Surface Cooking; Using Woks - Kenmore 4122 - 30 in. Electric Cooktop Use And Care Manual

Surface Cooking
Use Proper Cookware
Cookware should
have flat 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 results.
CORRECT
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• Fiat bottom and straight sides.
• Tight fitting lids.
• Weight of handle does not tilt
pan. Pan is well balanced.
Pan sizes match the amount
of food to be prepared and the
size of the surface element.
Made of material that conducts
heat well.
Easy to clean.
Always match pot diameter to
element surface diameter.
INCORRECT
Curved and warped pan bot-
toms.
÷1
Pan overhangs unit by more
than one-half inch.
Pan is smaller than the ele-
ment.
Heavy handle tilts the pan.
Figure 1
Using Woks
For ceramic glass cooktop mod-
els, use only flat bottomed woks
(without support rings).
DO NOT use a wok if
it is equipped with a metal ring that
extends beyond the surface ele-
ment. Because this ring traps heat,
the surface element and cooktop
surface could be damaged.
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 grid-
dle. If the pan boils dry, the bottom
surface of the pan could damage
the glass ceramic cooktop, cause
discoloring or crazing of a porce-
lain enamel surface, and damage
surface heating elements and drip
pans.
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