I recently realized it was taking way longer than normal to cook because front right is not doing so good.
I don’t love front left, but he’s a hard worker.
Front right is the small one, only for coffee and sauce. Front and back left are normal ones, of course front gets way more use than his twin brother.
Back right is practically new, it’s bigger than the left twins but smaller than center daddy.
Hol’ up, you’ve got one in the center?
Biggest one, two circles of flame!
Ah, Gas driven. I thought about an electric one.
Unfortunately my wiring is not beefy enough for induction heaters
Gotta keep one in reserve.
I’ve started using the back left now that I’ve been using a cast iron griddle frequently.
It ain’t much, but it’s honest work.
Induction stove masterrace reporting in
Back left burner crew represent!
What kind of psychopath uses a back burner as their primary?
People with kids
People are unironically having kids these days? That’s so cringe.
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Eh. I don’t have kids and I use the left back burner because I always have. It is what it is.
Back have larger burners if you have induction, and kids, no handles accidentally sticking out either even if you don’t have kids.
Somehow I get what you’re saying, but the grammar of that sentence is going to give English teachers a stroke.
You know sometimes it looks just right enough you don’t question it, other times it’s just a general lack of proof reading. It’s the internet, we can get lazy once in a while.
Flashbacks of Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying.
I don’t get the reference, but I’m into reading old sci-fi and open to side quests. A cursory google says good things about it, and the different narrative aspects sounds cool.
One thing I enjoyed about the The Expanse series was how each chapter was narrated by each character, and it sounds kinda similar?
Oh yeah, it was a recommendation. Having just picked up a stack of old SciFi pulp (Clifford Simak paperbacks this time), I’m gonna guess that our tastes align enough that you might like it. It is weird though and the character switching is a bit more intense. Not just the perspective changes, the whole writing style drastically changes and even the syntax changes to suit each character.
My mother is a fish
I bet he’s left handed too.
Truly sinister
Whitch confirmed?
Burn now, ask questions later.
I resemble that remark.
It reduces the risk of hitting a handle and having things fly off the stove.
Jeezes man get yourself together
They did; they started using the back burner
Stir with the right, hold the pan with the left, and stop the kids from pulling hot food on their heads.
You have a “primary” spot? Different sizes for different sized pots and pans, bro. (Induction hob.)
Different sizes for different sized pots and pans
Well yeah, but I also have a favourite pan
Depends what I’m making. Right tool for the job. Omelette, small pan; Bolognese, huge cast iron pot, etc.
But obviously a lot of times the amount of food that needs to be made is usually the same with the same amount of people eating in my family. So some hob spots will be more worn than others, just like any stove/hob. 👍
i usually just scale the size of what im cooking so that it fits in my favorite pan. if i want to make an omelette, then ill use as many eggs as it takes to fill up the pan.
Pot of peas? BOIL 2 KG OF PEAS.
precisely
Peas are best brought to a boil and then briefly simmered or turned right off to sit, in shallow water. A layer 1 pea thick on the bottom of a stock pot is perfectly acceptable, if a bit odd, and not that many peas.
Salt the water though, and after it comes to a boil
i usually just scale the size of what im cooking so that it fits in my favorite pan. if i want to make an omelette, then ill use as many eggs as it takes to fill up the pan.
My man
Most coil and gas burners will have only 1 or 2 “large” burners and the rest all the same size. My gas FL is the only large burner. Which for gas is kinda pointless since only my largest stock pot and a wok can utilize it full power w/o flames reaching past the bot.
Most coil and gas burners will have only 1 or 2 “large” burners and the rest all the same size.
Same with my induction hob. Two large, same size, two smaller ones in slightly different sizes.
Gas is very pointless in and of itself, right? So much energy is lost when using gas. It’s like the most inefficient type of stove, or so I understand it. Yet it’s always the type of stove I see in these home renovation shows on TV that are made in the US, in the brand new kitchens. And like six or right fuckin burners. Just, what? “Oh my god my dream kitchen!” 😐
Maybe I’m missing something.
Yes. Gas sucks. It has some benefits in previous years in high performance and professional kitchens in being able to exactly control heat and still has some advantages for pros. But for home cooks induction is the best bet.
Gas still has some home uses for heating until the grid and heat pumps become more widespread.
My induction hob has much finer heat control than my old gas stove - I especially love the low-low temp simmer. And the fact that I never come down in the morning and wonder why the kitchen is warm, before discovering that a back burner has been left on overnight.
Those whose front burners are of the smaller variety, sadly no option to swap them without tearing down the whole kitchen.
mmph mmph!
Represent I say!
My front burners are dual electric, so o only use then with large pans. Back ones are smaller, and i have a little one between the back burners that just stays warm.
Front left holds my cast iron, back left gets kettle duties, front right boils water and gets big sauce pans, while the back right melts butter or other tasks that need a small pan
I usually have all of them on, I just dont light them until I need them
KA-BEWM!
I’M A BLOODY SCOTTISH CYCLOPS!
My front right burner has only two temperatures: off and hotter than the surface of the sun!!! Therefore it is relegated to boiling water and pasta cooking duties.
I used to have an old electric stove that you had to turn on before you even started to chop vegetables, but then you could turn it off and it would stay at the melting point of tungsten for an hour.
Those are so fun. My roommates used to make fun of me because one time I forgot it was still hot and melted the lid from a plastic storage bowl. :/
If you leave it on too long it starts to melt the frying pan lol
LMAO
Front-left for me, with back-right doing some work too
yes it’s all about the back right
Sameeeeee
ITT: No one cleans their burners
One time I cleaned a burner and broke it somehow.
If it is not visibly broken, you could just have clogged it with the cleaning agent. This did happen to me some times and whar helped was rubbing a damp cloth in it to dissolve the soap. Hope it helps!
I did this yesterday.
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FYI, if you have an electric coil stove the elements wear out over time but they’re super easy to replace - you basically just unplug it and plug in a new one and they’re pretty cheap, you can get a set of 4 for US$35.
I just replaced my front right coil and I still have issues with uneven heating, so while it’s true they wear out, it is not always the problem.
What if they are embedded in glass?
It’s doable but it’s more work and the heating elements are not standardized/common, you’ll have to get the right part from the manufacturer (assuming they still make it for your stove model).
Came here to say this. Or just switch the one burner for the one you don’t use.
As an appliance repair man this hits hard! 😂
The back right burner: 🧖
Great for making Alfredo sauce!
I’m a front-left kinda gal.
First boisterous laugh of the day. Thanks!
I accidentally left the kettle going at full-power for 6 hours after all the water evaporated once and it hasn’t been the same since…
Burner? On a stove?
Looks at the immaculate glass expanse… There hasn’t been anything burning here for decades.
But seriously, don’t burn gas in the house, especially on a stove where it burns in the house’s atmosphere. It doesn’t burn clean, it contains lots of toxic shit which is released in your home. Consider switching to induction which performs similarly and cheaply as it’s very efficient.
I didn’t realize this when I moved into my first apartment, a small studio with a gas stove, and the first month or so I couldn’t figure out why I felt sick so often.
If you have a proper vent above the stove, use it. If you don’t, or if like me you just have a fan above the stove that pushes the air back into the room, open your windows and use a fan whenever you’re cooking. It’s made a huge difference for me.
I hope whoever designed the first “oven vent that just blows the air into the room” had kids that ruined everything that person bought with whatever money they made for that waste of materials and apparent permission it gave to cheap builders to not bother with kitchen vents to the outside.
Yeah, they definitely knew what they were doing. It’s shitty. And it baffles me that there’s no regulation for this (in the US, that I’m aware of). Or hell, at least better awareness, considering I didn’t learn until I was 18.
