Sky wrote:
> . . . . . . that most 4-burner stoves/ranges have the large burners**
> up front and close, or rather, why is it the small burner is typically
> located in the back row of burners? Isn't it more hazardous to reach
> over and behind a tall hot pan/pot to tend the little simmering pan at
> the back? SF's post about her really nice new 6-burner cook-top had me
> thinking about this conundrum. My GE natural-gas range has large and
> middle burners in the front, then middle & small burners at the back.
> Seems to me the 'natural order of things' should be little, shorter pans
> cook up front with the taller pots to the back when one cooks several
> things at the same time. Although, I can see how the large burner can
> be handy in the front row when cooking something like a big batch of
> stir-fry or fried chicken and such.
>
> Sky
>
> ** "Large", "middle" & "small" refer to the BTU output for stove burners
>

We have a 4 burner gas range and the high output burners are at a
diagonal (front right-back left) which works out pretty well.