Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> I'm agitating about replacing my stove - a 22-year-old GE electric. I'm
> considering one of these two GE electric slide-ins:
> http://tinyurl.com/m8459 (I hope that link works)
> The smooth top is appealing, partly because of ease in wiping spills,
> cleaning and partly because it's the newer thing. I have big concerns
> about it, though, because I do home canning. I spoke with the GE rep
> who happened to be in the appliance store yesterday and he assures me
> that I should have no problems assuming my canning kettle has a flat
> bottom (they do) and that I wouldn't be using the burner for 4-5 hours
> at stretch (something about that tricking the sensors or something into
> thinking it was overheating and would, thus, shut off). That's not an
> issue. He didn't seem concerned about the weight of the kettles.
> What I want more than anything is to borrow someone's range for a couple
> hours and put up a batch of jam and see how it goes. :-/ That's not
> likely.
>
> My questions: Do any of you who currently have smooth-top ranges wish
> you had a coil burner range?
>
> Have you ever canned using one?
>
Hi Barb! Long time!
I don't have a slide in but rather a GE Profile freestanding
30" range. I've used gas, coils, and this glass flattop. My
av? The glass flattop. The model I have has two burners on
the right, two burners on the left with what they call a
bridge burner which turns the whole left side into one large
burner from the front to the back of the unit. It also has
a small "warming" burner in the center. Cleanup is a breeze.
As for the weight? Don't worry about it. I had some huge
pots on mine, full and no problem. I use metal, glass, cast
iron, they all work fine as long as the bottoms are mainly
flat. The still work with small indentations in the bottom
but probably not quite as efficient.
Would I go back to gas? No. Coil? No.
I've never done canning or jam but if you get up the
Poughkeepsie, NY way you're welcome to experiment on mine.
--
Steve
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