clemsonfor
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You can use cast on the glass top it just scratches if you slide it.
Cast iron cooking on electric stove
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radios1
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the tops are made of ceramic, not glass, and is much harder than steel or cast iron. if anything, you'd scratch the cast iron. but be aware, the ceramic tops will crack if you drop a cast iron pot on it. also, sugars make them crack, so if you really want to use cast iron pans, it's safer to avoid ceramic tops, which some people call "glass"..
clemsonfor
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You are correct, they are ceramic. We all call them glass though. And my top sure has scratches all in it. Plus I read the part about dragging them scratching it on the net so it must be true. Haha I googled it cause you always hear you can't use cast on ceramic cook tops.
bunyip
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Are we talking about induction or radiant heat tops?
Chris616
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From my 15 minutes of research I believe that all electric cooktops with a smooth finish are made of a material called "glass-ceramic":
Glass-ceramic - Wikipedia
There are, of course, multiple manufacturers and the durability and scratch-resistance of their products will vary.
Confusingly, it seems that in some parts of the world manufacturers market induction cooktops as "Induction" and the old-style cooktop that heats the pot by radiant heat as "Ceramic" or "Glass-ceramic".
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My wife does a lot of cast iron cooking on our glass-top stove. We also have a big cast iron griddle that lays over two burners and it's great for pancakes. That came with the stove as an accessory. When I make pancakes, I let that thing heat up for 10-15 minutes on low heat and it does a great job (I'm a sucker for good pancakes).
Good to hear. Induction would be great, but that then takes us to the non magnetic SS pans. I assume that they work the same w/ a steel disc below them? Or is that a PITA? Really, all that is required here to keep her happy is to change the laws of physics...
Chris616
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With an "induction interface disk" the induction unit heats up the interface disk using its magic and then the interface disk heats the pot sitting on top of it through radiant/convective/conductive heating, like a less expensive radiant heat electric stovetop works. This might be a solution to use for one particular pot/pan so that it could continue to be used with a new induction unit, but using it with most of your pots/pans would be an expensive exercise in turning an induction cooktop back into a radiant heat cooktop.
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Diggin It
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Stuff sounds way too expensive. My $300 LP stove does all I need and costs almost nothing to use over the course of a year. Electric would kill my budget.
I have a ceramic cook top I bought in the late 80s sometime. Sets in to a counter top, not a full range. It's full of scratches and dings just from the few times I used it. I tried using foil under the pans to minimize the surface damage. Bits of foil fused to it and I can't get them off.
I have a ceramic cook top I bought in the late 80s sometime. Sets in to a counter top, not a full range. It's full of scratches and dings just from the few times I used it. I tried using foil under the pans to minimize the surface damage. Bits of foil fused to it and I can't get them off.
radios1
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what scratches them is if you put a glass or ceramic bowl or plate on it, and move it around, some people use the cooktop as a mixing or serving surface.. that's what scratches the cooktop!. I use a razor blade to remove burnt on food from my cooktop, and it NEVER scratched the surface!..
