POWER LEVEL TABLE
The information given in below table is for reference.
Power level
Type of cooking
Level use
(Indicating cooking experience and habits)
Ideal for rapidly increasing the temperature of food to
Boost
Fast heating
fast boiling in the case of water or rapidly heating
cooking liquids
Max. power
8-9
7-8
High power
Frying - boiling
Browning - sautéing -
boiling - grilling
Browning - cooking -
6-7
stewing - sautéing -
grilling
4-5
Cooking - stewing -
sautéing - grilling
Ideal for browning, starting to cook, frying deep frozen
products, fast boiling
Ideal for sautéing, maintaining a lively boil, cooking
and grilling (for a short period of time, 5-10 minutes)
Ideal for sautéing, maintaining a light boil, cooking
and grilling (for a medium period of time, 10-20
minutes), preheating accessories
Ideal for stewing, maintaining a gentle boil, cooking
(for a long period of time). Creaming pasta
Ideal for long-cooking recipes (rice, sauces, roasts,
Medium
3-4
power
fish) with liquids (e.g. water, wines, broth, milk),
Cooking - simmering - creaming pasta
thickening - creaming Ideal for long-cooking recipes (less than a litre in
2-3
volume: rice, sauces, roasts, fish) with liquids (e.g.
water, wines, broth, milk)
Ideal for softening butter, gently melting chocolate,
1-2
Low power
Melting - defrosting -
keeping food warm -
1
creaming
thawing small products and keeping just-cooked food
warm (e.g. sauces, soups, minestrone)
Ideal for keeping just-cooked food warm, for creaming
risottos and for keeping serving dishes warm (with
induction-suitable accessory)
OFF
Zero
power
Support surface
Hob in stand-by or off mode (possible end-of-cooking
residual heat, indicated by an “H”)
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