CinCin
Assistant Cook
I've been using an old Jenn-air smooth glass top electric cooktop with downdraft, and I absolutely hate it. The burners are slow to heat up and take forever to cool down. I find myself using two burners when a recipe has instructions like, "Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer..." I want to convert to gas, but here are my dilemmas: (1) I don't want to do a whole kitchen makeover; ideally, I'd remove the old cooktop and drop in a new one. (2) I'd like to keep a downdraft setup because there's no way I can install an overhead exhaust fan in that location. (3) We have no natural gas available. We do have LP that's presently used for a fireplace and that gas line can easily be run to the cooktop.
Is there ANY hope for a solution here? I saw a Jenn-air gas cooktop that looks like it'll fit into my space (30" wide) but with the LP conversion kit, the highest output is only 11,500 BTUs; the other three burners would be 9,800, 9,800 and 4,000 BTUs. I have no experience with BTUs -- is that grossly inadequate?
As an alternative, is there a high-functioning electric cooktop that I should consider -- one that has responsive elements that will be almost as good as gas?
Thanks so much for your input.
Is there ANY hope for a solution here? I saw a Jenn-air gas cooktop that looks like it'll fit into my space (30" wide) but with the LP conversion kit, the highest output is only 11,500 BTUs; the other three burners would be 9,800, 9,800 and 4,000 BTUs. I have no experience with BTUs -- is that grossly inadequate?
As an alternative, is there a high-functioning electric cooktop that I should consider -- one that has responsive elements that will be almost as good as gas?
Thanks so much for your input.