DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has either electric coil surface units
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
or a
glass ceramic cooktop. If you are
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
used to cooking with gas burners or other types of
surface unit you have.
electric cooktops, you will notice some differences
The following chart will help you to understand the
when you use electric coils or a
glass
differences between your new cooktop and any other
ceramic cooktop.
type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
of Cooktop
Electric Coil
Halogen/Radiant
(Glass Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Induction
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Gas Burners
Description
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Radiant: Electric
coils under a
ceramic cooktop.
Halogen: Quartz
tube filled with
halogen gas around
a tungsten wire
heating element
under a glass
ceramic cooktop.
High frequency
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.
Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either
gas
or natural gas.
How it Works
Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For
best cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of
pans than
or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not
change heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough
to continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be
on the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to
continue cooking long after it turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit
if you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control
off, the
cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right away.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The
disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
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