[Electronics-Talk] Flat top stove

[Matthew Chao]

What about accessibility of controls?  A few years ago, I looked into 
induction stoves, and they all had flat panel touchscreens.--Matthew Chao



On 3/14/2020 9:44 PM, Carol Feazell via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> In my opinion, the best flat top for a blind person is the induction burner
> type. I say this because if the pan is not on the burner, it will not heat
> and even if you get it half on, only half the surface will cook. You learn
> approximately where the burners are, turn the stove on, place your hands
> gently around the edges of the pan and feel it heat up and thus center the
> pan according to what you feel. Only the burner gets warm, thus also making
> boil-overs and such very easily cleaned. The down side is that you have to
> have pans attracted to magnets since this is how they operate. Many pans now
> say on them whether they are induction capable. Believe me, it is well over
> it with time, so easy to keep clean. It has the quick response of gas
> without the flame. The burners cool right down with the heat going to the
> pan mostly. I got mine at Sears some years ago but, of course, Sears is
> about a thing of the past but I do believe that most places carry them now.
> Oh and a good way to check the induction capability if you don't see it on
> the pan or package is to take a refrigerator magnet with you and apply it to
> the bottom to see if it is magnetic. Happy cooking. Hope some of you try it.
> It's wonderful.
> 
> Carol Jean
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tony Sohl via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:42 PM
> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Tony Sohl <tonysohl at samobile.net>
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Flat top stove
> 
> Hi I wrote a poast about this topic a while back and I still have some
> more questions to ask.
> 
> My parents are looking for a new stove and my mom saw my aunt's stove
> and it's all a flat top.
> 
> How does a blind person know where the burners are and how can you use
> the flat top stove without burning your hand.
> 
> With regards to the stoves that run with the echo, which ones have any
> of you used that pair with the echo and how easy are they to use with the
> echo?
> 
> Can you tell the echo to set the modes of the stove such as bake, broil
> and can you also use the echo to adjust the temperatures of the burners?
> 
> If anyone has any model numnbers or brand names then let me know.
> 
> Also if they are not able to find a flat top stove, are there still
> stoves that have physical knobs and burners that you can feel? If so
> then can someone email me some brand names?
> 
> You can email me off list at:
> tonysohl at samobile.net
> 
> Thank you.
> 
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