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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 8:13 am
it is time for me to get a new stove. i don't have gas so it has to be electric. i love the look of the smooth tops. any opinions, good or bad on those? i have all white appliances now and can't replace them all at once. i love stainless, how dumb would it look to just get the stove and replace the others later? what brand do you think is best?
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 10:17 am
I had a white fridge, stove and got a stainless dishwasher, then a couple of years later I got a stainless fridge and now just got a black stove. It looks fine together. Go with what you want and then update when you can. I have a ceramic (flat top) kenmore stove, I love it.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 10:33 am
Kady, we got a Kenmore ceramic top stove 4 years ago and love it. Just remember not to store anything that would break glass when falling down (like spice jars etc), above the stove. The flat top is so much easier to keep clean. If you are going convection as well, make sure your cookie sheets and larger oven dishes will still fit. You'll loose a couple of inches for the fan in the back. Me, I gained a few new sheets and pans. If you can, go for self-cleaning; that's the most important feature as far as I'm concerned.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 1:28 pm
I have to get some new cookie sheets for that fact too..but thats ok..my old ones are old lol
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 1:36 pm
hubby seems to think you need special cookware for the flat top stove. i never heard such a thing. my pots are wolfgang puck stainless steel and one absolutely wonderful calphalone pot. i figure those will be fine. i need some some new cookie sheets and baking pans anyway. the ones i have are ancient and icky. 
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 2:22 pm
Well, Kady, this is your chance for those new baking pans.LOL You don't need special cookware for the ceramic stove. We have stainless steel, cast iron, titanium, it's all good. Just make sure there is nothing on the bottom that can scratch and you'll be fine with whatever you got.
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 2:35 pm
i am in the looking stage and need a few more pay days before i'm ready to buy. i am all for the easy to clean part.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 3:08 pm
I'm in a condo that's all electric . . . so electric stove. After getting rid of the old harvest gold, got a new WHITE Maytag double oven with ceramic top / burners. I do very little stove top cooking, so the stove top is kind of extra counter space. I am very careful about it. Love the double oven. Small oven on top for pizzas, small stuff, etc. Large bottom oven can operate as either regular or convection. Have not used it a lot. But what you do lose having double oven is the storage drawer at the bottom. Formerly stored baking pans and the like there in my old stove. Had my kitchen remodeled recently and gained more cabinets and countertop space so it's been no problem.
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 3:22 pm
I have a black cooktop (gas) and it shows every speck of dust that lives in my house (and that is alot!!). Next go round I will go with a different color/finish. I have a stainless steel fridge and my darn cleaning lady ruined the finish the first week I had it by using Windex or some other type of cleaner that stripped/streaked the finish. I now buy the Stainless steel cleaner product! My Mom has a GE cooktop (smooth) and she absolutely loves it! She does use a special cleaner that GE recommended.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 3:36 pm
Yes, there are special cleaners for the stove top. If you are still looking, I recommend looking for a light stove top. Kenmore makes some in white rather than the dark brown/black one that we have. Our model didn't come in white. The dark ceramic top shows every streak if you don't buff it well. Some nights when I am too tired for all that, I follow ds's instructions: "Mum, just turn the light off (over the stove), and nobody can see the streaks." I bet the white one wouldn't show those, at least not as clearly.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 4:30 pm
I have the GE glasstop stove with self-cleaning oven in white and I LOVE it!! I wouldn't trade that thing for something 3 times the price!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 4:45 pm
Just a note - if you pop popcorn on the stovetop (rather than nuking it), flat tops don't maintain that high heat like a traditional gas or electric stove. It was the only complaint my parents had about theirs (but we're all popcorn fanatics - so that was a HUGE deal). The keeping clean part sounds FANTASTIC! LOL
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 4:58 pm
Teach just reminded me of the fact that the old stand-type woks won't work on the flat tops. You'll need a wok with a flat bottom.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 3:10 pm
**if you figure out where to get a flat bottom, will you let me know??? ***** (D&R)
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 3:32 pm
We got one at one of the big box stores, Walmart, Superstore, Canadian Tire or Zellers; can't remember which. But we *really* miss the old one. It was bigger and got hotter than this one.
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