Six Things You May Not Have Known You Could Do With Your Range (NAPSA)—Here’s hot news for home cooks: You may be able to get much more out of the kitchen stove than you realize. Today’s ranges let you do more than just heat up a frozen pizza or boil water. Here are six things you can do to make meals easier, faster and more fun to make. 1. Understand the conven- tions of convection heating: True European Convection is a setting that may be a bit confusing to people who haven't used it before. Simply stated, it means that a separate heating element works in conjunction with the tra- ditional top and bottom elements along with a fan that works to Some ranges let you do a lot of really cool things in the kitchen. makesfor fast, even baking. Plus, this function limits flavor transfer 4. Wake up to the possibiltties of the wok ring: Whether you enjoy making your own Asian foods or just want to saut some vegetables quickly for dinner, this evenly distribute heat. This between foods so that you can cook a savory main dish with a sweet desert without mixing flavors—saving valuable time and energy, too. can be a great tool. It’s especially designed to cradle the bottom of a 2. Make defrosting delightful: Some ranges, like the professional-style Verona, have a defrost wok andevenly distribute heat for high-temperature cooking and sauting without burning. oven lamp simultaneously. This function allows food to defrost quickly without beginning to par- mode:This setting found on ILVE ranges turns on the top heating element only. It’s great for that pens when you usethe defrost setting on the microwave. The defrost setting also keeps food from drying out as it would in a or any dish that says “remove lid” setting that turns on the fan and cook, which is what usually hap- microwave. 3. Create a great personal pizza: Try the pizza modesetting for your frozen or handmadepizza. An exclusive feature of the Italianmade ILVE range, the pizza mode setting removes the guesswork by automatically heating the oven’s ele- ments and setting the temperature to 480 F for a perfectly crisp crust and flawlessly melted toppings without burning. 5. Be up on upper element last 10 minutes of cooking lasagna so you can brown,crisp or melt for a special finishing touch. 6. Get cooking faster: Some ranges can preheat faster; for example, ILVE offers an exclusive quick start mode, which goes from 0 to 350 F in just eight minutes. Learn More For further facts on the profes- sional-grade home kitchen you can have with the customizable stoves, hand assembled by Italian artisans and available from ILVE and Verona Appliances, go to http://eurochefusa.com.
