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The hobs have been provided with radiant electric
heaters. These heaters are incorporated under the
surface of the hob as zones which redden while they
are in use.
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Cooking area (
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B.
A lights which indicate
whether the corresponding
heaters are at a temperature
in excess of 60° C; even if
the hob/zone has been
switched off.
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radiant heating elements
are composed of
circular heating elements. They only become red
after being turned on for 10-20 seconds.
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To obtain the best results from your hob, there are
some basic rules to follow when cooking or
preparing food.
•
All types of pots and pans may be used on the
ceramic glass cooktop. However, the bottom
surface must be perfectly flat. Naturally, the
thicker the bottom of the pot or pan, the more
uniformly the heat is distributed.
•
Make sure that the base of the pan completely
covers the cooking ring, so as to make full use of
the heat produced
•
Always make sure that the pan base is always dry
and clean so as to guarantee proper contact as
well as longer-lasting pans and the long life-span
of the hob.
•
Do not use the same pans which are used for
cooking on gas burners. The heat strength of gas
burners may deform the pan base and will not
give the same results if it is subsequently used
on a glazed ceramic hob.
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knobs
The cookers may be equipped with standard, fast
and automatic electric plates in various combinations
(the fast plates distinguished from the others by a
red dot in the centre, the automatic ones by a round
aluminium disk at the centre.
To avoid heat dispersion and damage to the plates,
recommend using cooking vessels with flat bottoms
in diameters which are not smaller than the plate
diameter.
Table shows the correspondence between the
position indicated on the knobs and the use for
which the plates advised.
Setting
Normal or Fast Plate
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Off
1
Cooking vegetables, fish
2
Cooking potatoes (using steam) soups,
chickpeas, beans.
3
Continuing the cooking of large quantities of
food, minestrone
4
For roasting (average)
5
For roasting (above average)
6
For browning and reaching a boil in a short
time.
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This lights up when an electric plate is turned on.
