Cooking guidelines
IMPORTANT!
Never leave the cooktop unattended when in use. Boilover causes smoking and greasy
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spills that may ignite.
Take care when deep-frying: oil or fat can overheat very quickly, particularly on a high
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setting.
Start cooking on a high setting. When food comes to the boil, reduce the setting and
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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.
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Minimise the amount of liquid or fat to reduce cooking times.
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Cookware
Use saucepans with thick flat bases. Food in a saucepan with an uneven base will take
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longer to cook.
Do not let large saucepans or frying pans overlap the bench, as this can deflect heat
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onto your benchtop and damage its surface.
Always make sure saucepans are stable. Using very heavy saucepans may bend the pan
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supports or deflect the flame.
Make sure the size of the pan matches the size of the burner. A small pot on a large
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burner is not efficient.
The following table shows the minimum and maximum saucepan base diameters that
may be used on each burner:
BURNER
Auxiliary
Semi-rapid
Rapid
Inner crown only
Wok
Inner and outter crowns
woks (with wok stand)
COOKING GUIDELINES AND COOKWARE
MINIMUM DIAMETER
12cm (6 cm with small
pan support)
16cm
24cm
12cm (6 cm with small
pan support)
26cm
n/a
MAXIMUM DIAMETER
14cm
24cm
26cm
14cm
28cm
36cm
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