Callisto in NC
Washing Up
Okay, it's been 9 years since I cooked on gas. I know you can regulate the cooking temp better but what else are the benefits of gas?
Here's some more:
-you can adjust the temperature exactly where you want it.
-when you turn it off, it's off.
-when you adjust the temperature, it's instantly adjusted.
I've never taken the skin off my arm but do have no choice to reach across the stove to raise or lower the temp. It can't be avoided. The knobs are indeed on the back and the only way to reach them is over the burners/pots/whatever is there.Sorry, but no one in their right mind would reach over a hot pot to adjust the knobs. I've never had to do that. Good way to take the skin off your arm.
Sorry, but no one in their right mind would reach over a hot pot to adjust the knobs. I've never had to do that. Good way to take the skin off your arm.
I've got a low BTU burner on my gas stove and a high BTU burner, also. After using this stove for almost seven years, I wish they were all the same size. It kinda limits what pot you put where. Sometimes my smallest pot is the one I am doing the most with. Mix in a few other things you are cooking on the stovetop and you end up putting something too big on that little burner. You might be able to crank the flame up, but it still doesn't heat much of the bottom of the pan or pot.
JMO. My next stove won't have this if I can help it.
Nice seeing all the advantages of a gas stove. I have never cooked on an electric one in my life. My parents had to switch to electric when they sold their house and moved into a condo. I think they complained about it for two year. It's all what you get used to I guess.
Oh. How do you adjust the temperature, then, when the knobs are on the back of the stove?
What? The center of the top of the stove? Physically impossible. My knobs are in direct line with the burners and as funky as my wrist is, it doesn't bend that way. The only knob in the middle controls my oven, not my burners.You reach the knobs from the CENTER of the top of the stove, never over a boiling pot or sizzling pan. Bring your hand from the center to the knob. If you've never cooked on electric then I don't blame you for not knowing. It's so simple.
Excuse the splatters from dinner last night, but as you can see from this photo, the knobs line up with the burners.
With my stove, the burners are different sizes, but it has grates that cover the top, so you can put any size pot over the burners. And it also has a simmer burner and a high-BUT burner. And if a breeze threatens to blow out the flame, it automagically relights it. Here it is.
Excuse the splatters from dinner last night, but as you can see from this photo, the knobs line up with the burners.
All mine have been like this except on this one even the oven is near the heat. The oven is the farthest from the left in the picture.OK. I've never cooked on an electric stove before, but the ones I have seen all had the knobs off to the one side.
That looks like that could present a problem. What a stupid place for the knobs, right on the back like that.... weird.