In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:


> But now explain how you fit a 24" pan on your stove top over one
> burner... that size pan would would necessitate covering both front and
> back burners and due to the backsplash would still leave a full four
> inches of pan hanging out past the front edge of the stove... not to
> mention that about 8" of pan would be hanging out sideways over your
> kitchen counter. The industry standard for kitchen ranges is 9"
> diameter grates (regardless of burner diameter) placed 9" center to
> center... any pan over 18" would overhang the two grates. The entire
> stove depth including backsplash is 24", the typical stove only has 20"
> of useable space front to rear before something has to hang out into
> space - most stoves have even less space due to thicker backsplashes.
> Sorry, but I just don't believe your story.

I don't know about cast iron, but otherwise it isn't a problem. There
is a safety issue, because, as you say, there is major overhang.

I took the tape measure to my stove. Of course, I have a standard
consumer stove, just like you do. Maybe this guy has something
different. My brother has one of those "gourmet" cooktops. It has five
burners, with the one in the middle the biggest. Perhaps it would fit a
24 inch pan with little or no overhang.

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Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA