Notes on the use on hobs
(both ceramic and enclosed hot-
plates)
Before switching on, place a saucepan
containing water or food to be cooked
on the hotplate or cooking area. This
prevents unnecessary use of energy or
the hotplates warping or burning them-
selves out.
Before starting to cook, make sure that
the hotplates or cooking areas and the
base of saucepan are clean and dry.
This saves extra cleaning later on.
Additional notes for ceramic hobs
Take care before starting to cook
that there is no grit or sand on the
surface of the hob.
This would scratch the surface, espe-
cially if a pan was pushed across.
Do not use any pots or pans where
the base has ridges, a pronounced
edge or is poorly enamelled.
These could also cause scratches.
Do not push roasting tins or baking
trays etc across the ceramic sur-
face. Scratches could occur.
Aluminium or stainless steel pans
with aluminium bases can leave
marks with a metallic sheen on the
ceramic surface. Clean these away
at the earliest opportunity, (see Sec-
tion on Cleaning and Care).
Never leave boiled-over sugar or sy-
rups, plastic items or aluminium foil
on the hob. If this does happen,
switch the cooking zones off and
while the hob is still warm scrape
the sugar, plastic and aluminium re-
mians from the hob with a shielded
scraper blade, taking care not to
burn yourself.
If these residues are allowed to cool be-
fore the hob surface has been cleaned,
the ceramic surface will be susceptible
to pitting or even cracking.
Additional notes for enclosed hot-
plates
Do not lay anything wet or damp
across the hotplates.
If this does however happen, wipe the
hotplate clean and switch on briefly to
dry. This is necessary to avoid corro-
sion.
Hobs - use
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