The Double Dip Has Arrived

[Conan71]

I've been looking too, but every time I just get irked by the whole thing.  I have gas stove, so may just go over to Tulsa Stove Hospital in Redfork and buy an antique.  Cost less and very much more cool.  Work as well if not better.  My current old Magic Chef has failing valves, and Whirlpool, who bought the company, wants to encourage people NOT to repair, so they rape and pillage on the parts.  (They are doing that to Maytag washer/dryer parts now, too.)

I'm not impressed by the electronic controls that they are using in this type of appliance.  They "value engineer" it to the point where it is gonna fail on you in 3 to 6 years.  And the replacement cost is $400 for the control panel.  Yuck.  (Relative is going through that now with a Thermador brand.)  And the only real problem is they put some cheesy electrolytic caps on the control boards, instead of a good cap, so it dries out in a few years and the power supply fails.  

Have done some cooking on the smooth top at the relative's, and I just can't get the hang of it.  Too much conditioned to natural gas, I think.  Keep over or under doing it.  Electric oven is good - that seems to be pretty easy.

Yeah, if gas line not already there, it can be a pain.  Strongly recommend finding a good plumber to install if go that route.

If I go to gas I'm fortunate in that I happen to work for someone with an unlimited mechanical contractors license.  I simply don't want to jack hammer up the floor in the kitchen.  Besides I kind of like the look of the smooth top.  The future Mrs. Conan and I have both been cooking on electric long enough that we are used to the settings.  It took awhile when I first used electric as I grew up with gas and liked how adjustments are much more instantaneous with gas.

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If I go to gas I'm fortunate in that I happen to work for someone with an unlimited mechanical contractors license.  I simply don't want to jack hammer up the floor in the kitchen.  Besides I kind of like the look of the smooth top.  The future Mrs. Conan and I have both been cooking on electric long enough that we are used to the settings.  It took awhile when I first used electric as I grew up with gas and liked how adjustments are much more instantaneous with gas.

Do all the smooth tops change color or something whenever the heating element is on?  I think some of the early (long time ago) smooth tops didn't indicate they were on until they got really hot.  I vaguely remember someone who had one complaining about it being really too warm to touch but not blistering without an obvious indication it was on.

[heironymouspasparagus]

One I have used a little bit glows dark cherry from fairly low heat, up to bright red.