What size & type burner to replace older gas,typical burner with?
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I bought the AG, open burner, Wolf--report after 2 weeks
Comments (14)Good to hear the report. In the hardware store, the "sliders" are usually called "glides." They can be had in a felted wool and in vinyl. The felted wool is supposed to be best for hardwood floors but I've found the vinyl ones are fine for hard surfaces. Vinyl would be best to use on the plywood patch, too. They should make it easier to move the stove around, even on the (hopefully) soon-to-be-replaced plywood. On the kitchen being hotter with the AG stove than with the predecessor DF, the increased stove-top BTU only accounts for some of that. Although the Wolf stove's burners are capable of greater output than the old Jenn Air's burners (probably a lot more out), a bigger thing (it seems to me) is that the the Wolf's burners are likely to be physically larger. You get greater flame spread and that can make for more noticeable waste heat. I really noticed that in moving from my old GE Profile DualFuel to my current pro-style stove. I've found that using wider pans helps mitigate it a bit The oven is likely the biggest contributor simply because gas ovens must vent out the combustion byproducts (which is mostly water vapor). Getting the range hood installed will definitely help....See More5-burner cooktops... how useful?
Comments (8)I had a 30 inch regular range in the past - I have a 36" five burner Wolf cooktop now. I'm not sure if it's the difference between the range and a cooktop or what but on the old 30" I could not fit multiple large pots/pans on at once - not enough room. With the five burner I have no problem - I've used 3 and even 4 at once now. That crowding was the main reason I wanted a larger cooktop - not to have more burners. I don't think I've ever had five on at once though I have had something sitting off to the side on the 5th burners sometimes which is handy but not necessary....See MoreBurning question about gas burners, BS, Wolf, Viking
Comments (25)I have a range (NXR 30") that uses the exact same burners as the Wolf. I personally have no problems at all with it, but then again the smallest pot I own is 10", everything else is 11"-14" including the Wok. Plus a large 14X24" Steel Griddle. So I don't have any problem with the larger diameter of the burners and I love having all burners the same where I can have all 4 full blast at 15,000BTU or all 4 at super low simmer and everything in between. As for not being able to "Simmer a pot of sauce" with the Wolf burners that is complete nonsense. I am right now as I type simmering a LARGE pot of Sketti sauce on high simmer. It is in a Swiss Diamond 8 1/2 Qt pot and its at least 2/3rds full. But there is a high simmer and a low simmer. The super low simmer is obviously not for doing a very large pot of sauce, its meant for doing something like keeping mash potatoes warm, or holding an emulsion like hollandaise or a beurre blanc, or melting chocolate and it does so perfectly. That is what is so sweet about these burners is the ability of that super low (melt chocolate on a paper plate low flame)plus the slightly higher simmer that is for large pots of sauce. The high simmer as you can tell works just fine, in fact perfect for simmering a LARGE pot of sauce all day. You can see at least 3 sauce volcanoes coming up in my sauce here, (although a couple are just bubbles that might be hard to make out unless you know where to look) simmers perfectly, any more and it would burn. (Just ran back down to stir it and taste and had 4 bubbling volcanoes going) So obviously Consumer Reports is clueless in that respect. If you have and prefer to use tiny pots then yes you should get something like a Capital Culinarian as those burners would fit you small pot needs better. This is the high simmer with about 5Qts of sketti sauce simmering away just fine right now....See MoreSealed Vs open burners
Comments (11)I'm a big fan of my open burners, but it's not a big deal in the following regard: 90% of what most people do on a range can be done with a decent (and not necessarily top of the line) version of a sealed or open burner. That's not to say that the differences cannot be striking or matter to you and how you cook, but it's worth keeping a sort of functional baseline in mind as you sort these things out. WRT which part of the pan receives direct heat -- that's partly a question of the shape of the individual burners. BlueStar (open) has an inner ring and radial extensions -- like rays off a cartoon version of the sun -- so that there's direct flame applied to a significant portion of the bottom of the pan. Thermador (sealed) has a "star" shaped burner, and several mfgs use dual rings. Most of these things can be demoed, if you have the right kind of shop nearby (or a friend with one of the things that interests you). BTW -- the wolf web site should have pictures and features for both their open burners (their version of open) and closed burner models, and I reckon a dealer ought to have a sample of each style, even if it doesn't have precisely the model you're looking at. I did not buy open burners for ease of cleaning, but they have turned out to be pretty darn easy to clean. There are 2 stainless drip trays that slide out very easily -- not visible if you're just sitting in the kitchen or even standing at the range. On a daily basis, it's mostly a swipe of a dish towel or paper towel. If there's more of a mess, it's easy enough to pull an individual grate and bowl at a time and take a brush and hot water to them at the sink, although they are on the heavy side. As others have posted -- plenty of posts on these questions on the appliance board....See Morejulieste
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