Very random question

[CptKipling]

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! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Sexyredhead]

Ummmmm,

what\'s a hob? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[CptKipling]

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]

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]

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If she has it available, gas is better for cooking

than electric.

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Most definitely.


Holmes

[Kari]

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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]

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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]

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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! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] 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]

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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.

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