Cooking advices – ilve KHVI60TC User Manual
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COOKING ADVICES
Pan quality
Adapted materials: steel, enamelled steel, cast iron, ferromagnetique stainless-steel,
aluminium with ferromagnetique bottom.
Not adapted materials: aluminium and stainless-steel without ferromagnetique bottom,
cupper, brass, glass, ceramic, porcelain.
The manufacturers specify if their products are compatible induction.
To check if pans are compatibles :
• Put a little water in a pan placed on an induction heating zone set at level [ 9 ].This
water must heat in a few seconds.
• A magnet stucks on the bottom of the pan.
Certain pans can make noise when they are placed on an induction cooking zone. These
noise doesn’t mean any failure on the appliance and doesn’t influence the cooking operating.
Pan dimension
The cooking zones are, until a certain limit, automatically adapted to the diameter of the pan.
However the bottom of this pan must have a minimum of diameter according to the
corresponding cooking zone.
To obtain the best efficiency of your hob, please place the pan well in the center of the
cooking zone.
Examples of cooking power setting
(the values below are indicative)
1 to 2
Melting
Reheating
Sauces, butter, chocolate, gelatine
Dishes prepared beforehand
2 to 3
Simmering
Defrosting
Rice, pudding, sugar syrup
Dried vegetables, fish, frozen products
3 to 4
Steam
Vegetables, fish, meat
4 to 5
Water
Steamed potatoes, soups, pasta,
fresh vegetables
6 to 7
Medium cooking
Simmering
Meat, lever, eggs, sausages
Goulash, roulade, tripe
7 to 8
Cooking
Potatoes, fritters, wafers
9
Frying, roosting
Boiling water
Steaks, omelettes, fried dishes
Water
P
Frying, roosting
Boiling water
scallops, steaks
Boiling significant quantities of water