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Getting the Most Out of Your Cooktop
Cooktop Cooking Guide
Boiling Water
Time to boil can vary greatly depending on environmental
conditions. Try the following tips to decrease boil time:
• Use a lid.
• Use a pan that is appropriately sized for the amount of
water and the size of the element.
• Select a pan with a flat base (See “Cookware Selection
Guide” in the next column for details).
• Choose a medium-weight pan (rather than a heavy-
weight one).
• Make sure that the pan is positioned so that the entire
base is in contact with the burner grate.
• Start with water that is already warm.
• Boil the smallest amount of water necessary. Smaller
volumes will boil faster than larger volumes.
Recommended Settings
Use this chart as a guide for heat settings. A range of heat
settings are listed because the actual setting depends on:
• type and quality of pan (See “Cookware Selection
Guide”),
• type, quantity and temperature of the food,
• element used and
• the cook’s preference.
Cookware Selection Guide
Cookware Characteristics
• Aluminum or copper bottomed pans conduct heat
evenly.
• Steel pans, if not combined with other metals, may
cook unevenly.
• Cast-iron cookware absorbs heat slowly and cooks
more evenly at low-to-medium settings.
• Flat, heavy bottom pans provide even heat and
stability.
• DO NOT USE pans that are thin, warped, dented or
ridged as they heat unevenly.
Tight Fitting Lids – A lid shortens cooking/boiling time by
holding heat inside the pot.
Cookware Tips
• Use of pots and pans with rounded (either concave or
convex) warped or dented bottoms should be avoided.
• Make sure the bottom of the pot or pan being used is
clean and dry.
• Use pots and pans with thick, smooth metal bottoms.
Specialty Pans
Uses Heat Setting
Bringing water to a boil High
Pan frying, sauteing,
browning meat, deep fat
frying
Medium High
Most frying, eggs,
pancakes, slow boil
Medium
Finish cooking covered
foods, steaming
Medium Low
Melting chocolate and
butter, simmering tomato
sauces, soups, stews
Low
Pan Bottom Diameter
• The flame should be
the same size as the
bottom of the pan or
smaller. Do not use
small pans with high
flame settings as the
flames can lick up the
sides of the pan.
• Oversize pans that
span two burners are
placed front to back,
not side to side.
• For best cooking
results, large pans
should not extend over
the sides of the grates.
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