wff_ng_7 > wrote:

> Another poster mentioned an electric pan with a thermostatic control. That
> would make temperature settings actually make sense. I know years ago (mid
> 1960s) they used to make cooktops (both gas and electric models) with one
> thermostatically controlled burner. My parents had a Caloric gas stove with
> one, and it was called "Burner-with-a-Brain". I haven't seen anything like

My sister has one of the gas stoves with a thermostatically controlled
burner, but I haven't seen that feature in years, either.

> it in years, at least on gas cooktops. Perhaps there are electric ones that
> do have this thermostatic control.

I have not seen it on conventional electrics, but it seems to
be a common feature on induction cooktops, at least the one and
two burner models.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.