Why An Electric Range Is Not As Popular As Gas

Electric ranges come in two versions, your traditional coiled eyes, and your smooth glass/ceramic top. Now, the glass/ceramic top tends to be more popular because of how easy it is to clean. It requires a cleaner called, “Cerama Bryte” which can be found here Cerama Bryte Ceramic Cooktop Cleaner , so this is by far the cheapest Cerama Bryte I have found anywhere! Some places sell this stuff for over $20! Although this is the least expensive cleaner, expect that extra expense with an electric range. Another thing to remember with the glass/ceramic tops is that they can crack if something heavy such as a cast iron pot hits it.

Most importantly, these types of tops take longer to heat up, and longer to cool down as opposed to gas, or even the coiled eyes. This could possibly pose a danger, depending on the quality of range you purchase because when cooling down, there may be no indication that the burner is still hot, possibly causing you or a loved one to be burned. This also would make the cooking area warmer.

Finally, these types of tops don’t provide the even heat distribution throughout the pot or pan as gas does. This trait goes for the coiled eyes as well. Modern pots and pans are grooved on the bottom so full distribution of heat wouldn't be possible with anything electric.

Coiled eyes, can produce a slightly better performance than the glass/ceramic tops believe it or not. Depending on the quality of the coils (the more coils in an eye the better!) they're able to provide faster cooking and faster cool down time. With coiled tops, the coils are your heating element, with glass tops, the coiled heating element is beneath the glass surface which causes the delay in cook times. Coiled eyes can just be a pain to keep clean, so depending on how often you cook, glass surface may be your best bet.

Although it seems as if electric tops have a lot of downsides, which it's really not that bad, I'm just pointing out every little thing, don't go converting your electric over because of what you read here, if you have electric it's fine. It is not so big of a difference it's worth that costly conversion.

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