"Gini" > wrote in message
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>
> "Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:56:20 +0000 (UTC), wrote:
> >
> > >Eastward Bound > wrote:
> > >> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
> message >...
> > >> >
> > >> > 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.
> > >
> > >> 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.
> > >
> > >I'm not sure where you get your views on the glass smoothtops, but
> > >my wife and I have a glass top in our kitchen. We use it to make
> > >candies and fudge, along with general cooking. It is certainly
> > >not hard to clean, even when drips of toffee set up on it. We
> > >have not had any problem using pots of any size, and the only
> > >ones that have a problem are ones that don't sit flat. That
> > >mainly means they don't heat very well, but they'd have the
> > >some issue on a coil. We even use old cast iron frying pans
> > >for bacon and eggs and the like. Basically, we do everything
> > >that people say causes problems with glass top stoves and have
> > >not had a problem. It's only been 9 years though, so maybe
> > >we haven't been doing it long enough to find out . . .
> > >
> > >Bill Ranck
> > >Blacksburg, Va.
> >
> >
> > That is about as long as I have had my glass top and I concur.
> >
> > I have never had a burner turn off. I have never had any difficulty
> > cleaning a sugary mess or any other burned on glop. I use a scraper
> > with a razor blade & off it comes. A quick polish with a glass top
> > cream cleaner and it looks brand new.
> >
> > The only pans I have had difficulty with are the inexpensive teflon
> > frying pans. They have a tendency to warp and no longer sit flat after
> > a couple of years. They are only $10-12 dollars and every 2-3 years I
> > get a new one. My other pots and pans, some of which I have had for
> > 30 years, do quite well on it. Cast iron, clad stainless, aluminum,
> > ceramic...no difference.
> >
> > Boron
> ==
> Agreement from another longtime smoothtop user. I have never seen a range
> that turns
> itself off if a pot is the "incorrect" (Perhaps the OP could reference
the
> model with this
> quirk so folks could avoid it.) and my range top is as clean as it was the
> day it was installed.
> Now, if someone spilled a sugary substance on the top and heated it over
and
> over instead
> of wiping it off when cold, it might be a challenge to clean. However,
most
> people clean their spills up
> ASAP no matter the range type.
> ==
Some smoothtops, including my Dacor, have an overheating detector that turns
the element off if it gets too hot - otherwise the element might be damaged.
For example if the element is turned to high with no pan on it to absorb the
heat this may happen. I suppose if you put a small pan on a large element it
might happen too. I think this is actually an advantage because it lets them
put in really powerful elements.
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Peter Aitken
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