3. Never leave oil or fat unattended during the heating or cooking period.
4. Never try to fry too much food at a time, especially frozen food. This only lowers
the temperature of the oil or fat too much, resulting in greasy food.
5. Always dry food thoroughly before frying, and lower it slowly into the hot oil or fat.
Frozen foods, in particular, will cause frothing and spitting, if added to quickly.
6. Never heat fat, or fry, with a lid on the pan.
7. Keep the outside of the pan clean and free from streaks of oil or fat.
Never:
Use gauze, metal pan diffusers, asbestos mats and stands e.g. Wok stands -
they can overheat
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Use utensils with skirts or rims e.g. buckets and some
kettles. Use badly dented or distorted pans. Leave an element switched on when
not cooking. Cook food directly on the ceramic glass. Drag or slide utensils, along
the hob surface.
Use good quality flat-based cookware on all electric heat sources.
Always ensure pans have clean, dry bases before use. Ensure pans match size of
heating area. Remember good quality pans retain heat well, so generally only a low
or medium heat is necessary. Ensure pan handles are positioned safely and away
from heat sources. Always lift pans, do not drag. Always use pan lids except when
frying. Deal with spillages immediately but with care.
Do not
1.
Cook directly on the hob surface without a cooking utensil, as this will result in
damage to the surface of the hob.
2.
Use the hob as a worktop surface as damage may occur to the smooth
surface of the hob.
3.
Drag or slide utensils on the hob surface, as this will cause scratches in the
surface of the hob allow a cooking utensil to come into contact with the hob
surround.
4.
Leave any utensils, food or combustible items on the hob when it is not in use.
5.
Place aluminium or plastic foil or plastic containers on the hob leave the
hotplates or cooking areas switched unless they are being used. We
recommend not placing large preserving pans or fish kettles across two
heating areas.
6
Leave utensils partly covering the heated areas. Always ensure that they are
placed centrally over the heated areas and have the same diameter as the
heating area used.
7.
We recommend not using a utensil with a base diameter greater than cm.
8.
Pressure cookers or other large pans should be used on the front cooking
areas.
9.
Always ensure that saucepan handles are positioned safely.
10.
Use utensils with rough bases.
11.
Use lightweight utensils with thin, distorted or uneven bases.
12.
Use lightweight enamelled steel utensils
13.
Use cast iron utensils.
14.
Use utensils with recessed, scrolled or ridged bases.
15.
Use a utensil which has a base concavity greater than 1mm as this will reduce
the performance of the hob.
16.
Use a utensil with a convex base.
17.
Use glass ceramic utensils.
18.
The oven temperature setting knob can only be rotated clockwise from the
OFF position.
19.
Turn oven function control knob to select the cooking function meanwhile turn
the timer (for the model with timer) to set the cooking time you want Then turn
oven temperature control clockwise to the required oven temperature The red
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