Cooking
for Using Heat Settings
HI—Used begin cooking to bring water
boil. Reduce heat setting after water
Medium
halfway between HI and
MED) Maintains fast boil
large amounts of food,
and brown; keeps food medium
boil or simmer.
Medium Low—(Setting halfway between MED and
LO) Cook
starting at HI; cooks with little water
in
pan.
LO—Used for long
cooking
to
tenderize and develop flavors. Use this setting to melt
butter and chocolate or to
NOTE: The surface unit ‘on” indicator light may
glow between LO and OFF, but there is
power
to the surface units.
OFF
LO
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.
Medium
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/
–
Medium
Low / ,
\
High
MED
Light over the Surface Units
some models)
The switch must
pushed,
for several seconds and released for
the light to come on.
SURFACE COOKWARE TIPS
Cookware
Use medium- or heavy-weight cookware.
RIGHT
cookware conducts heat faster than other metals.
Cast-iron and coated cast-iron cookware are slow
to absorb heat, but generally cook evenly at low to
heat settings. Steel pans
cook unevenly
if not combined with other metals.
For best cooking results pans should
on the
bottom. Match the size
the saucepan to the size
Not over 1 inch
the surface unit.
pan
not
over
the
of the surface unit more than 1 inch.
WRONG
Over 1
Deep Fat
.
not overfill cookware
that
may
adding food.
Frosty foods
vigorously. Watch food
at high temperatures.
Keep the range
hood
from
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