Need new cooker/stove/oven/range thingy - Page 2

classicman · 01-19-2009, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

yeah $1K is a little too rich for us....

thanks all, though. Very interested to hear the flat-top views.

I paid about $350 for the flat top that I had at a Sears outlet
Most of these units have minimal damage. Sometimes on the side or back (who cares) or the weren't the right color scheme, whatever, for the owner.

monster · 01-19-2009, 07:23 PM

thanks classic, good idea -the $1K was referring to sleeve's stove....

classicman · 01-19-2009, 07:27 PM

I know - I choked when I saw that. Gotta admit though - Its a bangin' appliance! Just way outta my price range.

Sundae · 01-20-2009, 05:53 AM

My parents always had gas, and it is by far my preference for the hob.
They now have a flat top stove (although, again, not one of those fancy ones).

Mum replaced all her pans, the heat is fast, yes, but doesn't cool down anywhere near as quickly as gas. And no-one except herself is allowed to clean it. She seems to think it is made of eggshells or something. And it has a special cleaner and a special cloth.

Then again, she won't even let anyone else use the grill either, although I haven't quite figured out why that is. It's a low level grill - I just don't get why ovens don't have eye level grills any more - surely the best way to keep an eye on what is being grilled is to be able to see it?

Anyway, it's probably Mum and her usual paranoia (esp given her clumsy daughter

) but to me it's like putting plastic on a sofa to stop it getting ruined. I think she's have been better off with a gas hob that she didn't have to worry about constantly. Of course we're fully connected already, so I can see where YMMV.

classicman · 01-20-2009, 08:41 AM

"hob" :giggle: You crazy brits.

dar512 · 01-20-2009, 09:57 AM

Gas range. You can't really do stir-fry properly with electric.

Pie · 01-20-2009, 01:11 PM

New house doesn't have gas.

dar512 · 01-20-2009, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

New house doesn't have gas.

Electric heat? Isn't that expensive?

classicman · 01-20-2009, 01:42 PM

Pie - Bummer!

dar - depends upon the size of the house and some other factors... usually it is though.

Pie · 01-20-2009, 03:19 PM

It's all heat pumps down here. Though when we had that stretch in the single digits last week, the auxiliary heat (electric) did come on.

I had to get used to the sound of the heat exchanger unit coming on in the middle of winter. I'm slowly becoming acclimatized.

limey · 01-20-2009, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

"hob" :giggle: You crazy brits.

????

classicman · 01-20-2009, 04:09 PM

What the hell is a "hob"?

HungLikeJesus · 01-20-2009, 04:32 PM

It's the thing with the knob.

dar512 · 01-20-2009, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

What the hell is a "hob"?

Appropriately asked. It's an archaic nickname for the devil.

dar512 · 01-20-2009, 04:41 PM

Or it's British for cooktop.

01-19-2009, 07:23 PM	#17
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks classic, good idea -the $1K was referring to sleeve's stove.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-19-2009, 07:27 PM	#18
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I know - I choked when I saw that. Gotta admit though - Its a bangin' appliance! Just way outta my price range. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-20-2009, 08:41 AM	#20
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	"hob" :giggle: You crazy brits. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-20-2009, 09:57 AM	#21
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Gas range. You can't really do stir-fry properly with electric. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

01-20-2009, 01:11 PM	#22
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	New house doesn't have gas. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-20-2009, 05:53 AM	#19
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My parents always had gas, and it is by far my preference for the hob. They now have a flat top stove (although, again, not one of those fancy ones). Mum replaced all her pans, the heat is fast, yes, but doesn't cool down anywhere near as quickly as gas. And no-one except herself is allowed to clean it. She seems to think it is made of eggshells or something. And it has a special cleaner and a special cloth. Then again, she won't even let anyone else use the grill either, although I haven't quite figured out why that is. It's a low level grill - I just don't get why ovens don't have eye level grills any more - surely the best way to keep an eye on what is being grilled is to be able to see it? Anyway, it's probably Mum and her usual paranoia (esp given her clumsy daughter ) but to me it's like putting plastic on a sofa to stop it getting ruined. I think she's have been better off with a gas hob that she didn't have to worry about constantly. Of course we're fully connected already, so I can see where YMMV.

01-20-2009, 01:42 PM	#24
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Pie - Bummer! dar - depends upon the size of the house and some other factors... usually it is though. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-20-2009, 03:19 PM	#25
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	It's all heat pumps down here. Though when we had that stretch in the single digits last week, the auxiliary heat (electric) did come on. I had to get used to the sound of the heat exchanger unit coming on in the middle of winter. I'm slowly becoming acclimatized. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-20-2009, 04:09 PM	#27
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	What the hell is a "hob"? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-20-2009, 04:32 PM	#28
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	It's the thing with the knob. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-20-2009, 04:41 PM	#30
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Or it's British for cooktop. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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