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Solid elements
stay hot for a long time. Do not use the HI setting
for long
periods
of time or leave
pans on hot elements
when cooking
is done.
Burned
food and damage
to the cookware
could
result.
Solid Element Surface Units
Before placing
a pan on solid element
surface units for the first time, heat on HI
setting for five minutes. The surface units will give off smoke as the protective
coating,
applied
at the factory, finishes bonding
to the surface.
Solid element
surface units are made
of heavy
cast-iron
to provide
even cook-
ing. Each surface unit has a built-in protective
limiter as a safety feature. The lim-
iter senses uneven
cooking
temperatures
and automatically
reduces
the heat
level. The limiter will sense uneven
heat when a pan boils dry or when a pan
is removed
and the surface unit is left on. The heat level may also be reduced
automatically
if the bottom of the pan is not flat or if the pan is too large or
too small for the element.
This will result in longer cooking
times.
Solid elements
hold heat longer than conventional
surface units. For best
cooking
results, use a high setting for only a very short period
of time. Then use
a lower setting to complete
the cooking.
You may want to turn the solid
element
surface unit OFF a few minutes before you finish cooking.
Cookware
Pans should be the same size or larger than the surface unit to prevent
boil-
overs and hot handles.
Use only flat-bottomed
utensils. Flat bottoms allow maximum
contact
between
the pans and surface units for fast, even cooking.
Pans with uneven
bottoms or
with raised patterns
on the bottoms are not suitable.
Do not use trivets,
woks
with skirts, or canners
with concave
or ridged
bottoms.
To check
your cookware
for flatness, place
a straight-edge
across the bottom
of each piece.
Move the straight-edge
around.
If light shows anywhere
be-
tween the pan and the straight-edge,
the pan is not flat. Do not use it.
See the Cooking
Guide for additional
cookware
information.
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