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02/10/07, 08:27 AM
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advice needed/buying new stove
My microwave (20 yrs old) stopped working and my stove only has two working burners.It`s time for replacements.Does anyone have one of those stoves with the smooth tops,this is the type I`m considering.
Shari
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02/10/07, 08:41 AM
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We had one in our last place, and I wouldn't get one again. The one good thing, it's really easy to keep clean. But, it's not good for cast iron, which is what I do a lot of cooking in. And it just seemed too fragile to me. Too easy to drop something heavy on it and shatter the thing. It just seems not fit for real heavy-duty use.
That said, I'm also a gas fan, so anything electric is low on my list. If you can switch to gas or propane, I would highly recommend making the change.
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02/10/07, 08:44 AM
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We install them in the condos I build. I hate them, but that is my personal opinion. Keep in mind that if the glass top gets broken, it is cheaper to replace the stove than the top(DAMHIKT). I'm of the school that the more gadgety(like that word?) a thing is, the more things there are to break. The KISS method seems to work well for me- Keep It Simple, Stupid.
Doug
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02/10/07, 08:44 AM
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when we remodeled we bought a combination gas cooktop with an electric oven...the top under the gas burners is the smooth top, which is great to keep clean and the oven is a convection oven, which I don't really care about,...it is not bad, but a regular electric would have been fine as well...but this combination gives us cooking when the power is out, and the smooth top for easy clean up...have fun...
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02/10/07, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 4nTN
My microwave (20 yrs old) stopped working and my stove only has two working burners.It`s time for replacements.Does anyone have one of those stoves with the smooth tops,this is the type I`m considering.
Shari
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My MIL bought a smooth top, she then had to buy new pots to use on the smooth top. My wife has used it and hates it, that's all the info i can give you. We need a new stove and it will be a conventional gas stove/oven.
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02/10/07, 09:57 AM
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keep it simple and honest
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If you are at all interested in self-sufficiency, either in a power outage or worse, a propane stove would be very helpful in fulfilling a plan. I have a propane stove that has no electricity, so I can use the top or oven anytime. I keep the tank (100 gallons) at least half full all the time, so it would last a long time if the SHTF...
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02/10/07, 11:42 AM
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And i also HATE mine--not supposed to use cast irom, or if you do, take it off before you turn off the burner--difference in cooling down times--pans must be flat-and most irritating, you cant use a canner on it. guess if you didnt live in the country, or as old-fashioned as i am-you might like it
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02/10/07, 12:16 PM
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Uhh- 4NTN... I think you got your answer...
Doug
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02/10/07, 12:48 PM
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Two opinions
Condo,
Downtown in our condominium, we have a FANTASTIC smooth-top withconvection oven. It is the best stove ever!
It heats fast, is easy to clean, the controls are on the front.
But, you can not can on it, the top might break.
BTW, the top costs $500 to replace, the whole stove costs $1,700. We have not broken our top yet. It seems strong.
Nancy's sister gave it to us before she died last year.
Log Cabin,
Better than best stove is Katie-the-cookstove. She is at our log cabin, we have all cast iron pots and pans there and she is perfect. She has a FLAT TOP, which can not be broken. You can can on her all day and not hurt a thing.
If you need a new ELECTRIC stove the flat tops are great IMO. I am impressed with the convection oven.
Alex
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02/10/07, 01:30 PM
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I have heard that it's really tough doing any amount of canning on those glass top things. Like the others, I'd recommend a gas range. The range will work in a power outage and it will help keep your house warm if your furnance goes out.
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02/10/07, 01:46 PM
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I have one and I love mine!!! Bought it 9 yrs ago - brandnew - and it still looks perfect, after 9+ yrs of almost daily use. You need to keep the glass plate clean - and if stuff overbubbles it requires immediate clean up - but other than that - I would not buy anything else for everyday cooking!
True - you need flat cookware - but I also use cast iron skillets and have no problems. Cooking plates get hot immediately - no waiting for x amount of minutes for the stove to warm up [like at our other place] and clean up is a snap.
Gas is probably more effiecient when you live in areas with lots of potential power outages, but I simply can't stand the smell of gas. I'd rather have a summer kitchen with a combination of BBQ + clay oven or a wood burning stove than a gas stove in the house...
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02/10/07, 01:51 PM
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Okay, general consensus is a flat top will not work for most people. But, back to the original question, buying a new stove.
I need one too, and have been looking at them and asking around. My sil, just bought a new gas GE. It looks really pretty, but she told me that it's really hard to keep clean. The grids the pots sit on, are really high off the top of the range itself. There are no grease catchers, and every litter splatter goes all over it.
Has anyone bought a new range lately that they really like, and is not so hard to maintain?
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02/10/07, 02:18 PM
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We bought a glass top three years ago and I hate it. Didn't want it, but hubby insisted (I don't know why...he doesn't cook or clean). The eyes get WAY to hot...food will boil and stick even on simmer.
It is a Frigidaire and I DO NOT recommend the brand. The stove wasn't even three months old when the oven handle broke off. Our new fridge is also a Frigidaire and we've had to have it repaired three times in three years. The dishwasher is a Whirlpool and the microwave is a GE and we've had no problems with them.
Steer clear of Frigidaire!
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02/10/07, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by anniew
If you are at all interested in self-sufficiency, either in a power outage or worse, a propane stove would be very helpful in fulfilling a plan.
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I know I`d be much happier with a gas stove...I do a tremendous amount of cooking and a good amount of canning and my mother has a gas stove and i enjoy cooking with it...my only problem with it is that i already have a huge 500 gallon kerosene tank on one side of my house (we supplement our wood heat with a monitor)
so I was not to keen about another gas tank cluttering up the side of my house(I don`t really have a good place for one)...but you all are right...Gas is the way to go.
Thanks all,
Shari
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