Hi!

> I do know that the "hot" burner on the cooktop today can
> heat to 14,000 BTU. That may be part of your problem.

I did some looking at gas stoves for sale in appliance stores today. I saw a
few units with 14,000BTU burners. Most seemed to have anything between
10,000~12,000 BTU burners.

> I have more concern
> about the oven heating to 550F, the temp.that I bake pizza.

The oven in my stove seems to work fine. My only real complaint is the
"oven" light stays on all the time, so I have to sit around and listen for
the thermostat to "clunk" when it has reached temperature for preheating.

475 degrees (F) is as far as I've taken mine (outside of the cleaning cycle,
which seemed to work fine and made the kitchen get hellishly hot after
overwhelming the A/C...) and it worked OK there.

> BTW, your post would be much more effective on alt.food.equipment.
> Kent

Thanks for the pointer.

William