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Selecting typesof cookware,
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The foflowing information will help you choose cookware which will give good performance on glass cooktops.
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Check pans for flat bottoms by using
a straight edge.
Stainless Steel'.
recommended
Aluminum:
heavy weight recommended
Good
conductivity.
Muminun/residues
sometimes
appear
as scratches
on the
cooktop,
but
can be removed
if cleaned
immediately:
Beca use of its low melting
point,
thin-weight
almninmn
should
not
be used.
CopperBottom:
recommended
Copper
may leave
residues
which
('_i1
appear
as scratches.
The
residues
can be
removed,
as long
as the
cooktop
is cleaned
immediateh'.
However;
do not let these
pots
boil (hT: Overheated
metal
can bond
to
glass cooktops.
An overheated
COl)per
bottom
pot will leave
a residue
that
will
i)em_anently
stain
tile cooktop
if not
removed
immediately,
Glass-ceramic:
usable, but not recommended
Poor
i)ei_fbrmance.
Ma) scratch
tile
StlI'li_('e,
Stoneware:
usable, but not recommended
Poor
pex_Ibm/ance.
]Via) scratch
tile sm'fi_ce.
Home CanningTips:
Be sm'e
tile canner
is centered
oxer
tile
sm'lhce
tmit.
Make sm'e tile canner
is fiat on tile bottom.
Use redpes
and
procedm'es
fl'om
reputable
sources.
These
are
available
fl'Olll
inanttfilcturei_
such
as Ball '_and
Kerr >and
the
Department
of Agricultm'e
Extension
Se_Mce,
To pi'e'_ent
b/IFns
t1"oi11
steaIll
oi" heat,
rise
caution
when
camfing
Pans with rounded, curved, ridged
or warped bottoms are not
recommended.
Porcelain Enamel CoveredCastIron:
recommended
_
long
as tile cookware
is covered
completely
with
porcelain
enamel,
this
cookware
is recolmnelMed.
Caution
is
i'eCOllli/lended
f()i" cast-iron
cookware
that
is not
completely
covered
with
smooth
porcelain
enamel,
as it may
scratch
the
glass-ceramic
cooktop.
The foflowing information will help you choose cookware which will give good performance on coil cooktops.
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Not ever I inch
Surface Cookware Tips
Use medimn-
or hea\):-weight
cookware.
a]tli/lilltllll
cookware
conchlcts
heat
fhster
than
other
metals.
Cast-ir(m
and
coated
cast-ii'on
cookware
are slow to absorb
heat,
but
generally cook
evenh'
at low to medimn
heat
settings.
Steel
pans
may cook
tmevenlv
if not
combined
with
other
metals.
I?or best cooking
results, pans should
be
fiat on tile bottom.
Match
tile size of tile
saucei)an
to tile size of the sm_Ii_ce trait.
The pan should
not extend
over the edge
ot the sm]i_ce trait more
than 1 inch.
Wok Cooking
Werecommend t hat youuseonlya flat-bottomed
wok.They areavailable atyour localretailstore.
Do not
rise WO]CSthat
have
support tings.
Use of these
types
ot woks,
with
or without
the
ring
in place,
can be dangerous.
Placing tile ring over tile sm]hce
trait Mll
cause a buildu I) ot heat that will damage
tile porcelain
cooktop.
Do not try m use
such woks without
tile ring. _)u could be
seriously
bm'ned
if the wok tips ove_:
Use only flat-bottomed woks.
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