What do you think, what kind of household appliances is the main for the kitchen ? Of course, this plate, because without it we do not prepare food. Different types of kitchen stoves have their advantages and disadvantages, and today we will discuss the features of glass ceramic cooking surfaces.
Properties of electric cooker made of glass ceramics
Owners of gas stoves often change them to electric cooktops made of glass ceramics because of the greater economy of the latter. At the same time, the design of modern glass-ceramic plates is very nice, it is much different from the old models: the panel looks like a glossy square of glossy black glass. However, there are white hobs from glass ceramics.
The glass ceramic plate is heated very quickly. For example, you can boil a liter of water on it in just 5 minutes, while a gas stove needs at least nine for this.
Glass-ceramic surface is much safer than gas. Only the zone above the heating element is heated in it, since the panel conducts heat only vertically. This means that adjacent, not working at the moment, hot plates remain cold, and they can be touched without the risk of burns.
Features of care for the ceramic glass ceramic hob
It should be noted that in terms of care, such a panel is less practical than an induction or conventional gas cooker with a stainless or enameled surface.
In particular, glass ceramics do not like the difference in temperature, you can not put a pan from the refrigerator on it. For optimal heating and cooking, the dishes should be perfectly flat and flat without any inscriptions or dents. Copper and aluminum utensils for such a hob will not work.
A convenient feature of some models is autofocus - the recognition of the bottom dimensions of the dishes, otherwise you will have to pick up the dishes under the diameter of each burner: they must match exactly one another.
Glass-ceramic panel with a charming and even to some extent futuristic design is very sensitive to scratches and other minor "injuries". She can withstand the impact of a fallen heavy frying pan, but pinpoint strokes, like the tip of a falling knife, do not like. Often, chipped edges of such a slab occur, so most often they are enclosed in a frame made of stainless steel.
When caring for a similar hob, it is important to know that she is afraid of sugar. So, any sweet dish, accidentally caught on the stove, is able to completely ruin its surface. To prevent this from happening, the panel should be washed immediately with a special tool and in no case should the surface be re-heated again. In this sense, gas cookers made of glass ceramics are not very convenient, the whole surface of which is very hot, even if only one cooking zone is working.
But in spite of everything, the panels of glass ceramics occupy a worthy place in the rating of electric cooking surfaces due to its economy and presentable appearance.