Jenn-Air CVE407 Use And Care Manual page 5

Cooking Procedures
For best results, always use recommended cookware. Different cookpots and different
amounts of food being prepared wJlJ influencethe control settingsneeded for best results.
For fastest cooking, start with the surface control on Hi for one minute; then turn the
control to the lower desired setting. Covering pans, whenever possible, speeds cooking
and is more energy efficient.
Do not allow pans to boil dry as this could damage both the cooktop and the pan.
Selecting Proper Cookware
• Select cookware with flat bottoms. Flat bottom pans are the fastest and best
conductors of heat and provide the most consistent and satisfactory results. The
entire bottom of the pan should touch the heating element evenly. Avoid using
pans with convex, concave or irregular bottoms. A pan which is not flat receives
the most heat at the point of contact, which causes "hot spots" and uneven heat
distribution. Hot spots can result in scorching or burning of the food. Uneven heat
distribution slows the cooking process and wastes energy.
• To determine if pan is flat, lay a straight edge ruler against the bottom.
• Do not use a pan with a turned down flange around the bottom or a ripple bottom.
• Do not use wire trivets or any kind of heat retarding pad between the pan and
element. Reduce the control setting instead.
• Special cooking equipment without flat bottoms, such as the Oriental wok, should
not be used on the cooktop. Only use the Jenn-Air wok accessory, Model A 141A,
on the cooktop. It has a special heating element designed to eliminate problems
associated with using traditional round bottom woks on the conventional coil
element, such as shortening the life of the heating element.
• Do not use a pans that extend morethan 1 inch on either side of the element. Use
the correct size pan for the size of the heating element. (See exceptions for
canners and stockpots below.)
• Large stockpots and canners should be used with Jenn-Air's "Big-pot" canning
element only (Model A145A). The use of large pans on the large element on Hi
for extended periods of time can cause damage to the cooktop, shorten the life of
the element, as well as trap excess heat inside the cooktop.
NOTE: CCE407 OWNERS: Sustained trapped heat can cause the large ele-
mentsto cycle off. Elementswill cycle back on after
the cooktop has cooled down.
CVE407 OWNERS: Sustained trapped heat can cause the downdraft
fan to cycle on. Downdraft fan will cycle off after the
cooktop has cooled down.
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