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Baroque Bloke
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I’ve been very pleased with my Miele ceramic cooktop. A few boil-over spots, but it still works perfectly. The best kind of cooktop for even heat distribution. I’ve used it for nine years.

In regards to heat distribution, I’ve read that induction cooktops are poor, heating only a smallish spot in the center. And cast iron has low thermal conductivity.



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Originally posted by rbert0005:
We have had glass top ranges for over 20 years.
Not one of them has seen a blade.


Maybe, but if true I bet your microwave is a MESS! Smile

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... so do I feel like cutting holes, patching, and painting, that is the question.


Jesse - if you've ever had gas you already know the answer is yes. Especially if you're the cook. If you've not had gas, you'll know why the answer is yes the next time, after you do it this time!


Called my gas buddy. Existing lines won't handle anything else. Already slightly over BTUs. I am going to have to fish a new line for oven from the meter. Found a route to run it that will actually be less holes than running from furnace area.

Only one problem he fell and broke a vertabre, so if he's up for it he will supervise me and make final connections. Hopefully he's up for it. May even park the new one in basement until he's up for it or just stick with electric. Leaving the old one in place for a while may not be an option with wifey.



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We have a glass top range. It’s not the induction type, which weren’t around when we bought it. My bride wanted it.

I frequently catch my bride doing things on it that the owner’s manual proscribes (like using the glass top as a cutting board). And people are always putting all kinds of stuff down on it without checking to see if it’s hot. Someday something will happen to destroy it and I can replace the damn thing with a plain old electric range I won’t have to worry about.

I damn sure wouldn’t consider another glass top one. If gas or propane were a practical option for us that house, I’d sure prefer it to any type of electric stove.
I also have a glass top range. I keep hoping something will happen to it so I can get something else. I truly hate the thing. The only advantage is that it's easy to clean, and by that I mean nothing can get under a burner. If you burn a spill on it, that's not going away easily.

Oh, it also drives me crazy when my wife puts stuff on it without checking if it's hot. She's going to cook her purse one day.
 
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We have a glass top stove in our new house....it’s not the induction kind and it’s OK..

But I really really like cooking on gas (works when the power is out, can be used to heat if the power is out, it gets stuff hot quickly, I can use cast iron on it) so the new place doesn’t have gas...at all. Nowhere in the subdivision...they got it about a mile away that is piped by the city....I guess the builder who started this whole thing figured gas wou Do be expensive for them to run...



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We have a 2011 Thermador induction glass cooktop. Awesome, easy to clean with glass cleaner paste because unlike an electric there is no heat from an element, just the pan. You can move a hot pan and very quickly that spot will be cool to the touch. Precise temp control, quick heating, and has been utterly reliable. Also very thin so minimal cabinet space is lost and we were able to place it to maximize kitchen efficiency.

Yeah we love it.





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Posts: 1999 | Location: South Florida | Registered: December 24, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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We've had one since 1996. We've never had any issues with it.

Cleaning it is not really difficult, and is much easier than cleaning an old-style electric range. We've never used the designed cleansers, just dish soap, and a razor blade once in a blue moon.

We haven't babied it, and if it has any scratches, they're too fine for me to notice them.

I've always been apprehensive about cracking it, but the few times that it's gotten smacked have had no apparent effect.

Cast iron can be used on it, but it has to be smooth-bottomed, not with a ring.

The only pan we have that won't work on it is a pancake griddle that is warped. If the griddle were flat, it would probably work, too.


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We have a 10 yr old Whirlpool glass top, 5 element. SWMBO loves it. Has a convection oven setting we've never used. Have always used Weiman Glass Top Cleaner, just clean every mess up as soon as it's cool. Only had to use a razor blade once when a plastic spoon was left on a cooling element.



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Cleaning it isn't as big of a deal as it seems. I cook a lot and often make a mess, but theres nothing that a razor and some barkeepers friend won't bring back to new.




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Our first glass top was in the first house that my wife and I bought, maybe around 1975 or 1976. We have had glass top ranges ever since.

Never had a problem.

Clean-up is easy. Usually just a damp rag, sometimes a bit of Comet, or some of the glass top cleaner that's available in any hardware store or Walmart. I had to learn to use just a couple of drops of the cleaner, I was over doing it at first.



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15 years with a glass top, still looks good. I can’t really complain as it looks way better than the old school style with exposed elements and it works well. When/If it dies I will be moving to gas, I still like temperature control better with it.


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I have had a standard glass top range for over 15 years. Looks pretty much brand new, super easy to clean.

That said, I would not get another. Never thought to ask when I got it, could I use a standard cast iron skillet. Guess what, NO. So that has sucked. Major draw back in my opinion. Dumb of me not to ask.
 
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Trying to cook on them is a pain in the ass if you're used to gas. My mom has one and the cabin we stayed in for a week had one. I never could get it quite figured out. I'd turn it on what I thought should be medium low and nothing much would happen at all. Kept having to set it on high and then turn it down when it got too hot...

With a flame you can at least see how much heat is coming out


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Not a big fan of mine, but its been OK - mainly, I miss being able to use my cast-iron skillet.

Get one of those plug-in induction ranges, at least. I far prefer induction, over the glass, but induction makes caramels, chocolates, and cream sauces much easier to work with than anything else
 
Posts: 6068 | Location: Republic of Ice Cream, Low Country, SC. | Registered: May 24, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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It's been a glass top since I started cooking almost 40 years ago.
Wouldn't have anything else, but a glass cooktop.

Have been using cast iron on the last one for a few years now with no problems.

They are simple to keep clean. Wipe them off with the ceramic top cleaner and they will continue to look like new.




 
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