cast iron and glass

[Flint.]

I have a gas stove, but use the hob for most of my daily cooking I like them as they are fast, easy to clean and great with cast iron. I am a one man show and like to cook, but hate to clean. They are ideal for smaller meal preparation.

They heat a cast iron pan in an instant.... 5 times faster than gas in my estimation....and they are great for simmering in a small pot or dutch oven without hot spots.. even more adjustable than gas in my opinion.

Especially handy when cooking a larger meal for friends and family....you can use your gas stove for the bulk and the hob for side cooking sauces or pre prep while other stuff is cooking.

All around, one of my better purchases.

@Rifleman1776 Having had an ex-wife or two, it is a cheap $60 solution to avoiding the female wrath and fixation on scratching her stove top and the endless looks of "I told you so" every time she is at the stove.. 1 minor scratch and she will engrave on your tombstone, "The SOB scratched my stove."

What's a hob?

 

[chorizo]

What's a hob?

Fancy name for a separate self contained burner...like a hot plate. Term usually used by the British, but also used by those that sell them.

 

[Timber Wolf]

Last house had a glass top electric range and I used various cast iron pots and skillets on it for years with no issues. I have a gas stove now (Natural Gas here in town) that took some getting use too but I really like it. Not much transition to cooking on propane in camp don’t you know. ; )

 

[user 48702]

I love cast iron, but don't have one of the glass top stoves, ours is a Jenn-Air Gas top with electric oven. Wish I had room for this in the house, a Home Comfort Cook Stove, it will burn either wood or coal. I'm going to either build an outdoor three sided kitchen shed to put it in, or put it in a corner of the new shop building that I'm building. My Dad had it stored in his barn for years. Here's a photo of the same model made in the early 1900s.

 

[chorizo]

NICE!

 

[JEBMs]

My son has a glass top range, his wife does all of the cooking and she has relegated the cast iron skillet that I gave them to cornbread duty only.
If a dog pee’s on a light pole in my grid the lights go off so I am all natural gas. In 1994 we had an ice storm and my lights were out for 18 days. I had gas heat, cooking, & hot water. I bought a portable generator so we could run the fridge and freezer and some lights. My in-laws moved in with me because their central unit needed electricity. After 4 days I offered to give them the generator, take it over there and hook it up for them if they would just go home.

 

[Packrat]

Thats what I have, Gas burners and electriv oven, both work fine for cast iron

 

[Red Owl]

Just get some thin sheet metal and put that on the glass and then the cast iron on top of it. Should work okay.

 

[pmccoywss]

Crazy thought......
How about block sanding the bottom of the cast iron skillet making it flat? Less chance to scratch and better heat transfer?
Now I'm thinking about using the mill at work to cut it flat..... Now I need to stop thinking about it...

No better heat transfer, BUT makes it much easier to clean (wipe out) once it has been properly seasoned.

Youtube has a video on this, from Kent Rollins, which is very good.

 

[Kansas Jake]

We used cast iron on a glass top for 20 years without a problem until we moved last year. The top did show some wear but no more than expected after that many ears.

 

[jefair1]

I have wondered if the silicon baking sheets over the burners would eliminate the problem? Only way to find out is to try them.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=silicon+...licone+baking+sheets,aps,325&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Induction requires magnetic contact. The silicone mats will break the magnetic bond between pan and burner.

 

[springfield art]

We bought a new glass top electric range about a year ago. My wife won't let me use my favorite cast iron frying pan on it claiming the glass will get scratched. I've about had it with non-stick pans that stick sumptin' awful. And food doesn't taste the same as with cast iron. Anybody have experience with cast on glass tops?

Nah, I like US-made iron pan & gas stove.

 

[waksupi]

Induction requires magnetic contact. The silicone mats will break the magnetic bond between pan and burner.

I was referring to glass top stoves.

 

[The Appalachian]

I've always had gas and/or wood my whole life but this house I bought 6 years ago was furnished with a nearly new electric range. So I figured i would give it a shot. I've grown to like it better than gas now.

I use my cast iron on it all the time. I don't slide them around and I'm cautious when I set a pan down on it. Common sense approach I would say.

Also ran the wife off almost 10 years ago and still don't care a lick what she thinks.......

 

[Red Owl]

Interesting idea. Stoves have been around a long time. What IDIOT came up with a glass top stove?

 

[LME]

We bought a new glass top electric range about a year ago. My wife won't let me use my favorite cast iron frying pan on it claiming the glass will get scratched. I've about had it with non-stick pans that stick sumptin' awful. And food doesn't taste the same as with cast iron. Anybody have experience with cast on glass tops?

I haven't had any experince with cast iron pans on a glass stove top but I have had a lot of experience dealing with women? You always lose!

 

[The Appalachian]

Interesting idea. Stoves have been around a long time. What IDIOT came up with a glass top stove?

Electric stoves are very common in the South where electric is cheaper than gas or propane, and more available than any form of gas. No gas lines run to homes around here. There's a general fear of gas in homes here as well, which contributes to the "nah, we don't want it" thing.
Old technology electric eye stoves just suck, and a glass top range is an exponential improvement over electric eye ranges. It's MUCH easier to clean up and doesn't require placing tin foil under the eye coils of the old type to help keep it clean. A glass top range also makes a great work surface when the eyes are cold. It expands my counter space for prepping foods.

To each his own, and I stated above I thought I'd hate one, but no, I love it now.

 

[LRB]

We bought a new glass top electric range about a year ago. My wife won't let me use my favorite cast iron frying pan on it claiming the glass will get scratched. I've about had it with non-stick pans that stick sumptin' awful. And food doesn't taste the same as with cast iron. Anybody have experience with cast on glass tops?

I hate them. My daughter has one that I have to use for now. They are a yuppie thing. They are not practical. Require extra cleaning efforts, and cost way too much. They are made and bought for looks and just to tell others you have one. Absolutely no advantage to them, much more the opposite. Gas range and cast iron, the only way to go.

 

[jefair1]

I was referring to glass top stoves.

The induction coil is under the glass top. It requires a magnetic connection with the pan in order to heat. Radiant glass top stoves do not. That is why you can turn on an induction coil burner and put your hand on it and not get burned.

 

[waksupi]

The induction coil is under the glass top. It requires a magnetic connection with the pan in order to heat. Radiant glass top stoves do not. That is why you can turn on an induction coil burner and put your hand on it and not get burned.

Okay, gotcha now.