Using Your Cooktop
Gas Cooktop
Cookware
Aluminum:
Medium-weight
cookware
is
recommended
because it heats quickly
and
evenly. Most foods brown evenly in aluminum
cookware.
Use saucepans
with tight-fitting
lids
for cooking
with minimum
amounts
of water.
Cast Iron: If heated slowly, most cookware
will
give satisfactory
results.
Enamelware:
Under some conditions,
the
enamel of some cookware
may melt. Follow
cookware
manufacturer's
recommendations
for cooking
methods.
Glass: There are two tgpes of glass cookware-
those for oven use only and those for surface
cooking
(saucepans,
coffee and teapots). Glass
conducts
heat very slowly.
Heatproof Glass-Ceramic: Can be used for
either surface or oven cooking. It conducts
heat very slowly and cools very slowly. Check
cookware manufacturer's directions to be sure
it can be used on gas cooktops.
Stainless Steel: This metal alone has poor
heating properties, and is usually combined with
copper, aluminum or other metals for improved
heat distribution. Combination metal cookware
generally works satisfactorily if it is used at
medium heat as the manufacturer recommends.
Dual-flame
spill-proof
burners
All burners on your cooktop have two rows of
flames. These dual-flame burners have a simmer
(lower) flame and a main (upper) flame.
When a burner is turned on, the simmer flame
will always light and stay on.
Simmering: The simmer (SIM)setting will use
only the lower flames. Use simmer (SIM)to melt
chocolate, hold delicate sauces or for other
foods requiring low simmer heat.
Primary Cooking: Settings from LO to HI will use
both rows of flames. Use LO to HI for all purpose
cooking.
Main Flame
SimmerFlame
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