"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Gary" > wrote in message
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>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know what is going on with my stove. I replaced all of my drip
>>> pans
>>> a little while back as they were starting to rust through. I put foil
>>> liners in the new ones.
>>>
>>> But now I noticed that some metal underneath one of the burners has
>>> rusted
>>> to the point where it totally fell off. In researching this, the
>>> burner
>>> is a 6", 5 turn (GE). There are three thin pieces of metal underneath
>>> the
>>> coils and one of these is what rusted out.
>>>
>>
>> Here ya go starting another picking-on-you session, Julie. I've never
>> had or heard of stoves rusting anywhere...especially ones only 10
>> years old. My gas stove is about 30 years old (or more) and no rust.
>
> Another poster wrote that she too had found the same problem!
>
> "I think you and I have the same stove top. I have tried to be very
> careful
> when I remove the burners per the instructions. Even so, some of mine are
> not level. I think it may be due to the iron skillets I use." Phyllis
> Stone.
>
> So now? Will you be writing to her too?

My stove was a cheap one. I can't swear to the price but for sure under
$500. I needed one in the biscuit color to match my other appliances until
I could get them replaced as well. And I wanted self cleaning. I got the
cheapest I could find.