Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

Hi everyone,

I just bought a brand new ceramic glass cooktop stove. I've never had
one. I am a little unsure what type of pans I should use with it. I
mostly use my old Revere ware copper bottom kettles and use teflon
frying pans. I'm not a great cook by any means, so, I don't really
want high end products...are there certain types of pots and pans that
are recommended with this type of cook top? Thanks in advance for any
advice!

Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

"Marshmallow" > wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I just bought a brand new ceramic glass cooktop stove. I've never had
> one. I am a little unsure what type of pans I should use with it. I
> mostly use my old Revere ware copper bottom kettles and use teflon
> frying pans. I'm not a great cook by any means, so, I don't really
> want high end products...are there certain types of pots and pans that
> are recommended with this type of cook top? Thanks in advance for any
> advice!
>

In general you will do better with pans that have really flat bottoms. This
is not a requirement, but it does work better. So, it's not the type of
cookware so much. I find All Clad to work well, but that's rather pricey. If
you buiy some cookeare, try it out - empty. If it rocks back and forth,
return it.


--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

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Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

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

> Hi everyone,
>
> I just bought a brand new ceramic glass cooktop stove. I've never had
> one. I am a little unsure what type of pans I should use with it. I
> mostly use my old Revere ware copper bottom kettles and use teflon
> frying pans. I'm not a great cook by any means, so, I don't really
> want high end products...are there certain types of pots and pans that
> are recommended with this type of cook top? Thanks in advance for any
> advice!

Cindy, my new glasstop was delivered yesterday. It's a GE. It has a
section in the manual that carries recommendations and warnings about
different types of cookware to use. With pictures. Have you checked
your manual for similar? If not, give it a looksee.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-21-2006 Hot Stuff!

"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

In article >, wrote:

>
> Pretty much anything as long as it has flat bottoms. I have used cast iron,
> stainless, clad stainless, and enamled steel. The only cookware that
> did not work very well has one old pot that had a bump in the middle of
> the bottom and would not sit flat.

Hee-e-y-y-y-y, what are you doing with my non-stick skillet, Bill? I
thought it was flat until I found out it isn't. I wonder if that's an
occupational hazard with a cheap non-stick.
--
-Barb
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"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> In article >, wrote:

> >
> > Pretty much anything as long as it has flat bottoms. I have used cast iron,
> > stainless, clad stainless, and enamled steel. The only cookware that
> > did not work very well has one old pot that had a bump in the middle of
> > the bottom and would not sit flat.

> Hee-e-y-y-y-y, what are you doing with my non-stick skillet, Bill? I
> thought it was flat until I found out it isn't. I wonder if that's an
> occupational hazard with a cheap non-stick.

Nope, not yours. Mine is an aluminum clad stainless that for some
reason has a little glob of aluminum in the middle of the bottom.
I'm not sure how or why it got there, it just wasn't noticable until
we got the smooth-top range.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

Thanks everyone for the responses. I don't have an owners manual,
because this stove was returned to the store by a woman who had had it
for a month and decided that she wanted stainless steel instead of
bisque. The previous owner has the owners manual, and I am hoping to
get it soon. Just in case she doesn't return it, I have an owners
manual on order from Sears. I'm disappointed that Sears doesn't have
any downloadable PDF product manuals. There are a lot of bells &
whistles on the stove that I haven't yet figured out!

So far, so good...it seems to be working nicely :) I just love it so
far!

Cindy :)

Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

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

> Thanks everyone for the responses. I don't have an owners manual,
> because this stove was returned to the store by a woman who had had it
> for a month and decided that she wanted stainless steel instead of
> bisque. The previous owner has the owners manual, and I am hoping to
> get it soon. Just in case she doesn't return it, I have an owners
> manual on order from Sears. I'm disappointed that Sears doesn't have
> any downloadable PDF product manuals. There are a lot of bells &
> whistles on the stove that I haven't yet figured out!
>
> So far, so good...it seems to be working nicely :) I just love it so
> far!
>
> Cindy :)

Bummer on the manual thing. Are you going to have to pay for the
manual? Was that part of the condition of the sale - that there was no
manual with it? Unless it was, I think I'd try to press Sears to give
you the manual for free unless the cost was less than about $3.

Here's the Use and Care Manual for my new GE smooth top:
http://tinyurl.com/18r
Cookware recommendations are on pages 8 & 9.

--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-21-2006 Hot Stuff!

"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Best pots & pans for ceramic glass cooktop stove
 

In article >,
(Donald Tsang) wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> >> The only cookware that did not work very well has one old pot
> >> that had a bump in the middle of the bottom and would not sit flat.
> >
> >Hee-e-y-y-y-y, what are you doing with my non-stick skillet, Bill? I
> >thought it was flat until I found out it isn't. I wonder if that's an
> >occupational hazard with a cheap non-stick.
>
> I have two words for you: Rubber Mallet (actually, a few more words:
> four layers of towel underneath to save your counter surface...)
>
> You have to do this every two or three months, but it can save a heap of
> money if you like to cook with cheap anodized nonstick.
>
> Donald

Hah! I think I'll put the toweling on the top of the inverted skillet
with maybe one or two beneath it, out back on the concrete stoop, with a
regular hammer. I'm fresh out of rubber mallets. That skillet is one
of but two pieces of non-stick stuff I use. The other is my dutch oven
that's a must for making fruit butter.
I'll let you know how pounding the skillet works out. Thank you, Donald.
--
-Barb
<www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 3-21-2006 Hot Stuff!

"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."