This vent lip does not exist on my cooktop ..only a stainless backsplash
the vent is overhead...??? maybe a stove has a lip not the cook top ??

"Kenneth" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:01:50 GMT, "Jimbo" >
> wrote:
>
>>DCS 36 four burner gas with grill in the center
>>measures 11/1/4 center to center here with
>>slide anywhere grids. Over the edge up front and to the sides is easy .
>>
>>Really large pans work great for home use anyway ....
>>Love my DCS ... cheaper then Viking but really
>>heavy duty units.
>>
>>They tell me some folks from Viking quit and started up the DCS stuff ???
>>Well anyway it works here .
>>
>>"Don Wiss" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm still a ways from redoing my kitchen, but no reason not to work on
>>> its
>>> design now. One of the issues is which pro style range to buy. One
>>> annoyance with my current cheap Magic Chef is the closeness of the front
>>> and back burners. Put a large frying pan on one and you can only put a
>>> small pot on the other. Looking at specs of pro ranges this distance
>>> isn't
>>> one provided.
>>>
>>> To start this off, and for comparison, I went and measured the distance
>>> on
>>> my Magic Chef. Measured center-to-center I find 9 1/2"
>>>
>>> What is yours?
>>>
>>> Don <donwiss at panix.com>.
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I have a six burner D.C.S. and need to add:
>
> Despite the fact that there appears to be an acre of flat
> range top, there is a serious difficulty using larger pans.
> That is because at the rear, there is a vent lip of some
> sort that rises above the plane of the burners. It is an
> incredible nuisance. (but not as much as top posting <g>)
>
> All the best,
>
> --
> Kenneth
>
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