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Selecting Proper Cookware
• Select heavy gauge cookpots. Usually heavygauge cookpots will not
changeshapewhenheated,
• Use cookpots with flat, smooth bottoms. The twowaysto determine
if cookpotshavea flat, smoothbottomarethe rulertestand thecooking
test.
Ruler Test:
1. Placethe edge of ruler across the bottom of the pot.
2. Hold upto the light.
3. No light should be visible under
the ruler.
Cooking Test: ]'J'/' J' _'j '
1. Put 1 inch of water into the
cookpot.
2. Place cookpot on the solid ele-
ment. Turn control to the HI
setting.
3. Observethe bubble formation todetermine theheat distribution. If
the bubbles are uniform across the cookpot, the cookpot will
perform satisfactorily. Ifthe bubbles are not uniform, the bubbles
will indicatethe hotspots.
• Match the size ofthe cookpot to the size of the element. Ideally, the
cookpot will bethe same size or slightly larger.
Improper Cookware
• Donot usecookwarethat extendsmorethan 1inchbeyondtheedge ofthe
solid element.
• Do not usea small cookpot on a large element. Not onlycan this cause
the element to require more energy and time, but it can also result in
spillovers burning onto the element which cause extra effort in cleaning.
• Donot use nonflatspecialty itemsthat are oversized, uneven or do not
meet proper cookware specifications such as round bottom woks with
rings, griddles, rippled bottom canners, lobster pots, large pressure
canners, etc.
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