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HOW
DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
WITH YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used
to cooking with induction or other electric surface
units, you will notice some differences when you use
gas burners.
The best types of cookware to use. plus heat-up and
cool-down times, depend upon lhe type of burner or
surface unit you have.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between gas burner cooktops and any
•other type of cooktop you ,nay have used in the past.
Typeof Cooktop
(;as Burners
Radiant
((;lass Ceramic)
Cooktop
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Induction
((C)))
Electric Coil
Solid Disk
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Description
Regular or scaled
gas burners use
either LP gas
or natural gas.
Electric coils
under a glass-
How It Works
Flames heatthe pans directly. Panflatness is not criticalto cooking results, but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the panrightaway and change
heat settings n'iglltaway. When you ttlrn the toni rol off. cooking" _tops right a_:ty.
Heat travelsto the glasssurface andthentothe cookware." so pans mustbe flat on
the bottomfor g_x_dcooking" results. The glasscooktop stayshotenough to
ceramic cooklop.
High frequency
induction coils
under aglass
surface.
Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Solid castiron
disk sealedto the
cooktop surface.
continue cooking" after it is turned off. Remove the p:m Ihml the surface unit if
you want cooking to stop.
Pansmustbe madeof ferrousmetals(metalthatattractsa magnet).Heatis
producedbya magneticcircuit betweenthecoilandthepan.llcatsuprightaway
andchangesheat settingsrightaway,likeagascookmp.After Itnrningthecontrol
ofl;theglassccmktopishotI_ml the heatofthe pan,hutc(mkingstopsright away.
Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best
cooking" results, usc good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of
warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly hut does not change
heat settings as quickly asg:ts or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to "
continue cooking" for a short time alkr they arc tamed off.
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans musthc flat on the bottom forg(x_d
cooking results. Heats up and cools" down more slowly thanelectric coils. The
disk stays hot enough to continue cooking" after it isturned off. Removethepan
I_)m thesolid disk if you want the cooking" I() stop.
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