"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-08-05 1:06 PM, sf wrote:
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>> Most people don't preheat burners, but that's the solution for people
>> who whine that they want the instant on and off of gas. I've never
>> used a glass top stove, but it seems like clean up would be easy.
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> We had one. My wife managed to break it and it was almost as much for a
> new top as it was was for a whole new oven. Keeping it clean was a
> nightmare. It may have been because we used cast iron pans on it. We like
> our cast iron pans, so when it came time to replace we went back to the
> regular electric coil elements.

those glass tops are for people that like to dust the stove top.