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Operations
Operations
Recommended settings
The power levels in the table below are guidelines. The power settings required
for various cooking methods depend on a number of variables, including the
quality of the cookware being used and the type and amount of food being
cooked.
SETTING TYPE OF COOKING
HIGH
• Starting most foods
• Bringing water to a boil
• Quickly searing meat
• Pan boiling
MEDIUM HIGH
• Continuing a rapid boil
• Deep fat frying, pan frying, stir frying
MEDIUM
• Maintaining a slow boil
• Thickening sauces and gravies
• Steaming vegetables
MEDIUM LOW • Keeping foods cooking, poaching, stewing
LOW
• Melting chocolate or butter
• Keeping foods warm
• Simmering
NOTE
• The power settings indicated in the table above are provided only as
guidelines for your reference.
• You will need to adjust the power settings according to the cookware you are
using and the food you are cooking.
Using the proper cookware
Using the right cookware can prevent many problems, such as uneven cooking or
extended cooking times. Using the proper pots and pans will reduce cooking times
and cook food more evenly.
Check for atness by rotating a ruler across
the bottom of the cookware.
CORRECT INCORRECT
Flat bottom and straight sides.
• Tight tting lids.
• Weight of handle does not tilt pan.
• Pan is well balanced.
• Pan size matches the amount of
food to be prepared and the size of
the surface element.
• Made of a material that conducts
heat well.
Always match pot diameter to element
surface diameter.
Curved and warped pan bottoms.
Pan overhangs element by more than
one-half inch.
Pan is smaller than element.
Heavy handle tilts pan.
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