The cast iron thread

[Curious Hound]

I use cast iron on my glass top all the time. Works well. The thing mentioned above, about it pulsing the burner is mitigated by the cast iron. The cast iron, having a lot of mass, changes temperature slowly. So, even through the burner itself turns on/off/on/off, etc. the cast iron doesn’t cool appreciably during the off periods. Whereas a thin pan of steel, aluminum, etc. will heat up and shed heat faster, giving more temperature variations during the cooking process. It doesn’t have the mass to hold heat and smooth out the temperature changes.

 

[Blmpkn]

I'd hate to see how long it takes my glass top stove to get my pan hot enough to sear some filets -__- it's a new pan, honestly havnt even used it because of how long it takes that stove to boil water

 

[JoshT]

Just glue some felt to the bottom of the pan...

I got some of this kind of felt stashed away somewhere. Think it would work?

 

[bilbo]

Once you've touched it, everything is felt.

 

[Roert42]

I may someday install a gas fireplace, but I'd probably run that off a 100 lb bottle that I could take in for refill. Even that is a stretch though, with electric prices here, adding gas doesn't make much sense.

My whole house is electric besides the stove and oven. Just have a small copper line from the stove, through the basement, and out the side. I just have a few 20 and 40 lb bottle I swap out and get filled every few months.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

My parents house is all electric and mine likely will be as well, no gas available here unless you have a tank or use propane. Have a collection of propane tanks, mostly 20# grill tanks for the grills, my outdoor burner for brewing beer, and my cutting torch.

Mom has used glass top stoves for years, she likes it being easy to clean. Cast iron cookware gets used on it all the time, as long as you exercise a little care, it’s just fine. The little bit of non-cast iron cookware that gets used is either old copper bottom stainless or old Pyrex cookware. All seem to cook just fine. Heck, I even used to do partial mash brewing on the old stove before it died (mom blamed me for it dying and had me pay for half of the new one, lol). It took a long time to boil 4-5 gallons on it. But boiling a smaller amount of water to make noodles or something isn’t bad. I think I was really pushing the limits. My 70,000 BTU propane outdoor burner works far better for boiling large amounts of water and I have a better brew kettle now (the burner is rated for something stupid like being able to boil 33 gallons or something)

 

[97RangerXLT]

My whole house is electric besides the stove and oven. Just have a small copper line from the stove, through the basement, and out the side. I just have a few 20 and 40 lb bottle I swap out and get filled every few months.

I had heard somewhere that propane will corrode copper over time. That could be a very exciting day for you...

I do believe that code states black iron pipe or steel flex hose for gas applications

AJ

 

[97RangerXLT]

Another user of cast iron on a glass cook top here. No issues for me in several years.

But like 85 says, be careful not to drop it...

AJ

 

[Roert42]

I had heard somewhere that propane will corrode copper over time. That could be a very exciting day for you...

I do believe that code states black iron pipe or steel flex hose for gas applications

AJ

You're thinking of Natural Gas. Copper tubing is commonly used for Propane.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

 

[ekrampitzjr]

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Then there's this:

 

[Fast Eddie]

Then there's this:

I still think the moral of the story is DON'T eat at Brenda's. Sherrill's is out of the question too.

 

[Fast Eddie]

 

[ekrampitzjr]

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There used to be a diner called "Eat & Run" in Norfolk. I always joked about that as the food giving you... well, you know...

 

[ekrampitzjr]

I still think the moral of the story is DON'T eat at Brenda's. Sherrill's is out of the question too.

The funniest part of the story is the sheriff's department sending the stuff to a lab to analyze. There was a related thing that appeared in the nonfiction book Serpico (about the New York cop who fought corruption) that gave me the giggles when I was in high school.