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We can discuss/debate this till the cows come home.

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Give me a gas cooktop and an electric s.c. oven!

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
Okay...you two go to your corners and come out slapping (you know who you are) LOL LOL

Now, back to smoothtop ranges.

I have a question for those that have them.

My mother had one of the original white Corning cooktops in 1975. She just replaced it with a new Whirlpool Gold smoothtop range. It has a white top with a sort of white-gray speckle where the burners are located. On her new range, the specklkes over the burner area have somewhat unevenly dis-colored. That is, when it cools down after being used, it doesn't look the same as when brand new. She said the user guide for the new range stated that this could happen. Probably not even noticeable on the black smoothtops.
My brother bought one like mom's and the same thing happened to his and he took it back and got coils. He just couldn't deal with it, but that's another story.

My question is, has this happened to anyone else?

Bill...
 
Which brings me back to my question

Why were there so many of these smooth top ranges in the junk pile already? That would be my concern.. as I cook dinner on a 1954 calrod equiped stove.. :-) I have to add that this old stove bakes great, nice even results.. even better than the self cleaning 84 GE.

Scott
 
Bill,
I have a GE Profile that is all bisque color(the replacemnt for Almond) The smooth cooktop is bisque with spkeckles also. I have noticed that the cooktop did get discolored where the burners are ( they always looked a little tan), especially the one I use the most. I was just cleaning it with soap and water because everything just wiped off that spilled over. I have had it 2 years now and still have the little sample bottle of cooktop cleaner. Well I started using the cooktop cleaner and the dis-coloration is going away. The cleaner I use is called Cerama-Brite. I was told to also use it on the inside over window. I have noticed even on the 4hour cleaning cycle it does not come clean like my old P7 from the 70's did. One thing I did get for my range is the three porcelain coated oven rack so they can be self cleaned without discoloring. I love the smootop stove and would never want the coils and drip-pans again.

Mike
 
Why were there so many of these smooth-top ranges in the junk pile already?

COMPUTERIZED CONTROLS?
Repairng a top element is expensive and requires a techncian.

(Because the outside got greasy and someone refused to clean it most-likely.)
 
Cooktop speckled

Bill, I had the same probem with my GE when it was only 3 years old. There was a discoloration under the cooktop, sort of black, you could see it when the burner was off. Luckily, the stove was under warranty and GE replaced it free of charge.
Actually, I think it was under the extended warranty at the time. They had no answer why this happened.
 
Cooktop

The burner was the back burner near the oven vent. I was wondering if that could have anything to do with it. At first I thought it was on the surface, (cleaning). However, it showed as a large dark spot when the burner was off, and a slight dark spot when the burner was illuminated. I am hoping that it was just a defect in the cooktop and I do not have this problem again.
 
Cooktop

PS: I was there that the cooktop was being replaced and helped the technician. It looked like the spot was burned on the underside of the cooktop. Maybe it was dust? The cooktop was only 3 years old at the time.
 

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