Selecting Surface Cooking Utensils; Specialty Pans& Trivets - Frigidaire PGLEF385CQ3 Use & Care Manual

Selecting Surface Cooking Utensils
For best results and energy conservation, choose cooking utensils that have these characteristics:
Pans should have flat bottoms that make
good contact with the entire surface ele-
ment. Check for flatness by rotating a ruler
across the bottom. There should be no
gaps between the pan and ruler.
Note: Always use a utensil for its intended
purpose. Follow manufacturer's instruc-
tions. Some utensils were not made to be
used in the oven or on the cooktop.
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• Flat bottom and straight sides.
• Tight fitting lids.
• Weight of handle does not tilt pan. Pan
is well balanced.
• Pansizesmatch the amount of food to
be prepared and the size of the surface
element.
• Made of material that conducts heat
well.
• Easy to clean.
* Specialty pans such as lobster pots, griddles
and pressure cookers may be used but must
conform to the above recommended cook-
ware requirements.
POOR
• Curved and warped pan bottoms.
• Panoverhangsunit by more than 2.5
cm (1").
• Heavy handle tilts pan.
• Pan is smaller than element.
Specialty Pans & Trivets
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Weks with flat bottoms suitable for
use on your cooktop are available in
most cookshop or hardware stores.
Round-bottomed woks (with a sup-
port ring that does not extend be-
yond the heating element) may also
be used. The metal ring was de-
signed to support the wok safely
when it is filled with large amounts
of liquids (soup making) or fat (fry-
ing).
DO NOT use two
elements (if the cooktop is not
equipped with bridge element) to
heat one large pan such as a roaster
or griddle, or allow cooking utensils
to boil dry. The bottom surface of
the pan in either of these situations
could cause discoloring or crazing of
the porcelain enamel range surface,
and damage to the surface elements
and/or damage to the drip pans (if
equipped).
Wire trivets; Do not use wire triv-
ets. Cookware bottoms must be in
direct contact with the surface ele-
ments.
DO NOT use a wok if it is equipped with
a metal ring that extends beyond the
surface element. Because this ring traps
heat, the surface element and cooktop
surface could be damaged.
For glass smoothtop models, only flat
bottomed woks (without support rings)
may be used.