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"Variable heat" electric range available anywhere?
"Sharon" > wrote in message
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> In article >, Peter A
> > writes:
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>> Does anyone manufacture a "variable heat" electric range, where when you
>>> select the heat setting, it would have a constant heat at a certain
>>> temperature? (Like you can do with a gas range...)
>>>
>> Why do you want this? The on/off technique works just fine in my
>> experience. The thermal mass of the burner and the pan even things out.
>> For example, when I am simmering a soup on low, the soup simmers at an
>> even, constant rate even though the element is on for 2 seconds then off
>> for 10 (more or less).
>
> I'm with the OP. I was just commenting that this kind of thing would
> be nice to my husband yesterday as I was making our week's dinners. We
> have a
> ****-poor glass-topped electric stove. We think it's crappy because it
> might
> be low-watt, but don't know for sure. It can't boil a gallon of water
> unless
> it's tightly lidded, and even then it takes over a half an hour.
> Last weekend, I was making a roux, and I really noticed how poor it is
> there too. I had trouble getting the correct temp to cook the roux - it
> cooked
> fine while the burner was on, but all cooking stopped when the burner
> cycled
> off. We HATE the thing.
>
> - Sharon
> "Gravity... is a harsh mistress!"
You cannot compare a crappy glass top stove with a well designed electric
open-coil stove. That's like saying you like a certain shampoo better than
you like the size of the glove box in your car.
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