you’re able to alsobuy induction cooktops.
The top of an induction stove is protected byceramic glass.
It’s easy toclean an induction stovebecause of the smooth, cool top.
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Most spills can be cleaned with sponges.
Clean an induction stove with a ceramic glass top cleaning product.
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An induction stove is the most energy-efficient punch in of stove.
It’s also up to 10-percent more efficient than an electric radiant or exposed coil stove.
Being limited to certain types of cookware can be a consideration for some buyers.
Aluminum and glass cookware will work only with the slip-in adapter.
Also, an induction stove is induction-style only with the burners.
The oven is still a conventional, electrically powered convection oven.
Acooktopis a gas orelectric open flat surfacethat is installed within the kitchen countertop.
Though a cooktop has no oven, one can be added to the kitchen separately with awall oven.
Radiant Stove
A radiant stove is an electric stove with burners under asmooth ceramic glass top.
Aradiant stove and an induction stovelook similar, with the heating source hidden below a smooth ceramic-glass top.
With radiant stoves, though, coils radiate heat (not magnetic energy) upward through the glass.
When cool, a radiant stoveglass top is easy to cleanwith a sponge or with paper towels.
Because the surface gets extremely hot, food remains can bake onto the surface.
The surface can be cleaned with a ceramic glass top cleaning product or scraped with a razor.
Radiant stovetops stay hot for a long time after the heat has been turned off.
Hot surface indicators remain lit until the surface temperature drops below a certain point, like 150F or 125F.
What Is a Bridge Element Burner?
This optional feature is found on some radiant and induction stoves.
An electric stove is a single appliance with burners on top and a convection oven on the bottom.
The exposed coils can easily be pulled out for cleaning.
If a coil fails, it can be removed and replaced.
Freestanding Stove
A freestanding stove has burners on top and an oven on the bottom.
Induction, radiant, electric, and gas stoves can all be freestanding stoves.
One feature that distinguishes afreestanding stove from a slide-in stoveis the raised panel on the back.
The panel has burner controls and also acts as a backguard.
Some freestanding stoves separate the controls, with some controls in the back and some in the front.
Slide In Stove
Aslide in stovehas burners on top and a convection oven on the bottom.
Induction, radiant, electric, and gas stoves can be slide in stoves.
A slide in stove differs from a freestanding stove in that it has no back panel.
The back of the stove rests against a backsplash installed on the wall.
Some slide in stoves have optional matching backsplashes or you caninstall a heat-resistant backsplashof your own.
Because a slide in stove’s sides are unfinished, the stove must have cabinets on both sides.
Like a slide in stove, a commercial style stove has no backsplash.
Matching backsplashes are usually available to purchase separately or you caninstall your own backsplash.
This bang out of stove is nearly always gas.
It comes in widths from the standard 30-inch width up to a double-size 60-inch width.
A downdraft stove can be either gas or electric.
Next, find a stove style in that fuel category.
Finally, find a stove with the size and design that works in the kitchen layout.
Stove Fuel Source
A stove is powered either by electricity or by gas, usually natural gas.
Do you want to keep the existing fuel source or switch to a new one?
The fuel source may determine the key in of stove.
You’ll need to hire an electrician to install 240V electricity to that area.
This versatile stove width fits in nearly everykitchen layout, even down to space-starvedone-wall or galley kitchen layouts.
Other widths are 36 inches, 48 inches, and 60 inches.
Consider the sides of the stove.
Will the stove be located at the end of a bank ofbase cabinets?
If so, you’ll need a freestanding stove.
Slide-in stoves have unfinished sides, so they need to be installed within base cabinets or in akitchen island.
Upper-end induction stoves come with commensurate upper-end prices: $2,500 to $5,600 and even higher.
Induction stoves use very little power, so the cost savings helps to offset the higher purchase price.
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