooking potatoes (using steam) soups,
2
chickpeas, beans.
Continuing the cooking of large quantities
3
of food, minestrone
4 For roasting (average)
5 For roasting (above average)
For browning and reaching a boil in a
6
short time.
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Practical advice on using the hob
• Use pans with a thick, flat base to ensure that they
adhere perfectly to the cooking zone.
• Always use pans with a diameter that is large
enough to cover the hotplate fully, in order to use all
the heat produced.
• Always make sure that the base of the pan is
completely clean and dry: this ensures that the pans
adhere perfectly to the cooking zones and that both
the pans and the hob remain effective for a longer
period of time.
• Avoid using the same cookware that is used on gas
burners: the heat concentration on gas burners may
have warped the base of the pan, causing it not to
adhere to the surface correctly.
• Never leave a cooking zone switched on without a
pan on top of it, as doing so may cause the zone to
become damaged.