Cooking Utensils - Jenn-Air CCS446 Use And Care Manual

Cooking Utensils
To achieve optimum cooking performance, use heavy gauge, flat, smooth bottom
utensils that conform to the diameter of the solid element (no more than one inch
overhang). Proper utensils will minimize cooking times, use less electricity, cook food
more evenly and require less water or oil.
Utensils with thin, uneven bottoms do not adequately conduct heat from the solid
element to the food in the utensil which result in hot spots, burned or underdone food.
Using bad utensils also requires more water, time, and energy to cook food.
Selecting Proper Cooking Utensils
• Select heavy gauge utensils. Usually heavy gauge utensils will not change shape
when heated.
• Use utensils with flat, smooth bottoms. The two ways to determine if utensils have
a flat, smooth bottom are the ruler test and the cooking test.
Ruler T_s/:
1. Place the edge of a ruler across
the bottom of the pan.
2. Hold up to the light.
3. No light should be visible under
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1. Put 1 inch of water into the utensil.
2. Place utensil on the solid ele-
ment. Turn control to the HI
setting.
3. Observe the bubble formation to
determine the heat distribution.
If the bubbles are uniform across
the utensil, the utensil will per-
form satisfactorily. If the bubbles
are not uniform, the bubbles will
indicate the hot spots.
• Match the size of the utensil to the size of the element. Ideally, the utensil will be the
same size or slightly larger.
• Do not use a small pan on a large element. Not only can this cause the element to
require more energy and time, but can also result in spillovers burning onto the
element resulting in a cleaning chore.