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Well, Anyone have any suggestions?
I'm thinking about this one,
Extra large 5.4 cu. ft. oven with hidden bake element on bottom. Ceramic glass cooktop with one 6"/9" dual, one 9" and two 6" radiant elements plus a Warm & Serve zone. Easy Set 335 electronic oven controls with Hold Warm, Delay Start, 3 select clean cycles and oven lockout option. Kenmore made by Fridgedare for Sears.
Thanks,
Sidney
I didn't like the ceramic top I had, and although I did like that 6"/9" dual, I found I used it almost all the time on the 9" setting. The ceramic top made every pan I had wobble and vibrate as it heated. I very much prefer the Jenn-aire I have now, with hob burners, (which is NOT in the same price range) but I will not ever again do without a convection oven. I would highly recommend checking into something with a convection option, (which IS in the same price range) it shortens cooking time, uses less heat, therefore less energy, puts less heat into the room in summer, and the airflow seals the flavor on Thanksgiving turkeys, roasts, and crisps things like frozen french frys wonderfully.
Thanks, I was wondering about convection. I have very sturdy 50 year old stainless that Daddy sold when I was 6. I wonder if it will rattle? Did you evercook with glass flat bottomed pans any and did they rattle too? I just hadn't heard of that drawback.
I would love to have a Jenn-aire, but it is gas, yes?
I appreciate your time to answer my questions.
Sidney
No, my Jennaire is electric. Would have preferred gas, but gas wasn't plumbed to the kitchen and DH gave me that look, so I went with electric.
I almost never use my corning on the stove top, so I can't tell you. I have a mixmash of pots and pans, from one All-clad to a bunch of 50 year old Revere ware, and to the last one, if you tried to boil water, they "danced". All-clad only a bit, Revere ware nearly spilled the water, and my old heavy Mirro even danced some. I also didn't like the flat surface because any flat surface in my house is subject to having something piled on it. I used it for countertop, and then had to clear it whenever I needed to cook. :-(
I hated cleaning it, but that was just lazy on my part. It came with the house when I bought it, and had a build up of something around the burners that I never got totally clean. I soaked, softscrubbed, scrapped with plastic scrubbers and everything I could think of to clean and not scratch and the blasted rings were there til the day I sold it.
Sorry to be such a wet blanket, but I found very little to like about it.
Your not a wet blanket, I appreciate your frankness. I agree about the bare flat spaces, and will keep that in mind.
The other source of info on this said she scrapes hers with a razor blade, then uses the special polish. If I get one it will be the smoothest I can find. She said she still wouldn't go back to drip pans. What is a hob burner?
Sidney
Hob is a solid burner, but metal. Very even heat. Scrubable. And no drip pans either. I would have thought a razor blade would scratch. Never tried it.
I'll be looking into that Jennaire. Been looking for a solid eye burner.
I have heard several complain about cleaning the solid tops, Bunny is the only one that ever said I just scrape it and then polish it with that special stuff. She's real practicle and good housekeeper so I figured she had figured it out. I really do appreciate your input and will post when I buy.
Sidney
Just noticed you are a new member and would like to say here at DG we have many more forums that are available to suscribers. The $15. yearly subscription fee is best money I've ever spent.
We mail plants to each other and really have a great time.
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Sidney
Than you for the welcome, and am considering joining, although I don't really have a garden, since I live at my job site and don't intend to keep more here than I can pack and move in a day when the boss makes me mad enough to quit! Right now it looks like I can access most of the areas of interest to me, though.
I have just purchased my 2nd ceramic smooth top stove. I have used one for years and would never use anything else again.
Cleaning maintenance is the lowest level of all the stoves I have used including electric coil and gas stoves. I bought a new one because we purchased a new home and after using the stove here for just a short while, I realized how time consuming it was to keep the burners and pans clean and shining.
I agree with the person above who said that all you have to do is scrape any burnt spot that one may have from an overflow and then just use the cleaner/polisher to wipe the top and then rub off with a clean cloth and it always looks brand new. It takes a minute or two at the most for me.
As far as pots and pans, I use 18/10 stainless steel with flat bottoms. I have never had one wobble except a old hand-me-down that was out of round and did not sit flat and I threw it out.
I know everyone has their preferences and for different reasons but I prefer the ceramic because it is so easy to keep spotless.
LOL...I will never again clean the goo (from overflows that go beyond the burner and settle in the bottom) that you find when you lift the top of a regular electric or gas range to clean that area.
Darius, where should I mail those bibs to?
I purchased a glass top Maytag with 2 ovens. It has a 1 rack oven right below the top and a regular oven below that. No storage drawer.
I am in love with it. It is almost as good as gas as I can slide pan to cool area to stop heat immediately. The top oven toast, broils, bakes and is a heating oven.
Sidney
I own a stove that is very hard to keep the burners and range top clean the burners are also chipping. What gas stanless steal stove can any one recommend? Help
