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Originally Posted by Laker14
Well, looks like we finally did it. Haven't closed yet but have an agreement to purchase a home. I love cooking with gas, but the house we are buying has a nearly brand new smooth top electric.
We've been renting a few years, cooking on smooth tops, with crappy pans that are warped, so only a small portion of the pan is actually touching the surface.
What is a good product that will cook well, not warp, and not destroy the range top?
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I too prefer gas but have electric. You will learn to cook on electric.
You state your pans are warped. That is not gas or electric, they were poor quality pans.
Probably not worth the effort and it seems like you wish to start you new home with new pots, but, you can put a warped pot on a flat surface and play auto body repair to again flatten it out.
Our electric stove and I think any of the ones with what you describe as a flat top have a step-less heat control knob. At say medium setting unlike gas where you turn down the flame and thus the heat, it is on at full high and then turns off and then back on again.
I suppose it averages as half. It however is far more likely to burn your food.
If,you are used to olive oil, beware it is a low heat oil and thus, far more likely to burn on an electric stove. You can buy a disc to put under a pan to better distribute the heat and prevent burning. I have cut the bottom out of old fry pans for the same purpose.
I've never done it but you can use a cast iron fry pan under a pot. You will heat up your kitchen and risk burning yourself as it does not fit under the pot very well.
There will surely be posts, my pot is better than your pot. I prefer stainless with a thick copper or aluminum bottom. I would avoid unknown cheap stuff from China. Not all stainless steel is truly stainless. I avoid aluminum pans rumor is it is not good health-wise. I avoid non-stick pans. Is the coating good for you? Remember when Teflon was and now it is not-it never was but we all bought it.
Brand names? I still have and occasionally use a Presto pressure caner. It was my grandmother's the company supplied instructions were printed in 1945. It still works fine
and you can still buy parts for it.