"Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
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> "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.
==
What is the wattage of those elements? My Kenmore "power burner" has 2600
watts--
Are Dacor's higher than that? FWIW: The vintage 50s GE I have in the garage
has
2600 watt elements as well (original).
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