Cooktop Hints - Westinghouse PON663 Owner's Manual

U S I N G Y O U R C O O K T O P
C o o k i n g H i n t s
Bringing liquids to the boil
Using retained heat
Turning to higher settings
Turning to lower settings
Cooking too fast
D e a l i n g w i t h c o o k t o p p r o b l e m s
Problem
Heating elements not
working
Benchtop becoming
too hot and/or
beginning to discolour
Food taking too long
to cook
Cannot simmer food
Elements giving off
smoke or odours when
first used
Glass surface becomes
milky white when pot
removed
Use a high setting.
Before the liquid begins to boil, turn to a lower setting.
This will stop the liquid from boiling over.
Cooking areas will stay hot after they are turned off.
Turn the cooking area off before cooking is finished and
use retained heat to finish cooking.
If the pot does not have a lid, use a higher setting.
If the pot has a lid, then use a lower setting.
Use a lower setting for foods which will easily burn eg
milk, white sauce.
If food is cooking too fast, take the pot off the cooktop.
Turn the knob to a lower setting.
Let the cooking area cool down and replace the pot.
Possible cause
1 Power not switched on
2 Controls incorrectly set
3 Household fuse blown
If the fuse continues to blow,
contact the Service Centre
1 Wrong type of cooking pot
2 Pot may overhang cooktop
3 Pot is too large
1 Pot base is not flat
2 Pot may be off centre
3 Need to use larger element
4 Using a round based wok
5 Controls are incorrectly set
1 Control set too high
2 Element too large
Protective oils being removed
in first cooking
Base of pot is concave
What to do
• Check cooktop is plugged in and power
is on
• Check correct knob turned for element
• Replace household fuse
• Make sure bases are not concave
• Place pot on centre of element so that
it does not overhang
• Use a smaller pot
• Make sure pot base is flat or slightly
convex
• Centre pot over element making sure it
does not overhang the cooktop
• Move pot to a larger element
• Use a flat based wok on electric
cooktops
• Check control is correct
• Check setting and increase setting
• Turn control to lower setting
• Use a smaller element
• Do not worry. This is normal
• Use a flat based pot
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