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Default Smooth top ranges vs coil

On Thu 02 Mar 2006 09:58:50a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve
Calvin?

> 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.
>


I totally agree with Steve, Barb, and although I currently have a coil top
in this rental house, I can't wait to get back to the glass smoothtop.

In different houses I've had 3 smoothtop ranges. I never used a pressure
canner on any of them, but I uses a large BWB kettle many times. No
problem.

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