"HiTech RedNeck" wrote:
> "Pennyaline" wrote:
> > You know when a gas burner is on. You know when it's off. Adjust the
flame
> > to fit the pan, rather than stick your pan on one of the limited
selection
> > of sizes for electric heat source available.
>
> I see this mantra all the time, "with a gas stove you can adjust flame to
> fit pan." In truth I have never seen a household type stove that can do
> this. If it really could, that would be a neat feature, like a little
> slider that you can move to make the ring of gas ports change in width
with
> infinite adjustability in between its extremes. I have heard of
commercial
> stoves that let you choose from two different size arrays of gas ports at
> the same burner position
>
> Anyhow, if you set the gas high enough that the flame really "fits" a
large
> pan, you have too much heat for most things.

Whatever.