Electric Stoves?

[Mike J]

So today when I got home from work my wife informed me that our stove had died. She & I spent some time looking around Home Depot & Lowes websites looking at stoves. It seems that they have changed the regulations. They have temperature sensitive burners now. It seems all the manufacturers have them. GE calls theirs Sensi Temp. Reading the reviews it seems some people have had problems with them. I also read a review by one woman that said she had removed them & put in the old style burners & everything worked fine. They say these are for safety but it really just seems to me like the government causing problems & calling them solutions. Has anyone here had any experience with these things? If so please share whether they worked well for you or are a problem.
In all honesty I don't know if it is available or not but I kind of wish I had gas. When I had the house built there wasn't any gas service in this area so everything was sat up total electric.

 

[eveled]

I install a lot of propane tanks for stoves. Seems like a waste to me. I like my glass top electric stove, but I was unaware of the new sensors

 

[Mike J]

I install a lot of propane tanks for stoves. Seems like a waste to me. I like my glass top electric stove, but I was unaware of the new sensors

My wife doesn't want a glass top. She wants the separate burners. She is chief cook & bottle washer (actually my daughter usually does the dishes) so I want to make sure to get what she wants.
She does not like the idea of the sensors.

 

[eveled]

That’s smart to get what she wants. The only complaint I’ve ever heard with the glass top is you cannot use it for canning.

But be aware propane is an option If you go that route I’d recommend one with an electric oven.

Once you have the propane tank you can use it for other stuff too. Barbeque grill, fire pit, pool heater, fireplaces, modine in the garage. etc.

 

[contender]

If you can't find a stove that meets your criteria,, then maybe add an independent propane gas set-up. Never worry about cooking if the power goes out.
Also you might try finding an independent appliance repair shop & asking the question about changing out the burners to ones w/o sensors.

Now,, an above statement confuses me; "The only complaint I've ever heard with the glass top is you cannot use it for canning." I use a glass top stove & I also use a pressure canner all the time. Never had any issues.

 

[Kevin]

If it’s electric and not a glass cooktop, what is it? Are you talking about the old style electric burners, they look like coils? Didn’t know they still made them.

And what is a temperature sensitive?

Sorry, I’m not trying to be obtuse, I’m not picturing in my mind what you are talking about.

We recently just bought an electric cooktop for the house we are building. It’s an Induction cooktop. I believe They use magnets to heat up just the pot. If you remove the pot, the glass cooktop isn’t hot at all. Or isn’t supposed to be at least.

 

[Mobuck]

I won't ALLOW an electric kitchen range in MY house.
I prefer the options provided by LP cooking(such as actually being able to cook during a power failure w/o increasing the size of our portable genset).

 

[WAYNO]

Our electric range is 27 years old, so I know I'm on borrowed time. With this sensi-temp (that I had never heard of til now) discussion, did I wait too long?

Maybe not...

I just looked online at the selection at the local stores, and the old conventional resistance-coil burners are still very available here.

 

[coach]

Induction stovetops seem to be the wave of the future. Magnetic energy directly heats the pot. Apparently the pot or pan heats whatever you’re cooking directly and does if faster than the standard coils, other electric burners or gas. I’ll stick with natural gas if I have a choice.

 

[Cholo]

You have to use special pans with induction.

 

[gunzo]

I haven't read over the schematics of a newer electric stove, but thinking it's power to the controls for 4 separate burners, and another control for the oven/broiler.

So, how does an electric stove just die? Completely? A burner quits, oven? but the whole thing?

Some appliances so simple to repair, some not. Jut got our clothes dryer back in operation for $5.60. A couple hours of an old fatboy wallowing behind it to fix but the cost vs. a new unit was worth the effort.

 

[blume357]

Once you go gas, when you see electric; you'll pass.

 

[Mobuck]

We've replaced our kitchen stove twice in 23 years (first stove was used when we got it). Both failures were directly related to the oven and/or it's controls. The manual burner controls and burners were never an issue.

 

[Dan in MI]

My wife’s dream stove is gas cooktop and electric oven.

 

[wagwan]

We’ve had every kind imaginable. Our current induction model is the best yet. Even better than gas for fine control.

 

[Kevin]

You have to use special pans with induction.

Yes, however most pans are induction ready. Anything that is magnetic.

And you don’t want to cook in aluminum anyway.

 

[JiminMaine]

If you can't find a stove that meets your criteria,, then maybe add an independent propane gas set-up. Never worry about cooking if the power goes out.
Also you might try finding an independent appliance repair shop & asking the question about changing out the burners to ones w/o sensors.

Now,, an above statement confuses me; "The only complaint I've ever heard with the glass top is you cannot use it for canning." I use a glass top stove & I also use a pressure canner all the time. Never had any issues.

A lot of the glass tops can't take the weight of big kettles. When I am making my spaghetti sauce I cook it in a 40 quart stock pot which is too heavy for most glass tops. I had to switch to cooking it on a turkey cooker outside before putting it in jars and then using the pressure cooker on the glass top stove.

 

[peachhead]

So, how does an electric stove just die? Completely? A burner quits, oven? but the whole thing?

Replaced the burner in my old oven a couple times. When the control board finally croaked, the repair cost plus the fact that the part was unavailable at the time moved us to get a new oven.

My wife’s dream stove is gas cooktop and electric oven.

We had an electric glass top KitchenAid for almost 15 years. The oven worked really well (my wife bakes a lot); I was never a big fan of the glass cooktop. So when we had to replace it, we were able to get the dual fuel, gas cooktop with electric oven. It was expensive but well worth it.

 

[eveled]

If you can't find a stove that meets your criteria,, then maybe add an independent propane gas set-up. Never worry about cooking if the power goes out.
Also you might try finding an independent appliance repair shop & asking the question about changing out the burners to ones w/o sensors.

Now,, an above statement confuses me; "The only complaint I've ever heard with the glass top is you cannot use it for canning." I use a glass top stove & I also use a pressure canner all the time. Never had any issues.

A lot of the glass tops can't take the weight of big kettles. When I am making my spaghetti sauce I cook it in a 40 quart stock pot which is too heavy for most glass tops. I had to switch to cooking it on a turkey cooker outside before putting it in jars and then using the pressure cooker on the glass top stove.

I was surprised too. But Jim has the answer. I found it in the manual for ours.

 

[eveled]

The glass top is easier to clean up spills. I would not like the old spirals.

I grew up with gas. But transitioned to electric easily. Its like cooking on cast iron. You have to turn it down before you want to.

 

[contender]

Interesting about the weight & glass tops. I'll have Miss Penny dig out the manual on ours & study it.

 

[Mobuck]

MIL cracked the cooking surface of her glass top range using a pressure cooker/canner.

 

[WAYNO]

Although I don't own a glass top range, I've been around a few. Some are quite abraded and unsightly from pans sliding around on the glass. That causes me to have no further interest.









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[s4s4u]

Once you go gas, when you see electric; you'll pass.

This ^^^

Gas provides constant heat at a constant temperatue. Electric burners pulse, on/off/on/off so your food is frying one minute and stayying warm another. If I have the choice, it is gas, FTW. But, I am fine if the oven protion is electric.

 

[turd]

When we had this house built, wifey wanted a gas cooktop and separate electric dual oven set up. No issues, we can cook during power outages. A win win for us.

 

[wildwilly]

I have a electric stove in the house and a gas stove top in the garage.Once you pressure can on a gas stove you’ll never want to use electric again.The stove in the house is a glass top my canner is a All American 930 I don’t know what it weighs but it’s heavy I’m not putting it on a glass top

 

[GypsmJim]

My mother would not use electric (doesn't cook well). My MIL would not use gas (dangerous pipes in the house). The wife wanted what her mother had.

In our 50 years of marriage we have had several electric stoves. Our current one is a glass top and it is simply fantastic. It has good control, she uses it for canning and cleanup is a dream.

While if I had my way we would have always had gas, after using a glass top electric I would never have anything else. I see no negatives.

 

[redhawker]

Might be better off seeing if the old stove can be repaired. Sounds like even if you can get a gas stove it going to have some type of restrictor or control or something to screw it up.

 

[outlaw_dogboy]

We use propane, 330 gallon tank out next to the house (like 20 feet away). Gas was mandatory, per my wife. She cooks, so we got gas (propane). We also have a gas water heater, and a gas convection oven. And gas supplemental heat, backing up our heat pump. The gas stove is the only thing that, IMO, is really an advantage of using propane. Everything else is out of commission if the electricity goes out.
Neighbor is a tradesman. He put in his propane range, but didn't want to bother with leasing a big outside propane tank (nor inground). He just has numerous 20# propane bottles that he will cycle through to power his range top.

 

[eveled]

I found this one time. Highly illegal. It goes to the kitchen. Not sure what appliances are hooked up. They would not let me in the house.