How do I turn on the electric cooker?

Every housewife tries to please her relatives with tasty borscht or ruddy buns. The quality of food depends largely on the plate. Of course, with a certain dexterity, first-class dishes can be cooked on the most usual gas stove, however modern hobs provide much more opportunities for this. Fledged by the convenience and appearance of the new device, the owner of this modern miracle will inevitably face the question of how to turn on the electric stove. Now we will discuss this.

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What are the plates?

In modern apartments you can see a variety of devices for cooking:

• gas stove;
• electric cookers with metal burners;
• electric cookers with glass ceramic hobs;
• induction cookers;
• numerous small appliances - toasters, waffle makers, coffee makers, etc.

In this glass-ceramic hobs are becoming increasingly popular. Masters, especially those who often have to prepare a lot, are attracted:

• safety in comparison with a gas stove;
• rate of heating and cooling compared to metal burners;
• ease of operation - do not turn the knobs;
• simplicity of care - any stains can be removed with a slight hand movement;
• no soot when cooking;
• no smells of burning and superheated fat.

Important! The creation of such a plate is surprising in itself. This material was not intended to please the cook. Invented it for ultra-precision astronomical devices, and only then one German firm decided to use it for "smart" devices that could ease the everyday life of the most ordinary consumers.

However, this kitchen wonder has some drawbacks: the

• with the device needs to be mastered, and the first thing to understand is how to turn on the electric stove;
• meanwhile such panels are more expensive than plates with metal burners.

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Material features

Special glass is used for the production of hobs. Of course, like any glass in the world, it sometimes breaks down, but this requires a pressure of at least 2 atmospheres. A jet of water, capable of knocking a person off their feet, carries a quarter less load. So that on the stove completely calmly you can put at least all the pots in the house, before filling them with sand - the panel will stand.

It will not hurt it and the cutting board falls - during the factory tests this material withstood much stronger blows. Of course, it is not necessary to experiment, especially as the tests were carried out on the special equipment at the plant, which allows to maintain the panel in a strictly horizontal position. Therefore, frying pans and knives should not be hung above the stove, but somewhere else.

Do not get on the panel, even if you need something to hang over it( for example, an air cleaner).For such purposes, a stepladder or, at most, a sturdy stool, is more suitable.

Important! Exposure to mechanical loads of a gas stove should also not happen - this can cause a gas leak and even an explosion.

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Types of hobs

Modern gas cookers, as well as electric cookers with metal hobs, are usually a combination of a panel with burners and an oven. There are, of course, compact versions intended for hikes and summer cottages, but they are extremely rare in apartments.

Principle of operation of

Before using the electric cooker, determine to which type it relates:

• dependent;
• independent.

The dependent panel is connected to the oven. She does not have her own controls, they all are on the oven. With an oven, the burners are connected by wires.

The independent panel is operated without an oven, it has its own "organs".These can be:

• handles;
• sensor elements.

Important! Oven to an independent panel can be purchased separately. Only in this case it is necessary to ask the consultant which oven model is suitable for your stove - these devices are not always compatible.

What are the heating elements?

Modern glass-ceramic panels use different heating elements:

• spiral;
• corrugated tape;
• halogen lamps.

Differences in the device:

1. The spiral appeared at the same time as the first electric tile. At first the spirals were open, and in modern plates - though with glass ceramic hobs, at least with metal ones, they are under the plate.
2. In later models, instead of a spiral, a corrugated ribbon was used, which proved to be both more effective and safer.
3. Halogen lamp has a lot of advantages over other heaters - first of all, that the burner heats up faster and cools down just as quickly.

Handles or sensors?

The traditional way to control the stove is, of course, more familiar and clearer. Turned the handle to one division - the hotplate began to warm up slightly, turned again - the temperature gets higher.

But how to turn on the touch plate? No need to exert any effort at all, the plate starts to work from the lightest touch, and you feel like a sorceress. The element located under the glass reacts to any movement.

It can be:

• optical element;
• capacitive element.

In the first case, the element reacts to the reflection of the finger under the infrared ray, in the second - the finger, entering the sensor zone, changes the parameters of the electric circuit.

Important! In this case, it does not matter whether you washed the dishes or fumed with fat - the grease or wet hands of the burner will react exactly as it does to the dry and clean ones.

The main inconvenience of the

The first problem faced by the new owner of the electric cooker - the burners need some time to warm up or cool down. Regularly there is a situation when it is necessary to start cooking on high heat, and to finish - on a weak one.

If the gas stove is easy enough to turn the handle, then the electric mistresses have to think about this in advance, that is, they need to calculate the exact time.

Important! The advantage of the electric stove is that you can finish cooking on the off-plate.

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How to adjust the temperature?

So, this is the first time you start cooking on an electric stove. Regardless of which hotplates it has and how it is controlled:

1. Turn on the cooker.
2. Heat the hotplate as much as possible.
3. Place a pan of prepared food on the disc.

Important! Getting used to this order is not so difficult. Turn on the stove, and then start to process the products - clean, cut and all the rest that is required by prescription.

To reheat the dish

If you do not need to cook anything, but you want to just warm up the cooked( or allow the dish to get baked), proceed as follows:

1. Preheat the cooking zone to the maximum temperature.
2. Place a pan or dish on it.
3. Turn off the hotplate.

Bring to readiness

Many recipes give advice to bring the dish to the ready after it was boiled or stewed on high heat. The burner is hot, it does not make sense to turn on the second one, and it can be busy. Do better as follows:

1. Turn off the hotplate.
2. Remove the pan for a few minutes.
3. Wait until the hotplate cools down.
4. Turn it on and set the thermostat to minimum or medium value.
5. Set the pan and continue cooking.

Milk soup and cereals on milk

For cooking dairy dishes, the temperature of the burner should be gradually reduced. How to do it?

1. Bring the dish to a boil.
2. Move the regulator to a lower temperature.
3. After a few minutes, reduce the heat again.

Stew, fried mushrooms and the rest

Stew and fry foods usually without adding water. The procedure in this case will be as follows:

1. Preheat the disc reddish.
2. Reduce the temperature by one division at small, uniform intervals.

Important! Different plates have different heating power levels. It depends on the manufacturer, that is, the time for reducing the temperature should be calculated independently, dividing the cooking time by the number of levels.

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What are the ovens?

Modern ovens are of two types:

• with thermostat;
• without thermostat.

Prepare in them the same as in gas. But if you can not determine the temperature "by eye", try the method with the paper:

1. Put the white sheet on the baking sheet( closer to the middle).
2. Check the time.
3. Wait for the paper to become brown.

Important! If the sheet has got brown color in 3 minutes - heating strong, after 10 minutes - weak.

Useful advices:

• Buns, pies, casseroles should be prepared at maximum temperature. When half the cooking time has passed, set the minimum heat.
• Use this same rule when extinguishing.
• Put the baking tray on the middle shelf - in no case at the top.
• And here if you cook in the oven broth - put a saucepan on the bottom shelf.

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A little about the temperatures

The recipes usually indicate at what temperature it is necessary to prepare this or that dish. But if you decided to dream a little and come up with something special, then consider at what temperature the buns will be baked completely, and the meat will not remain half-baked:

• A dough-200 ° C;
• Bakery products 200-250 ° C;
• Fire-fighting and quenching - 250 ° C;
• Salted dough - 190 ° С;Beef, pork, lamb, fish - 140-170 ° С.

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Utensils

Not all dishes are suitable for cooking on the hob or in the oven. For certain in the house there are utensils which to use on a hob or in an oven it is impossible:

• old pots in which prepared on a gas stove;
• copper without coating;
• aluminum without cover;
• cast iron caissons

For the oven suitable containers:

• ceramic;
• clay;
• made of plain cast iron;
• from cast iron

Important! Utensils from heat-resistant glass can be used, but it is very long heated - as, indeed, and ceramic.

What can I cook on the hob?

For cooking on the hob are suitable:

• enamelled pans( new);
• containers of stainless steel, if the bottom is not fluted;
• cast iron vessels, if the bottom of them is even;
• any dishes marked "for glass ceramics".

Important! The size of the bottom of the pot and the frying pan should be equal to the size of the burner. The difference is not more than 1 cm in one or the other side.

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Safety rules

When using the hob, several more rules should be considered:

• the bottom of the pan or pans must be clean;
• put on the burner can only dry dishes;
• can only be covered with their own lids.

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How to switch on the cooker?

Regardless of which plate you are going to cook on, it is necessary to observe a number of rules. In any case, read the instructions. But it may not be, then first make sure the device is safe.

Gas cooker

Inspect the front panel markings carefully - where the handles are:

1. Determine which cooking zone each handle controls.
2. Find the feed pipe.
3. Open the valve - the handle should stand parallel to the plate.
4. Light the burner.
5. Place the saucepan on the hotplate.

The burner can be ignited;

• with a match;
• special device;
• with built-in ignition.

How to turn on the cooker:

1. With manual ignition light the match, bring it to the burner, with the second hand turn the knob that controls the burner.
2. When the gas comes on, quickly remove your hand.
3. The lights should be placed all around the circumference.
4. If so, adjust the flame.

For ignition of burners, there are also special lighters - electric or piezo:

• Remove the piezo lighter from the fuse, and then proceed the same way as with the match.
• The electric torch should be switched on before plugging in the burner.

Important! In modern gas cookers there is also built-in ignition. It is located on the front panel - the same as the pens on the left side. You can learn by marking - there is usually a spark around it. To light the burner, you must simultaneously press this button and turn the knob. There are models of plates with automatic ignition, when the flame appears immediately after turning the knob.

The oven is turned on in exactly the same way as the hob, only a match or lighter has to be brought to the holes inside the cabinet, and you need to do it quickly.

How do I turn on the electric stove?

Electric stove, of course, is much more convenient and safer than gas. To turn on the conventional cooker, inspect the front panel and find the handle that controls the burner you need.

Next to this handle, you will find a marking that allows you to understand how much you need to turn it to get a specific heat. Zero means that the burner is switched off, and then the designations from 1 to 3 follow. "Three" - maximum heat.

Important! The touch panel is even easier to turn on, just touching the buttons you need.

In the most modern plates with touch controls, the mode is switched on and selected by simply touching the desired buttons.

We hope you quickly understood how to turn on the electric cooker and adapted to cook on it. Means - you will not have unfertilized meat, half-baked rolls or coals instead of a delicious dish, and you will be able to appreciate all the advantages of such household appliances.