Ceramic top or coil-type stove???? Help me pick a stove!!!! HELP!!!!

[Intheswamp]

This is a (very) short poll to help me and the wife decide on a type of stove...

Well, a long story short... We're looking, after 20 years, to switch to an electric stove from gas. I love gas stoves but our last one has had issues and has left a bad impression on my wife so...we're apparently going electric.

She's the cook.

So, if you were going to buy a stove today or tomorrow would you choose a stove with a conventional coil-type cook top or one with a ceramic/glass flat cook top? I'm leaving the gas option out of the poll but if you want to comment about a gas stove or either of the electric types please do! Sorry, induction type stoves are not in the running.

Click here to participate in the poll... Intheswamp's Stove Search Poll

Thanks!
Ed

Results for Intheswamp's Stove Search Poll

 

[Kat's Silly Chickens]

We switched from coil-top to Glass top not long ago, and Love it. No more mess under the coils, cooks evenly, cleans easily...

 

[Frogdogtimestwo]

My biggest deciding factor would be, if she is a canner most of the flat top stoves you cannot use a pressure canner and it is not recommended to use a waterbath canner. I love to can and HATE my flat top for that reason. However, the biggest benefit is cleaning it is a breeze.
I would love to have gas again, it is definitely more universal in cooking, I am surprised she hates it. I LOVE GAS but our new house does not have it.

 

[Junior]

we bought a coil type this past summer.while shopping we were told :

if you use a pressure canner you probably want to stay away from a glass top. those full canners get pretty heavy and could easily break those expensive tops.

oops,Frogdogtimestwo beat me to the punch on the reply.

Junior

 

[welasharon]

When was the last time she cooked on electric? I could not imagine having to do that again. I now have a dual fuel stove...gas top and electric oven. The best of both worlds. My sister went with a smooth top and hates it. If the pan is not evenly flat it will not heat well. Her pots and pans are well used!
sharon

 

[greyhorsewoman]

The other plus of a gas stove is that if you lose electricity ... you can still cook (and bake).

 

[txchickie]

Oh my, I would never get rid of gas. I love gas stoves!

We have the electric coil and it's fine, but I'd rather have gas. I've also heard you should use cast iron on a ceramic top stove???

 

[Katy]

I pretty much only use cast iron to cook with and do lots of canning so I wouldn't want the glass top kind.

 

[herefordlovinglady]

i have never really cooked on a gas stove, I have always had electric coil type. switched to ceramic top and love it. easy to clean, polish and i use a razor to scrape it. shines all the time.

 

[ranchhand]

Nope, gas for me. I grew up with coiled electric, then Mom got a glass top. I'm not sure who disliked it more, me or Mom. None of her older pans would work on it, because they had "shaped" over the years.
If I HAD to have electric, it would be coiled type. Mom's glass top was very finicky and tempermental, then it shattered one day when a heavy pan went down on it too hard. Very expensive repair and took a long time to get done. After that it tripped breakers on a regular basis.

Don't know if brand matters, but she had a Jenn-Air.