On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:36:57 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> Sky wrote:
>> . . . . . . that most 4-burner stoves/ranges have the large burners**
>> up front and close, or rather, why is it the small burner is typically
>> located in the back row of burners? Isn't it more hazardous to reach
>> over and behind a tall hot pan/pot to tend the little simmering pan at
>> the back? SF's post about her really nice new 6-burner cook-top had me
>> thinking about this conundrum. My GE natural-gas range has large and
>> middle burners in the front, then middle & small burners at the back.
>> Seems to me the 'natural order of things' should be little, shorter pans
>> cook up front with the taller pots to the back when one cooks several
>> things at the same time. Although, I can see how the large burner can
>> be handy in the front row when cooking something like a big batch of
>> stir-fry or fried chicken and such.
>>
>
> All my electric stoves have had two large and two small burners with the
> large and small burners at opposite corners, so there was a lartge and
> small at the front and a large and small at the back.

that's what i have.

christ, i want my gas range back!

your pal,
blake