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The old Cal-rods were so dependable. You could put your cast iron on them, they hardly ever needed cleaning because everything usually burned off, and if they ever burnt out, you could replace them.
These new guys need cleaning with expensive preparations every single day if you have more than two people in a house. Anything that is spilled on them and goes undetected makes a huge stuck-on mess that is sometimes impossible to get off. Any little thing will scratch them - and I don't have a cheap stove but one of the more expensive - and I'm dreading leaving my grown son in the house for two weeks while we go away because I know I will have an enormous job when I come back to get the thing back to new-looking.
Give me my old Cal-rod equipped stove again, please!
Our glass top range is great. Spills clean up well. Specialty top cleaners make clean up a breeze. If you only use soap and water they never get totally clean
My glass top stove uses induction heat. Stuff doesn't burn on the glass and the surface doesn't heat up.
You can literally pull a pan of boiling water off the burner and put your hand on it.
I have always had gas cooktops but plan to retire to Tennessee (most likely) and the neighborhoods don't have natural gas lines. I went to an appliance store recently and they have newer electric glass tops that are much easier to clean (something about the coating). I also decided after about an hour there that induction is THE way to go with electric.
There is no trouble getting rid what gets burned on. Take one of those razor scrapers (uses old type single edge razor blades) and scrape it off. No trouble at all. Recommended by stove makers. We find it is the easy way to maintain the stove. There is no other way to get rid of it.
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