Cooking Guidelines - Haier HCG604W Installation Instructions And User Manual

Cooking guidelines

Important!
Never leave the cooktop unattended when in use. Boilover causes smoking and greasy spills that
may ignite.
Take care when deep-frying: oil or fat can overheat very quickly, particularly on a high setting.
Start cooking on a high setting. When food comes to the boil, reduce the setting and maintain a
steady heat to cook your food thoroughly. Doing this will reduce the cooking time.
Using a lid will reduce cooking times through retaining the heat.
Minimise the amount of liquid to reduce cooking times.
Cookware
Use saucepans with thick flat bases. Food in a saucepan with an uneven base will take longer to
cook.
Do not let large saucepans or frying pans overlap the bench, as this can deflect heat onto your
benchtop and damage its surface.
Always make sure saucepans are stable. Using very heavy saucepans may bend the pan supports
or deflect the flame.
Make sure the size of the pan matches the size of the burner. A small pot on a large burner is not
efficient. The following table shows the minimum and maximum saucepan base diameters that
may be used on each burner:
Small pan support
This pan support is to be placed on the
right front burner when using a small diameter
pan, in order to prevent it from tipping over.
Model and burner
Auxiliary (right front)
Semi-rapid (left & right rear)
Triple-ring wok (left front)
* 6 cm if the small pan support is used
Using your cooktop
Minimum Diameter
12 cm*
16 cm
24 cm
Fig.20
Fig. 21 Small pan support
Maximum Diameter
14 cm
20 cm
28 cm
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