Kenmore smooth cooktop, Corning?

[sarahperdue]

Hi Y'all,

I"m curious. Did Corning make the glass for this cooktop?

Sarah

https://www.ebay.com/itm/224691291613?

 

[bradfordwhite]

oh wow, My Aunt bought that around 1981 and had my Dad install it for her. She replaced her 1972 avocado Westinghouse standard element range top.
It has a soft redish light that glows when a unit is on correct?

She liked it but she later complained that the pans could leave stains on the glass and the glass was difficult to get clean without streaks which probably means she just wasn't rinsing it enough.

If I'm not mistaken Corning glass contracted with the various appliance manufacturers to allow them to install their product on their stoves in the 70s and 80s.

 

[combo52]

Early White Smooth-Top CT

Hi Sarah, it could either be Corning Glass or Pittsburgh Plate Glass PPG top.

 

If it is Corning it does not use the same type of heating elements underneath that Corning used however.

 

John L.