Using The Proper Cookware; Check Pans For Flat Bottoms; Home Canning Tips; Surface Cooking Settings - LG LRE3021ST Owner's Manual

Recommended surface cooking settings
Element Temp.
8.5-Hi
y Bring liquid to a boil
y Start cooking
5.5-8.0 y Hold a rapid boil, frying, deep fat fry
y Quickly brown or sear food
3.5-5.0
y Maintain a slow boil
Single or
y Fry or saute foods
Dual
y Cook soups, sauces and gravies
2.2-3.0 y Stew or steam food
y Simmer
LO-2.0
y Keep food warm
y Melt chocolate or butter

Home canning tips

Be sure that the canner is centered over the surface
unit and flat on the bottom.
y The base must not be more than 1 inch larger than the
element. Use of water bath canners with rippled bot-
toms may extend the time required to bring the water
to a boil and cooktops may be damaged.
y Some canners are designed with smaller bases for use
on smooth top surfaces.
y Use the high heat setting only until the water comes to
a boil or pressure is reached in the canner.
y Reduce to the lowest heat setting that maintains the
boil, or pressure. If the heat is not turned down, the
cooktop may be damaged.
Recommended Use
USiNG thE cOOktOp

USING THE PROPER COOKWARE

Using the proper cookware can prevent many problems,
such as food taking longer to cook or achieving inconsis-
tent results. Proper pans will reduce cooking times and
cook food more evenly. Stainless steel is recommended.
Check pans for flat bottoms by using
a straight edge or ruler
1. Place a ruler across the bottom of the pan.
2. Hold it up to the light.
3. No light should be visible under the ruler.
NOtE
• Do not use a small pan on a large element. Not
only does this waste energy, but it can also result
in spillovers burning onto the cooking area.
• Only use flat bottomed cookware. Do not use
cookware that is oversized or uneven such as
round bottom woks, rippled bottom cookware, or
oversized canners and griddles.
• Do not use foil or foil-type containers. Foil may
melt onto the glass. Do not use the cooktop if
metal has melted on it. Call an authorized Servicer.
Recommended
cookware
Curved, grooved, or warped
pan bottoms. Pans with
Flat bottom and
uneven bottoms do not cook
straight sides.
efficiently and sometimes may
not boil liquid.
Very thin-gauge metal or glass
Heavy-gauge pans.
pans.
Pan sizes that match the
amount of food to be Pans that are smaller or larger
prepared and the size of than the element.
the surface element.
Weight of handle does Cookware with loose or bro-
not tilt pan. Pan is well ken handles. Heavy handles
balanced. that tilt the pan.
Tight-fitting lids. Loose-fitting lids.
Woks with a ring-stand bot-
Flat bottom woks.
tom.
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Do not use