Utensil Recommendations
What Should I Consider in Cookware?
Flat Pan Test
SELECTAVOIDFor best cooking results, use a pan
with a flat bottom. To determine if
Cookware with rounded or warped
pan has a flat bottom.
Flat bottomed cookware.
bottoms.
1. Rotate a ruler along bottom of
pan. If pan is not flat, gaps
Glass, glass-ceramic, enamel
Pans with aluminum disk
porcelain or cast iron cookware,between bottom of pan and
bottoms.
canners or pressure cookers.edge of ruler can be seen.
2. A small groove or mark on a
Heavy gauge metal cookware.Light gauge metal cookware.
pan does not affect cooking
Handles that are secure, that are Cookware with loose or brokentimes. However, if a pan has a
not heavy enough to tilt pan.handles.gap, formed rings, or an uneven
bottom, it does not cook
Cookware that is smaller than or
efficiently and in some cases
Proper pan size.greater than heating element size
may not boil liquid.
by 1 inch.
Flat bottomed wok.Wok with a ringstand on bottom.
More than
1 inch overhang
Correct size
Can I can?
Canning is not recommended with any
of the Amana smoothtop ranges or
cooktops due to the intense heat and
large cookware required to can.
The heat generated by the canning
COOKWAREcookware overheats both the elements and
MATERIALUSESthe smoothtop of the cooktop. This may
cause the smoothtop to crack, cause failure
Heats and cools quickly. Use for frying, braising,
Aluminumof the heating elements, and may cause
and roasting.
overheating of the surrounding walls.
Heats and cools at moderate rate. Use for soups,
Stainless Steel
sauces, vegetables, general cooking.Damage incurred by canning, or
attempting to can, using the smoothtop
Copper Clad /Heats and cools quickly. Use for gourmet cooking,
cooktop is not covered under warranty.
Tin Linedwine sauces, egg dishes.
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