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We had an Amana brand smooothtop purchased new in probably 1996. Used that until 2010 and it was great. Moved to new construction and the Maytag smoothtop that came with it would scratch if you looked at it wrong. Replaced it after a couple years with a Samsung model that didn't scratch as easily, but still scratched badly. Lived with it for several years. Retired and moved, bought a higher end LG. It seems to be more scratch resistent, but it doesn't heat up reliably. None of the four burners are predictable. The oven, though, is fantastic.
Glass stovetops don't work well for canning because the heat they create is not continuous (the temperature is goes up to a point and the burner turns off momentarily, then back up). But the heat from a gas stove is controlled by you or the person using it, and it stays put unless you change it. A canner needs high and continuous temperatures.
I despise my glass top stove. Three of the four burners are now dead. I'm going to start canning again and I'm probably going to buy a Carolina Cooker outdoor stove. We don't have a gas line to our kitchen and it may be awhile before get one.
Just buy a standard Calrod stovetop (or complete stove, depending on the installation). They're essentially problem-free and if anything goes wrong there's almost nothing in there to repair. Generally it's the element; you yank the old one out (they just pull out) take it down to the appliance parts store, get a replacement, shove it in, done.
I was attempting to separate some frozen meat by bashing it on the side of my stove. Well, some nincompoop decided to make the top of my stove out of, not steel, but glass.
OK, you can guess the rest >>>>> I struck a blow with the frozen mass of meat directly
onto the whimpy glass-top of my stove, shattering it all over the place.
I despise my glass top stove. Three of the four burners are now dead. I'm going to start canning again and I'm probably going to buy a Carolina Cooker outdoor stove. We don't have a gas line to our kitchen and it may be awhile before get one.
That would be perfect. All you would need is a small propane tank, and a propane hose with a regulator, but some stoves include the hose/regulator. Most sports stores have them, including Sportsman Warehouse. I have also seen them at Lowe's and Home Depot, and Cabela's.
I was attempting to separate some frozen meat by bashing it on the side of my stove. Well, some nincompoop decided to make the top of my stove out of, not steel, but glass.
OK, you can guess the rest >>>>> I struck a blow with the frozen mass of meat directly
onto the whimpy glass-top of my stove, shattering it all over the place.
Not a big fan of glass stove-tops.
Why would you do that? That's not a problem with the stove, that's just a problem with you doing something stupid. Might as well have said you tried to bash it against your kitchen window because it's a solid surface, too.
Mine still looks really decent and works perfectly, and I've had it since 2007... Occasionally I'll clean it with a razor blade and some barkeep's friend and it's just. not. an. issue. I mean, our current housemate is an ex-executive chef and he can make a mess, but it's easily cleaned. This is a pic of it this morning just before posting.
Would I like gas? Maybe, though it seems kind of dangerous around here (had a few houses blow up due to faulty gas lines in the last few years), but it was going to cost $30k to run a gas line down our street to the house, so that is right out.
I have a gas stove with the tops raised and I hate cleaning it. When so much get a drop of water on it the water makes a stain that is hard to get out. My favorite easy off top stove cleaner is no longer being sold
I was considering getting coils or the flat top electric glass stove. But my biggest pet peeve is not having gas oven. I was told by a salesman they make the top gas and oven electric but I think he is wrong about that. How can the top stove be gas when it has the flat glass on top with the white/grey rings to show where to put the pot, pan? makes no sense to me.
I think my next one will be the coils on top but then how do I clean them? When food gets stuck on the grill on mine it's is very hard to clean off and sometimes it bakes right into the darn raised grill.
When stuff gets on the burners you burn it off. Turn the burner to the high setting and turn on the exhaust fan. Stand there and watch it. When the stuff is all burnt off, turn it off.
I am another who would never get a glass top. I hate them. My old GE electric range with coil burners and the control dials on the back of it (on top), rather than directly over the oven door (who invented THAT idiocy?) is 36 years old and still works, every burner still works, and the oven still works.
I suppose it's not as energy efficient as new ones but I'm only cooking for myself after all.
I had to have a new cord put on it, because this house had a gas range which I immediately took out. Paid an electrician a lot of money for a dedicated outlet, but my stove is so old the prongs didn't fit. New cord solved that problem.
"Does anyone else besides me hate the glass top stoves?"...I'm just the opposite. During the kitchen reno, spouse just had to have a dual fuel gas convection range. It replaced a nice, easy to clean glass cooktop range. Sure you had to keep on top of spills before they got burned onto the surface, but that was simple compared to this Thor range. Instead of just cleaning a nice flat surface, now I need to remove the 3 grates, and clean the wells around the burner caps , then the caps....just a PITA.
I always used cast iron on the glass...just careful about setting down and not sliding them around.
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