HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
TO YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has a
glass ceramic
The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and
cooktop. If you are used to cooking with gas burners
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
or electric surface units, you will notice some
surface unit you have.
differences when you use the
cooktop.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between
and
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
of Cooktop
Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Electric Coil
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o
Induction
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Gas Burners
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Description
Radiant:
Electric
coils under
ceramic cooktop.
Halogen: Quartz
tube filled with
halogen gas around
a tungsten wire
heating element
under a glass
ceramic cooktop.
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
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
Heat travels to the glass surface and then the cookware, so pans must be
on the bottom
for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot
continue cooking long after it is turned off. Remove the pan from the surface unit
if you want cooking to stop.
Heats
direct contact with the pan and
heating the air under the
For
best
results, use good
coils are
forgiving
warped pans than halogen/radiant 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.
Pans must be
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 glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooking stops right
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be
on the
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
away and change
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
CONTROL
At both OFF and HI the control “clicks” into position.
(The halogen control clicks in every
In a quiet kitchen, you may hear slight “clicking”
sounds—an indication that the heat settings you
selected are being maintained.
KNOBS
Switching heats to higher settings always results
in a quicker change than switching to lower settings.
How to Set the Controls
Push
the knob in and turn in
Be
sure you turn the control knob to OFF when
either direction to the desired
you finish cooking.
heat setting.
The surface “UNIT ON” indicator light will glow
when ANY heat on any surface unit is on.
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