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To Receive Maximum
Performance
fromYour
Solid Element
• For cooking, the use of appropriate
utensils is important.
• Good utensils have a thick, fiat
bottom which absorbs the heat from
the element. The thick, fiat bottom
provides good heat distribution
from the element to the food. This
cooking process requires little
water, fat and electricity.
• Utensils with thin, uneven
bottoms do not adequately utilize
the heat coming fiom the element.
The food to be cooked may burn and
require more time aud electricity.
_bu would also have to add more
iht or water.
• Use only pans of good quality
on the solid elements. They should
have a stable bottom, slightly concave
towards the center,
just
enough
so that the bottom of the pan has
the greatest possible contact with
_he solid element during heating
operation.
This results in the
optinmm use of energy. Pans
with uneven bottoms
are not
suitable.
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• Evenness of the pan bottom can
be checked by a rule or the straight
edge of a table.
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• Don't use pans with rounded
bottoms. They don't have enough
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with the solid element
to
cook properly.
• Use pans of the correct diameter
only. They should be slightly larger
than the solid element so spillovers
will flow onto the cooktop and not
bake onto the element. A damp
cloth is sufficient to remove the
spill. Paus should
not overhaug
more than 1 inch over the element.
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• To optimize cooking time and
energy usage, you should use a
pau that is sized correctly
ii_r the
cooking process, with a well-fitted
lid to avoid evaporation
loss and
cook with as little water or fat as
possible. If the pan is too small,
energy is wasted aud spillage can
flow onto the solid element.
• Place only dry paus on the solid
element. Do not place lids on the
solid element, particularly
wet lids.
• Special
cooking procedures
that
require specific cooking utensils,
such as woks, pressure cookers,
deep fat fryers, etc., nmst have flat
bottoms, be the correct size aim
covered, if applicable to cooking
process, as identified
earlier in
this section.
• Except in pressure cooking
with water and water bath calming.
canning pots should not extend more
thau 1 inch beyond the surface of a
solid element aim should have flat
bottoms. When calming pots do not
meet this description,
the use of the
HI heat setting causes excessive
heat buildup and may result in
damage to the cooktop. See "Home
Calming Tips" section for fluther
in format ion.
To check how a pan will perform
on a solid element:
1. Put 1 inch of water into
the pau.
2. Bring water to a boil and
observe the pattern of the
bubbles as the water comes to
a boil.
3. A uniform pattern of bubbles
across the bottom of the pan
confirms a good heat transfer and
a good pot.
4. Bubbles localized
in only a
portion of the bottom indicate
uneven contact of the pau to the
element, uneven heat transfer,
and an unsuitable
pot.
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