Copper Bottomed Pans on a Glass Stove Top
Gilda from Marathon, NY
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RE: Copper Bottomed Pans on a Glass Stove Top
I find with my revere ware which is close to 60 years old, on the glass top stove, the burners keep going on and off and takes a long time to bring any thing to a boil Out of curiosity, I use a stain less steel pan and found the water come to a boil quite rapidly and the burner was not going off and on.
Any one else notice this? I am not sure if this is one reason I have such a high electric bill.
Post By ruth (Guest Post)
RE: Copper Bottomed Pans on a Glass Stove Top
I've had no problem using copper on my ceramic stove. Do not use cast iron unless smooth bottomed. It will damage the top
Post by falldowngobump
RE: Copper Bottomed Pans on a Glass Stove Top
I have a glasstop range for 14 year and just love it. I had copperbottom revere ware pans. I replaced them because they were so slow heating. My new ones are steel and heat as fast as the burners.
Post By Rosemary Caron (Guest Post)
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When first married,we had a glass top stove and got Revere ware pots and pans as wedding gifts. I never had a bit of trouble with them. I would ask at the store where you bought the stove to see if there is any new info. Revere ware is great. It would be a shame not to be able to use it!
Post by Cathy S
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I have had the Maytag Gemini for 4 years and have always used my Revere copper pots on it with no problem.
Post By Kathy (Guest Post)
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i've had no problems cooking w/my copper pots and pans on my stove.
Post by Tripleb
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That is news to me! I have a Maytag "Gemini" ceramic cooktop stove which I absolutely LOVE. I bought it new nearly 6 years ago. I have used my copper bottomed Revere cookware on it continously with absolutely NO problems! I cook a lot (as in DAILY, at least 2 meals a day) and my cooktop still looks like brand new. I keep it very clean, wipe splatters off immediately and clean well (it's quick and easy) after every use. I use the recommended cooktop cleaners. It takes just a teeny dab of the cleaner....the bottle lasts for a very long time. The brand I have right now is Cerama Bryte but the other brands work just as well. I always do a quick wipe of a burner before I turn it on because members of my family have a bad habit of temporarily setting a buttery, or sugary, piece of toast on my shiny clean cooktop and leaving drips and dabs of butter and sugar.....and THAT will burn on. The cleaner will remove it....or a single edged razor blade (held at an angle)will remove it too.......but it's just easier(for me) to get into the habit of giving it a quick wipe first!
I also use cast iron skillets, but they have to have the exterior coated in ceramic (my rule) so the bottoms are absolutely smooth. A regular cast iron skillet will scratch the cooktop if some nitwit slides the skillet on the cooktop, rather than pick it up to move it! This did happen to my friends cooktop! (Don't slide ANY cookpot from burner to burner...pick it up!) My instruction manual says that milky or sugary ingredients may pit the surface of the cooktop if allowed to burn on. So far that has not happened to mine. I do have a large, 8 quart, copper bottomed soup pot that seems to have a little bit of a rounded bottom. It does have a tendency to want to "rock" on the burner if I allow it to boil instead of simmer. That is the only "problem" I've encountered!
I've had my Revere cookware in use for 35 years. It looks and cleans up and cooks better than the 2 year old, expensive, non-stick junk many of my friends and family use. They are constantly buying NEW cookware because their current pots "wore out" ?!! They won't "wear out" if you use Revere cookware (or a similar style).
Post by Grandma Margie
RE: Copper Bottomed Pans on a Glass Stove Top
I have been told the same thing about cooking with cast iron pans. Well I haven't purchased my new stove yet so I asked the appliance man at a store last week while "window shopping" for a stove. He told me that they sell a product that you can apply to the top of the stove to prevent the grease from the cast iron damaging the stove. He said other than that I could use any flat bottom pot or pan on any glass top stove I purchased. He said the product was kind of like a wax and compared it to waxing your car. So from what he told me I would say you should be OK to use your pans. If you want to be sure go to the store where you purchased your stove and just ask them.
Post by dpcw
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