Hotplate – Indesit ID60E2W User Manual

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Use of Hotplates

Note:
Under no circumstances should the hob be

used with aluminium foil in contact with the

hob surface.

The controls set the hotplates at six pre-set
power levels. Each control can be used to

select one of six temperature settings from a

minimum at position 1 to a maximum at
position 6.

Do Not leave a hotplate switched on without

Do Not leave a hotplate switched on without
a pan as this wastes energy and may shorten

a pan as this wastes energy and may shorten

a pan as this wastes energy and may shorten
the life of the hotplate.

the life of the hotplate.

CONTROL SETTINGS GUIDE

This is provided only as a guide – settings also
depend on the type of pan used and the quality of
food.

Hotplate

Safety requirements for deep fat frying

1. Use a deep pan, large enough to completely

cover the appropriate heating area.

2. Never fill the pan more than one-third full of oil.
3. Never leave oil or fat unattended during the

heating or cooking period.

4. Never try to fry too much food at a time,

especially frozen food. This only lowers the
temperature of the oil or fat too much, resulting in
greasy food.

5. Always dry food thoroughly before frying, and

lower it slowly into the hot oil or fat. Frozen foods,
in particular, will cause frothing and spitting, if
added to quickly.

6. Never heat fat, or fry, with a lid on the pan.
7. Keep the outside of the pan clean and free from

streaks of oil or fat.

Choosing Your Utensils

Do not use utensils with rough bases.

Do not use lightweight utensils with thin, distorted or
uneven bases.

Do not use lightweight enamelled steel utensils.

Do not use cast iron utensils.

Do not use utensils with recessed, scrolled or ridged
bases.

Do not
use a utensil which has a base concavity greater than
l mm as this will reduce the performance of the hob.
Do not use a utensil with a convex base.

Do not use glass ceramic utensils.

Do not use use lightweight saucepans with plain thin
copper bases on ceramic or halogen hot plates.

Note:

Note: All copper pans are excellent conductors of
heat, and are hard wearing and strong, but need
quite a lot of care. They can be very heavy and do
not usually have completely flat bases. The interiors
are usually lined with a different material such as tin.

A stainless steel pan with a sandwich base of
aluminium and stainless steel is an excellent
conductor of heat and is suitable for use on ceramic
and halogen hobs, providing they are used in
accordance with the saucepans manufacturers’
recommendations.

Stainless steel pans with a sandwich base of
aluminium and copper are excellent conductors of
heat. If using stainless steel saucepans with
aluminium and copper sandwich bases on ceramic
and halogen hobs, the use of these pans must be in
accordance with the saucepan manufacturers’
recommendations.
Extra care should be taken to ensure the base of the
pan and the hob is cleaned, and the hob
conditioned, after each and every use, when using
this type of saucepan.

If these recommendations are not followed, the
result will be a build up of small copper deposits on
the surface of your hob which, if not cleaned after
each use, will result in permanent marking of your
hob.

Always lift the pan from the hob, do not

do not

do not drag or

slide across the hob surface as damage may occur.