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POWER LEVEL TABLE
Power level
Type of cooking
Level use
(indicating cooking experience and habits)
Max. power
Boost
Fast heating
Ideal for rapidly increasing the temperature of food to fast boiling in the case of water
or rapidly heating cooking liquids.
8-9
Frying - boiling
Ideal for browning, starting to cook, frying deep frozen products, fast boiling.
High power
7-8
Browning - sautéing - boiling
- grilling
Ideal for sautéing, maintaining a lively boil, cooking and grilling (for a short period
of time, 5-10 minutes).
6-7
Browning - cooking - stewing -
sautéing - grilling
Ideal for sautéing, maintaining a light boil, cooking and grilling (for a medium period
of time, 10-20 minutes), preheating accessories.
Medium power
4-5
Cooking - stewing - sautéing
- grilling
Ideal for stewing, maintaining a gentle boil, cooking (for a long period of time).
Creaming pasta.
3-4
Cooking - simmering -
thickening - creaming
Ideal for long-cooking recipes (rice, sauces, roasts, fish) with liquids (e.g. water,
wines, broth, milk), creaming pasta.
2-3
Ideal for long-cooking recipes (less than a litre in volume: rice, sauces, roasts, fish)
with liquids (e.g. water, wines, broth, milk).
Low power
1-2
Melting - defrosting - keeping
food warm - creaming
Ideal for softening butter, gently melting chocolate, thawing small products and
keeping just-cooked food warm (e.g. sauces, soups, minestrone).
Ideal for keeping just-cooked food warm, for creaming risottos and for keeping serving
dishes warm (with induction-suitable accessory).
1
OFF
Zero power
Support surface
Hob in stand-by or off mode (possible end-of-cooking residual heat, indicated by
an “H”).
NOTE:
When making quick-cook foods that require perfect heat distribution (e.g. pancakes) on the 28 cm double cooking zone (where present), use pans no greater
than 24 cm in diameter. For delicate cooking (for example, melting chocolate or butter) use the smaller diameter single zones.
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