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> >> Electric coil stoves are achaic compared to other forms of electric
> >> ranges. Smoothtops generally heat faster, cool faster, and have a
> >> broader range of adjustable temperature. Halogens are "instant on"
> >> "instant off" but they do command a very high price, as does
> >> induction.
> >>
> >> Wayne
> >
> >
> >
> > That is totally JADED! Spin spin spin. Coil is still preferable.
> > Those halloballo new designes are sensitive to the shape and bottom
> > surface of your pots and pans. On many of them they are programed to
> > turn off if you put a too large or too small pot or pan. Glass
> > surfaces are impossible to clean even with the razor blade if you cook
> > lots of sugary foods. Coil is still #1 far into the forseable future.
> >
>
> In your dreams, bucko!

I agree with Wayne, FWIW. I've had a ceramic smoothtop with one halogen for
about 6 years and would never go back to those primitive coils. One can
adjust the heat output from the non-halogen "spots" with the same effect as
adjusting a gas flame. Wasn't there a test in a Consumer's Report that
found that in normal use, electric smoothtops were more efficient than gas
and heated a saucepan of water to boiling point more quickly?
Graham

Graham