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Our oven/stove died, and I'll be buying something ASAP. I prefer to get Gas, but we don't have Gas to our house, and I don't think I can make a quick turnaround, so that is out.
For the Flat-top:
-Can you use a Wok? Seems like it might be a problem.
-Can you use Cast Iron? What are the issues?
Regarding the Cast Iron, I've heard it can scratch the top, but my thinking is this: If you are careful it is OK. Unlike othercookware, Cast Iron just sits there. You get it hot, and cook in it. You don't saute, or otherwise move the pan around, so it "should" be OK if I"M careful.... Right?
What other issues, pro or con, to consider.
I will make a purchase tomorrow, so any quick feedback is appreciated.
(FWIW< I"m thinking a convection oven with ability to use/not use the convection feature would be nice. Maybe a Samsung? Trying to stay in the sub $1k range)
I'm renting and have a flat glasstop range, I would never ever buy one for myself.
It truly sucks as when I am stirring a pot I have to HOLD the pot while I stir to prevent it moving off the burner. I'm thinking this would also be an issue with woks and stirfry?
I also bought a pressure cooker recently but had to return it when I read the manual which stated that brand had a slightly curved base which made it unsuitable for a flat top range, so looking for other brands that don't.
Actually if I was buying for myself I wouldn't buy electric at all - I much prefer the control you have with gas burners.
I used to live in a rented home that had a gas range fed by a large propane bottle outside. I don't think it had to be changed but about once or twice a year. The stove worked just like one with natural gas - you couldn't notice any difference.
I agree with most above. I would never buy a flat top for many reasons. Oops sorry, for quick turn around guess electric is only choice. But, from all I've heard flat tops make cooking electric even worse. If you're a chef, converting to propane will probably be worth the effort.
Of my friends that have flat top stoves - the ones that like them tend to be the ones who don't use them much - they are more interested in something that, as long as it sits in their kitchen, it may as well be easy to dust...My friends who have them who actually cook - don't like them very much.
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All my life, I had electric stoves with coil burners. They did what they were supposed to do. I didn't give it a second thought.
Our house previous to this one had gas. It was fabulous.
This house doesn't not have a gas line. And the appliances were new and came with the house. Well, it was an electric flat top stove. Great! I always wanted one -- I thought they looked pretty.
The first time I used it, I thought I'd cry. I'm not a big cook, but I do like when my stove top actually gets hot, hot, HOT. And I also like when the pot or pan stays level with the burner so that it can GET that heat. Outta luck -- you can't get a flat top to really get as hot as you might like (i.e. I wanted to pan fry a steak a month or so ago, but I didn't even risk ruining the meat because I knew it wouldn't get sizzling hot), nor can you get the whole surface of the pot flush against the burner.
Just no. No, no, NO. Don't do it. The coil burners may not be as "pretty" as a flat top, but they actually do their job.
I used to live in a rented home that had a gas range fed by a large propane bottle outside. I don't think it had to be changed but about once or twice a year. The stove worked just like one with natural gas - you couldn't notice any difference.
So agree here, I have coil electric now, and soon changing out to propane...I cannot handle the electric nor do I want to cook on it...If you have room to run LP, I would do it in a heartbeat if you like to really cook....
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