An inductioncooktoprespondslike a gas cooktop,quick to heat and instant response when turned off. The cookingareas are identifiedby circles on the glass-ceramic cooktop. When an element is turned ON, the inductioncoilslocated under the glass create a magneticfield. When a ferromagneticpot at least 4" in diameteris placed on the element, the pot gets hot, � Place the cook, on the cookingarea before turningon the controls. pot � DO NOT HEAT AN EMPTY COOKPOT OR SKILLET. � Since inductioncookingis fast, start cookingat the recommendedsetting. For instancewhenpanfrying,startcookingat a mediumsetting. Do notpreheata skillet at a higher setting. Since the skillet beginsto heat immediately with induction, food could be burned before the control setting was lowered. � If a food starts to boil over, reduce the control setting. The induction elements will respond instantly. IMPORTANT � � � � Do NOT use copper cookware. Do NOT allowpotsto boildry. Do NOT heat an empty skillet. Slowlyheat and cool porcelainpots. Rapidchanges in temperaturemay cause crazing of the porcelainfinish.
Each induction cookingarea has a pot sensorwhichwillcause a "beep-beep" to come on when: � no cookpot is sitting on the cooking area which was turned on. � element was turned on and cookpot is made from a nonmagnetic material (see cookware section for examples). � cookpot is removed from the element without turning off the control. � size of the cookpot is less than 4 inches in diameter and control was turned on.
