On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:44:26 -0400, Billy <Hereiam@hotmaildotcom>
wrote:

> You are seriously
>hampered trying to get a stock pot to a boil for lobster, etc.
>Canning...forget about it.

I don't know about that, but the pasta pot that used to take 20-25
minutes to come to a boil on my old coiltop comes to a boil in 10
minutes on my new smoothtop.

But, it's a moot point, because the OP doesn't want a smoothtop,
anyway!

Cheers!
--
EZ Larry from St. Louis