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Recommendations: Food with Minimal Stovetop Time, No Oven Available

I'm not sure if this will still be too broad or vague, but here's my attempt at a rewrite. Please feel free to close it if it is still too broad/vague. Friends overseas have a very minimal kitchen, and where they are, electricity is expensive, and…
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Are they're any ovens that have Programmable Stove top element features like an OVEN start stop feature?

I love my Frigidaire Gallery electric Stove/convection oven. It has made me a real fan of electric over gas. Most desirable is the superior control and evenness on the stove top. Especially for medium to low heat slow cooking and stewing. I could…
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Use a hotplate at least as big as your pan in order to prevent warping, true?

Use a hotplate at least as big as your pan in order to prevent warping I read this in other question's answer. I have never heard of this before today. I had always believed that, as the core is aluminum, heat would be transferred from inside to…
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cooking with a round based clay pot on an electric stove

I have a clay cooking pot, similar to this one here and was wondering does anybody know of a heat diffuser I could use to cook with it over an electric Stove, Its meant for a naked flame such as gas but you know, Russia decide to invade Ukraine, so…
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Glass pot on glass top stove

I have a lovely glass double boiler which I would love to use on my glass cooktop. Cooktop already has scratches so that doesn't worry me, but will my pot break if I use it?
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How to clean melted plastic from stove

Coming home from grocery shopping, I ran out of space and put some plastic bags on my electric stove. As I was putting my groceries away, I accidentally bumped the dials on the stove and turned one of them on. I noticed and turned it off before a…
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stove burner size vs efficiency

I'm curious if there's a best choice for what burner to use (mostly for electric bill, but I'd be curious about any other unforeseen consequences), given that I have 2 options of burner sizes, and my pot of water is big enough for either one. Of…
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Time of cooking: induction stove vs gas stove

If I get a 2000W, portable, table-top, induction burner (one hob), how would cooking time change as compared to a gas stove (pre-heat time and overall time that would take to cook something)? On a gas stove my pan heats up for several seconds. What…
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What pros and cons two-sided grill has if compare to pan?

There two-sided (both sided heating up) electric grills with non-stick surface. I understand cooking gonna be a little more expensive because electricity instead of gas, but what else except that?
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What is the most energy efficient way to cook meat on an electric stove?

I have a reduced sense of taste and smell; so when I cook, things like preparation times, cost of ingredients, energy efficiency, healthiness and to a small extent novelty of the dish play a slightly more important role than taste or even texture…
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Is there a good test for whether a flat-top stove is working correctly?

I live in a rented apartment, and I'm having an issue with the stove. The stove is one of those electric flat top stoves. What seems to be happening is that at least one of the elements, when switched on, switches between being fully on, or being…
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Temperature of electric burners

I have an electric stove with two sizes of burners. What is the general temperature in Fahrenheit when the small burners are on medium?
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What is the best frying pan for even heating, using a large pan on a much smaller burner?

Most often in the past I have cooked on a gas range, which I prefer rather than electric. But recently we moved and since I am renting stuck with a rather modest electric range. The elements are 5" and 7" diameter, and frying pans I have are around…
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How does the metal of a baking sheet get burned?

My kid wanted to boil a kettle of water on the back burner. An empty baking sheet was sitting on the front (we had baked some cookies earlier). They accidentally turned on the front burner instead of the back, and walked away for a minute. How does…
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Is induction cooktop supposed to heat with pauses?

I came to think about this today. I was using my Prestige Induction for 1 year. When the power is upto 500, the heating doesn't work continuously. It heats for 4-5 seconds, then pauses for 1 second without any error message. This didn't irritate me…
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