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Practical Advice on Using the Half Fish-Kettle Burner The two central burners, or Half Fish-Kettle burners, are eliptic in form and can be turned up to 90°. This makes the cooktop more flexible in terms of how it can be used. Setting To turn the two central burners 90°, proceed as follows: • Make sure that the burners are cool; • Lift the burner completely out of its housing; • Replace it in its housing in the position desired; • Make sure that the burners are positioned correctly before use. In addition, the two cetnral burners can be used in tandem or speartely with cookware of different shapes and sizes: • Double burner for a fish-kettle or oval cookware (Fig. A). • Double burner for a griddle or rectangular/square cookware with minimum dimensions of 28x28 cm (Fig. B) • Double burner for large cookware (diameter of 26-28 cm) (Fig. C). • Single burner for medium size cookware (diameter of 16-20 cm) (Fig. D). Fig. A Fig. C Normal or Fast Plate 0 Off 1 Cooking vegetables, fish 2 Cooking potatoes (using steam) soups, chickpeas, beans. 3 Continuing the cooking of large quantities of food, minestrone 4 For roasting (average) 5 For roasting (above average) 6 For browning and reaching a boil in a short time. Before using the hot plates for the first time, you should heat them at maximum temperature for approximately 4 minutes, without any pans. During this initial stage, their protective coating hardens and reaches its maximum resistance. Practical Advise on Using the Broiler Preheat the broiler by turning the knob to 12. Settings 1-8 are recommended for reheating food or for keeping it warm after it has been cooked. In general, cooking vegetables can cause stains which are difficult to remove. Fig. B Food Fig. D Practical Advice on Using the Electric Hot Plates In order to avoid heat loss and damage to the hot plate, use cookware with a flat bottom the diameter of which is not less than that of the hot plate. Knob Preheati- Setting ng (min.) 12 Cooking Time (min.) 15 Pork Chops 0.5 Steak 0.6 12 5 10 Sausages Shish Kabobs (meat) Hamburgers 0.45 10 5 20 0.4 12 5 14 0.4 10 5 15 No. 3 11 5 2 Bread 3 Slices 11 5 3 Aubergines 3 Slices 12 5 5 – 7 No. 4 12 5 10 – 15 Toasted Sandwiches Oven-roasted Tomatoes 15 Weight (kg) 10 5 20