13Cookware Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware isrecommended because it heats quicklyand evenly. Most foods brown evenly in analuminum skillet. Use saucepans withtight-fitting lids for cooking with minimumamounts of water.Cast Iron: If heated slowly, most skillets willgive satisfactory results.Enamelware: Under some conditions, theenamel of some cookware may melt. Followcookware manufacturer’s recommendations forcooking methods.Glass: There are two types of glass cookware—those for oven use only and those for surfacecooking (saucepans, coffee and teapots).Glass conducts heat very slowly.Heatproof Glass-Ceramic: Can be used foreither surface or oven cooking. It conductsheat very slowly and cools very slowly. Checkcookware manufacturer’s directions to be sureit can be used on gas cooktops.Stainless Steel: This metal alone has poorheating properties, and is usually combinedwith copper, aluminum or other metals forimproved heat distribution. Combination metalskillets generally work satisfactorily if they areused at medium heat as the manufacturerrecommends.Wok this way We recommend that you use a flat-bottomed wok,available at your local retail store.Only a flat-bottomed wok should be used.Do not use a flat-bottomed wok on a supportring. Placing the ring over the burner or gratemay cause the burner to work improperly,resulting in carbon monoxide levels aboveallowable current standards. This could bedangerous to your health.Stove topgrillsDo not use stove top grills on your sealed gasburners. If you use the stove top grill on thesealed gas burner it will cause incompletecombustion and can result in exposure tocarbon monoxide levels above allowablecurrent standards. This can be hazardous toyour health.Use a flat-bottomed wok.