[abefroman]

Originally Posted by MikeLM

I am just apalled at these comments that

"if it's five years old it's probably worn out and should be replaced."

Mike

They should definatley last more than five years, my appliance repairman said most appliances will need at least on repair by the time they are 5 years old, but they should definatley last more than that. Especially a stove top where their is not much mechanical with it.

Are they able to replace just the heating elements? And then maybe the circuit board that controls those?

[mont86]

Has anyone used a double cast iron grill on a glass top? Can it be done?

I have a glass top..Not real impressed with it. Harder to keep clean.

[phatch]

Those are usually rimmed and won't make direct contact with the glass. Meaning terrible heating. And cast iron is likely to scratch up the glass top as well.

Phil

[mont86]

Originally Posted by phatch

Those are usually rimmed and won't make direct contact with the glass. Meaning terrible heating. And cast iron is likely to scratch up the glass top as well.

Phil

That is exactly what I was thinking...As where burners are raised above the top.

[MikeLM]

Yesterday I was toasting sandwiches on the good ol' Profile cooktop and set the burner to "2" - the third lowest setting of 11.

My infra-red thermometer (which I purchased for $65 or so in a vain effort to figure out what was happening on the cooktop) registered 475 degrees in the aluminum non-stick flat pan.

I'm going to compare that with the temperature on my Cuisinart Griddler pannini press next time i use it.

Mike

[dscheidt]

That's defective. No way is 475F "2".