Surface Cooking - Kenmore 4121 - 36 in. Electric Cooktop Use And Care Manual

Surface Cooking
Use Proper Cookware
Cookware should have
fiat bottoms that make
good contact with the
entire surface heating
element. Check for
flatness by rotating a
ruler across the
bottom of the
cookware (See Figure
2). Be sure to follow
the recommendations
for using cookware as
shown in Figure 1.
Figure 2
Note: The size and type of cookware
used will influence the setting needed
for best cooking resuRs.
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o Fiat bottom and straight
sides.
Tight fitting lids.
o Weight of handle does not tilt
pan. Pan is well balanced.
o Pan sizes match the amount
of food to be prepared and the
size of the surface element.
o Made of material that conducts
heat well.
o Easy to dean.
Always match pot diameter to
element surface diameter.
Figure 1
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Curved and warped pan
bottoms.
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o Pan overhangs unit by more
than one-half inch.
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Pan is smaller than the
element.
Heavy handle tilts pan.
Using Woks
Woks with fiat bottoms suitable for
use on your cooktop are available in
most cookshop or hardware stores.
Wire trivets : Do not use wire triv-
ets. Cookware bottoms must be in
direct contact with the surface cook-
ing areas.
DO NOT use two surface cooking areas to heat one large pan
such as a roaster or griddle, if the pan boils dry, the bottom surface of the pan
could cause discoloring or crazing of the porcelain enamel surface, and dam-
age surface heating elements and drip pans.
DO NOT use a wok if it is equipped
with a metal ring that extends be-
yond the surface element, Because
this ring traps heat, the surface ele-
ment and cooktop surface could be
damaged.