On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:32:42 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
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>On Oct 14, 10:18*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
>> I am getting my new range tomorrow and was cleaning out the storage
>> drawer and removing all the stuff I keep on top of the
>> backboard/splashboard shelf - which my new range will not have because
>> it's curved - and pulled it out a bit to see if I could easily move it.
>> * Well it looks like I need an electrician. *The current power looks
>> hardwired. *There is a thick wire coming out of the wall (no receptacle)
>> and the new one comes with some new code power cord that's been in
>> effect
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>whaaaat? No flat backboard? I'd die without mine. Homebase for
>salt, pepper, cinnamon, ( all in shakers), seaweed flakes, a 3 minute
>egg timer....and a minute minder. I bet you'll miss that feature.

My stove has a narrow flat area all along the top of the back
splash... but I never put anything there, it would just collect
schmutz. And that's certainly not the place to store spices. They
probably now design stoves with the curved backsplash for safety
reasons, that's about the least safe place in the kitchen to store
anything flammable In olden times the shelf above the kitchen stove
was in lieu of a warming drawer... but now we have central heating.