Burner Size; Cookware - Whirlpool Gas Range User Manual

IBume Size
Select a burner that best fits your cookware. See the following
illustration and chart.
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Burner Size Recommended Use
Small • Low-heat cooking
• Melting chocolate or butter
Medium • Multipurpose burner
Large • For large cookware
Large (most • For large cookware
powerful) • Most powerful burner
IMPORTANT: Do not leave empty cookware on a hot surface
cooking area, element or surface burner.
Ideal cookware should have a flat bottom, straight sides and a well-
fitting lid, and the material should be of medium-to-heaw
thickness.
Rough finishes may scratch the cooktop or coils. Aluminum and
copper may be used as a core or base in cookware. However,
when used as a base they can leave permanent marks on the
surfaces.
Cookware material is a factor in how quickly and evenly heat is
transferred, which affects cooking results. A nonstick finish has the
same characteristics as its base material. For example, aluminum
cookware with a nonstick finish will take on the properties of
aluminum.
Cookware with nonstick surfaces should not be used under the
broiler.
Check for flatness by placing the straight edge of a ruler across the
bottom of the cookware. While you rotate the ruler, no space or
light should be visible between it and the cookware.
Use the following chart as a guide for cookware material
characteristics.
COOKWARE CHARACTERISTICS
Aluminum
Cast iron
Ceramic or
Ceramic glass
Copper
Earthenware
Porcelain
enamel-on-steel
or cast iron
Stainless steel
• Heats quickly and evenly.
• Suitable for all types of cooking.
• Medium or heavy thickness is best for
most cooking tasks.
• May leave aluminum residues, which
may be diminished if cleaned
immediately after cooking.
• Heats slowly and evenly.
• Good for browning and frying.
• Maintains heat for slow cooking.
• Rough edges or burrs may scratch the
cooktop.
• Follow manufacturer's instructions.
• Heats slowly, but unevenly.
• Ideal results on Iowto medium heat
settings.
• May scratch the cooktop.
• Heats very quickly and evenly.
• May leave copper residues, which may
be diminished if cleaned immediately
after cooking
• Can leave a permanent stain or bond to
the cooktop if overheated.
• Follow manufacturer's instructions.
• Use on low heat settings.
• May scratch the cooktop.
• See stainless steel or cast iron.
• Porcelain enamel bakeware without the
metal base may bond to the cooktop if
overheated.
• Heats quickly, but unevenly.
• A core or base of aluminum or copper on
stainless steel provides even heating.
Use flat-bottomed cookware for best cooking results and energy
efficiency. The cookware should be about the same size as the
cooking area outlined on the cooktop or the coil element.
Cookware should not extend more than 1/2"(1.3 cm) beyond the
surface cooking area or element.
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