jmcquown > wrote:
> Bishoop wrote:
> > The glass top on our 11 month old Kitchen Aid range just cracked.
> >
> >
> > I wonder if this is going to be covered under the warranty.

I'd surely raise hell with them about it if they don't
cover it under warranty. It shouldn't do that.

> My comment: This is why I *don't* want a glass top range!

I know the old 1970's ceramic top ranges had a tendency to crack
from thermal stress, but the new glass tops don't seem to have
that problem. While I would not have chosen a glass top
for myself, the house we boght 9 years ago had one in it
and until we remodel it is not likely to change. Works well
and we have never had any compunction about using cast iron,
large pots, small pots, a pressure canner, and some fairly
big stock pots. No cracks so far. Believe me, if they were
anywhere near as delicate as some people want to believe we
would have broken it years ago. Of course, ours is a
"Magic Chef" brand, not Kitchen Aid, but I can't imagine
it's really that much better. I think the OP just got
one with a defect.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.