ratsrcute
Assistant Cook
- Joined
- Oct 5, 2007
- Messages
- 29
My landlord just installed a new stove. It's a Kenmore electric. There's no model number on the stove, but I think it's their cheapest model. It is not self-cleaning. It has the flat ceramic top (no visible burners).
Anyway, it has a problem. The burners take a long time to come up to temperature, or to cool off. For example, if I need to boil something, then set to low in order to simmer it, here's what happens. I set to "High" to boil it, then turn down to "Lo". Well, it keeps boiling furiously for up to ten minutes!
So then I tried boiling it on one burner, then transferring it to another to simmer. So it boiled, then I moved it to the other burner set on low, and here's what happened. It got completely cool, and took about ten minutes to come back up to a simmer temperature!
Then I tried "preheating" the second burner by putting it on high for a few minutes. Still, the dish cooled off too much, then took about ten minutes for the temperature to stabilize at a normal simmer.
The bleepin stove is a pain in the *** and almost useless like this. Does anyone know if this is normal behavior for a cheap Kenmore stove, or is there something wrong with it?
Mike
Anyway, it has a problem. The burners take a long time to come up to temperature, or to cool off. For example, if I need to boil something, then set to low in order to simmer it, here's what happens. I set to "High" to boil it, then turn down to "Lo". Well, it keeps boiling furiously for up to ten minutes!
So then I tried boiling it on one burner, then transferring it to another to simmer. So it boiled, then I moved it to the other burner set on low, and here's what happened. It got completely cool, and took about ten minutes to come back up to a simmer temperature!
Then I tried "preheating" the second burner by putting it on high for a few minutes. Still, the dish cooled off too much, then took about ten minutes for the temperature to stabilize at a normal simmer.
The bleepin stove is a pain in the *** and almost useless like this. Does anyone know if this is normal behavior for a cheap Kenmore stove, or is there something wrong with it?
Mike