Tile or Stainless steel behind cook top?
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what size for stainless panel behind range top?
Comments (8)If there are no cabinets on either side, I don't think either one is right or wrong. In a commercial kitchen the hood is often much larger than the range, if not the entire wall. But in a residential kitchen, if there are cabinets on each side, if you match the range rather than the hood you are left with a 3 inch sliver of wall between the edge of the stainless steel and the cabinets, for whatever the other backsplash or wall material is. I don't think I would want the three inch sliver....See MoreTalk to me about cooking with stainless steel
Comments (35)Lowspark, nonstick pans can spoil your culinary skills so far as knowing how and what kind of pans tend to stick. A thinner SS pan overheats faster and tends to stick more. Also, if you are using veg. oils in SS they stick much faster and easier. I learned this the hard way when I first started cooking. I started with copper bottom Revereware, they didn't make nonstick in those days unless you knew how to cure your cast iron which I thought was ugly and in those days you were considered a slob if your cookware looked like you even used it. I noticed that when I fried eggs in the bacon grease or butter they didn't stick at all. I always browned my meat in the cast iron because it didn't stick and everyone expected those pans to be "ugly" and used. I avoided using them for my tomatoey recipes, my usual, which didn't hurt the SS at all and they always cleaned up super easy. I found that Barkeepers cleaner left them shiny without much effort. I use plastic scrubbies, dish cloths and scrapers for hard burns, hate steel wool. SS shines up really nice. It was the copper bottom that caused me to replace them about 20 years later. Can't believe I kept them that long. I find that SS pans that have an inner layer of aluminum heat up faster and more evenly and only burn when you try to fry soy sauce, LOL. Hope you solve your problem....See MoreISO stainless behind range surrounded by tile backsplash.
Comments (5)We have it behind our range, up to the hood, with Sicis glass tile everywhere else. I am SO relieved that I made this choice even before we started cooking so much...it was a great decision, and doesn't stand out, since we've got a stainless range and hood -- it's just one continuous line of stainless. It's easy to clean the stainless whereas I think I never would have been able to get *everything* off grout. Wish I had a pic I could upload, but it's pretty similar to gizmonike's, except we don't have those things on the sides (what are those?)....See MoreMid-price gas range, black and stainless, with a stainless cook top?
Comments (1)Someone on another thread told me (politely) that I was crazy to try to find such a thing for around $600. (I don't know--haven't bought a stove in ... maybe forever. Think they always came with the house/condo.) She pointed out this one: https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Profile-5-Burner-Freestanding-5-6-cu-ft-Self-Cleaning-Convection-Gas-Range-Stainless-steel-Common-30-in-Actual-30-in/999911539. It's twice the price but looks pretty good to me. I have no idea about convection cooking though--maybe it will make me a better baker....See Moreravencajun Zone 8b TX
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