Smeg SE62CX - Manual (Page 4)

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2.5 Choice of pots
Special-purpose electric cooking pots with a surface-ground base must be used. You may also use fireproof glass
or porcelain direct on the cooking zone provided that the base is surface-ground.
Please observe the manufacturer’s instructions.
The size of the pots should be selected in accordance with the size of the cooking zone. The diameter of the pot
may not be smaller than the diameter of the cooking zone.
Cooking and roasting in cookware that is slightly deformed and does not make full contact with the cooking zone
will take much longer, is uneconomical and can result in damage.
If cookware is unsuitable, the overheating protection device which is installed in the appliance will switch the
cooking zones off prematurely and the cooking temperature will not be reached and/or cooking will take longer.
You will cut energy consumption of you use the right pots with lids and if you remove the lids as little as possible
while cooking.
The following illustrations show how the wrong choice of pots will result in unnecessary losses of energy.
right wrong wrong wrong
Surface-ground base, Pot is too small Base of the pot Base of the pot
pot is slightly larger for this cooking is concave is convex
than the cooking zone zone
Greater thermal loss,
poor heat transmission – long cooking times
Least current consumption High current consumption