cast iron and glass

We bought a new glass top electric range about a year ago. My wife won't let me use my favorite cast iron frying pan on it claiming the glass will get scratched. I've about had it with non-stick pans that stick sumptin' awful. And food doesn't taste the same as with cast iron. Anybody have experience with cast on glass tops?

Rifleman1776 said:

We bought a new glass top electric range about a year ago. My wife won't let me use my favorite cast iron frying pan on it claiming the glass will get scratched. I've about had it with non-stick pans that stick sumptin' awful. And food doesn't taste the same as with cast iron. Anybody have experience with cast on glass tops?

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It's a stove not a Ming Dynasty vase, use the cast iron. The wife and I both cook. Many years of experience with the glass top (we don't like them), it came with a house we bought. If you use it, it WILL get scratched....eventually. And Mr. Clean Magic Erasers are your best friend for cleaning the top.

I have wondered if the silicon baking sheets over the burners would eliminate the problem? Only way to find out is to try them.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=silicon+...licone+baking+sheets,aps,325&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

Mr. Brassy does a great job of cleaning those glass tops....

Had a glass top years ago, got rid of it soon as possible. Sorry that you are saddled with it and have an un-understanding wife.

Have had electric and glass top and just could not abide them. Gas or wood for me.

Gas for me.

I have one and I like mine. Easy to clean. Being electric it doesn't heat up my whole kitchen. And cast iron is mostly what I cook in. When this one gets old and used up I'm getting another one.

Here is a quick and easy fix. Get an induction hob. They work like a champ for cast iron and easy to store and use.

https://smile.amazon.com/Portable-I...mzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840
I have converted over to using them.

No form of iron that I know of is harder than glass so it shouldn't scratch anything! The correct solution though is to just switch over 100% to campfire cooking.

Get your balls out of her purse and cook her breakfast!!!!

chorizo said:

Here is a quick and easy fix. Get an induction hob. They work like a champ for cast iron and easy to store and use.

https://smile.amazon.com/Portable-I...mzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840
I have converted over to using them.

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I've thought about these a time or two, but when the power goes out it is nice to have gas to cook with. The cookstove CAN take the chill off as well if the power outage is in winter. You gotta be careful if you have one of those new hermetically sealed human habitats. My house was built in 1860 and remodeled several times. Got lots of ventilation.

Dale Allen Raby said:

I've thought about these a time or two, but when the power goes out it is nice to have gas to cook with. The cookstove CAN take the chill off as well if the power outage is in winter. You gotta be careful if you have one of those new hermetically sealed human habitats. My house was built in 1860 and remodeled several times. Got lots of ventilation.

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I have a gas stove, but use the hob for most of my daily cooking I like them as they are fast, easy to clean and great with cast iron. I am a one man show and like to cook, but hate to clean. They are ideal for smaller meal preparation.

They heat a cast iron pan in an instant.... 5 times faster than gas in my estimation....and they are great for simmering in a small pot or dutch oven without hot spots.. even more adjustable than gas in my opinion.

Especially handy when cooking a larger meal for friends and family....you can use your gas stove for the bulk and the hob for side cooking sauces or pre prep while other stuff is cooking.

All around, one of my better purchases.

@Rifleman1776 Having had an ex-wife or two, it is a cheap $60 solution to avoiding the female wrath and fixation on scratching her stove top and the endless looks of "I told you so" every time she is at the stove.. 1 minor scratch and she will engrave on your tombstone, "The SOB scratched my stove."

Crazy thought......
How about block sanding the bottom of the cast iron skillet making it flat? Less chance to scratch and better heat transfer?
Now I'm thinking about using the mill at work to cut it flat..... Now I need to stop thinking about it...

I do almost 100% of the cooking in our house. My wife cleans up after me. She does not stomp her feet that often, however she does when it comes to the stove and we have a smooth top for ease of cleaning.

I use cast iron quite a bit on it. I had to go check to see if there are scratches on the stove top. Perhaps. It needs a little bit of cleaning right now so not sure.

Does not matter. I use my cast iron.

I remember reading on this stove that the issue with cast iron is that some have a lip on the bottom of the pan and you dont get 100% stove/pan contact. I use a Griswold quite a bit that does have that lip and it does not seem to be a problem.

I have a gas stove in my cabin.

Fleener

We have a glass top (10 yrs), and use cast iron on it a lot. No scratches.

I have a glass top. Love it!

Follow the directions, and you will do fine.

You need to show her who the man of the house is and start cooking on the wood stove...

Prefer a gas cooker. Current house had an electric/glass cooktop installed, but I'll get that converted back at some point this next year.

Most Chefs and cooks recommend a combination stove of gas burners and an electric oven.