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CptKipling
12-02-2003, 10:44 AM
My mum is looking
to buy a new cooking hob before Christmas, our old one is struggling and she has to do a lot of cooking.
I went
down to Curries today (electronic super store if you didn\'t know), partly to try and get some extra work over the
festive period and partly to look for a new hob with her.
Now, having decided that the staff are complete
dullards I pose to you a single question:
What is the advantage of getting a swanky new ceramic hob over the
regular electrical kind (the ones with raised heating pads), bearing in mind that it she would be paying double for
the privilage of the swankiness.
Opinions please! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Sexyredhead
12-02-2003, 10:49 AM
Ummmmm,
what\'s a hob? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
CptKipling
12-02-2003, 10:54 AM
A cooking
thingy...you know, usually has four heating elements and nobs along the side to turn up the heat etc. Like a gas
cooker top but with heating elements.
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belgareth
12-02-2003, 11:01 AM
If she has it
available, gas is better for cooking than electric. Otherwise there is little difference in the cooking capability
of the different types of electric heating elements as far as usage. When it comes to spills and clean up, the glass
top units are a lot easier to deal with. The glass top units are really pyro-ceramic and are very tough but can be
chipped or broken. Heavy, cast cookware can mar or crack them. The ceramic cook surfaces are not as brittle as glass
but they do scratch easier than glass. I\'ve heard they take a bit of getting used too because we are so
accustomed to the standard burners that we sometimes forget and place our hands on the hot surfaces without
thinking. But that\'s a mistake you rarely make twice.
Holmes
12-02-2003, 11:05 AM
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If she has it available, gas is better for cooking
than electric.
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Most definitely.
Holmes
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If she has it available, gas is better for cooking
than electric. Otherwise there is little difference in the cooking capability of the different types of electric
heating elements as far as usage. When it comes to spills and clean up, the glass top units are a lot easier to deal
with. The glass top units are really pyro-ceramic and are very tough but can be chipped or broken. Heavy, cast
cookware can mar or crack them. The ceramic cook surfaces are not as brittle as glass but they do scratch easier
than glass. I\'ve heard they take a bit of getting used too because we are so accustomed to the standard burners
that we sometimes forget and place our hands on the hot surfaces without thinking. But that\'s a mistake you
rarely make twice.
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MAJORLY agree about the gas. MUCh better.
Holmes
12-02-2003, 12:23 PM
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MAJORLY agree about the gas. MUCh better.
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Plus it\'s easier to flambe if she decides to get all Jamie O about it.
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Holmes
Sagacious1420
12-03-2003, 03:45 AM
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If she has it available, gas is better for cooking
than electric. Otherwise there is little difference in the cooking capability of the different types of electric
heating elements as far as usage. When it comes to spills and clean up, the glass top units are a lot easier to deal
with. The glass top units are really pyro-ceramic and are very tough but can be chipped or broken. Heavy, cast
cookware can mar or crack them. The ceramic cook surfaces are not as brittle as glass but they do scratch easier
than glass. I\'ve heard they take a bit of getting used too because we are so accustomed to the standard burners
that we sometimes forget and place our hands on the hot surfaces without thinking. But that\'s a mistake you
rarely make twice.
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Bless the person who invented induction
burners! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif Of course, if you don\'t have a few grand to spend,
then gas is the next best alternative. One benefit of the glass/ceramic burners is a more even distribution of
heat. Standard electric burners are a culinary abomination.
CptKipling
12-03-2003, 10:18 AM
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MAJORLY agree about the gas. MUCh better.
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Plus it\'s easier to flambe if she decides to get all Jamie O about it.
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Holmes
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Thanks guys
I\'ll pass that on.
I doubt she will go the gas route because it would involve some majour surgery in the
kitchen, but we\'ll see.
Thanks again /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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