Frigidaire Gallery GCFI306CBF Use & Care Manual page 15

Pan Sensing
When the cooktop is on, the cooking zones auto-
matically detect when cookware is placed on the
zone. The control for that zone will light up, making
it easy to know which section of the control to use
for that cooking zone.
Figure 5 shows conditions that can prevent pan
detection.
If you remove a pan from an active cooking zone,
the zone will turn off after 30 seconds.
If the cooktop does not detect cookware in any
zone for 30 seconds, the whole cooktop will turn
off .
Magnet
Sticks
• Cookware base material has
good magnetic characteristics.
• Cookware centered correctly
on cooking zone.
• Flat pan bottom and straight
sides.
• Pan rests completely and is
level on the cooktop
surface.
• Pan is properly balanced.
Figure 5: Pan sensing conditions
BEFORE SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Magnet
Falls
• Cookware base material is
non-magnetic.
• Cookware not centered on
cooking zone.
• Curved or warped pan bottoms
or sides.
• Pan bottom rests on cooktop
edge.
• Heavy handle tilts pan.
Minimum and Maximum Pan Size
The cooktop graphics are guides to minimum and
maximum pan size for each cooking zone. For best
results, use cookware that matches the size of the
cooking zone.
Figure 6: Min / max pan size
The inner ring on each cooking zone indicates the
smallest pan size for the zone (Figure 6).
The outer ring on the cooktop graphic indicates the
largest pan size for that zone.
Cookware that is too small for a zone may not acti-
vate the cookware detection sensor. Cookware that
is much larger than a cooking zone will still cook,
but may be slower and uneven. If your cookware is
not a perfect match, it is best to use a zone a little
smaller than the bottom of the cookware.
Figure 7: Cookzone sizes
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