Using Your Induction Hob
Cooking with your induction hob
Do not leave an empty pan on a heating zone.
Pans should be placed in the centre of the heating zone.
Never heat up a sealed tin of food, as it may explode.
After use, please ensure that you switch the
appliance off. Do not rely on the pan detector.
When you use a pan with a non-stick coating (eg;
Teflon) with little or no fat, heat the pan first for a
moment on setting
6
or
7
.
We recommend that you do not put metal cooking
utensils, cutlery, knives or other metal objects on the
hob, as they could become hot if they are near a
cooking area which is in use.
It is perfectly possible to use a pan with a smaller
diameter than that of the ring marked on the
vitro-ceramic glass (note that we recommend a minimum
5” pan base diameter); there will be no loss of energy as
is the case with conventional cookers (electricity and
gas).
Nothing should ever be left lying on the hob.
Do not
use the hotplate surface for storage.
Lift pans onto and off the hob, rather than sliding them
across the surface, to avoid marks and scratches.
As soon as the water boils, turn the cooking zones down
to a lower setting; this will help prevent pans boiling
over.
Do not
use the vitro-ceramic glass surface as a work
surface or chopping board, as it will damage it, and if
any plastic utensils come into contact with a warm hob,
they may melt onto it.
As pans are on a smooth surface, they will move easily
if knocked accidentally; turning pan handles so they are
not overhanging the edge of the hob, will help prevent
this happening and keep them out of the reach of
children.
Be careful when cooking foods in salted water, or
foods containing large amounts of sugar or syrup
,
if they are spilt onto hot areas of the hob they may dam-
age the glass.
Wipe any spillage as soon as possible.
Use pans which are large enough to avoid overflows
onto the ceramic glass hob surface.
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