Cooking Areas - Description - Miele KM 84-2 Operating Instructions Manual

Cooking areas - Description

Cooking areas - Description
Cooking areas - diameter
The cooking areas are clearly marked
on the hob unit. Only the particular
area which has been switched on will
be heated. The rest of the hob surface
remains relatively cool.
Residual heat indicator
Each cooking area has a residual heat
indicator. When a cooking area is
switched on its residual heat indicator
lights up. It only goes out after the cook-
ing area has been switched off and this
area of the ceramic surface has
reached a temperature safe to the
touch.
Temperature limiter
All cooking areas are fitted with a tem-
perature limiter, which switches the
heating element off if the temperature
under the ceramic surface is too high.
The temperature limiter switches the
heating element on again after the tem-
perature has returned to a safe level for
the ceramic material.
The temperature limiter mainly reacts
. . . when unsuitable cooking utensils
are used e.g. saucepans with uneven
bases or which are too small.
. . . when cooking areas are used with-
out a saucepan.
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The temperature limiter can also be
activated . . .
. . . even when the utensils are suitable.
The reason for this could be light col-
oured saucepan bases (heat reflec-
tion), bad transfer of heat from sauce-
pan base to foodstuff (saucepans with
bases which store heat) etc.
Important note
Whilst the ceramic cooking areas are
heating up, a "humming" noise may
be noticed. This is caused by magneti-
zation of the heating filaments. As the
cooking areas heat up, the humming
noise diminishes and finally ceases
altogether.
For halogen cooking areas only:
The radiant elements work together
with the halogen lamps. This gives a
quicker heat transfer to the pan base,
resulting in a shorter heating-up period.