Benefits and disadvantages of a smooth stove top

Smooth top stoves are the new demand for the modern kitchen. Smooth top stoves include both glass and ceramic topped stoves, which give your kitchen an aesthetically appealing and stylish look. You will find both good and bad reviews about the smooth top stoves as there are both pros and cons with them. Let’s compare the pros and cons of the smooth top stoves with the regular gas burner stoves. 

The benefits

Stylish look

You can never deny the fact that the smooth top stoves provide your kitchen a highly elegant and stylish look. The glossy black glass or ceramic hobs make your kitchen look smart and chic. You also get a lot of colour options with smooth top stoves, which is a good way of getting rid of your boring white kitchen stove. 

Easy cleaning

The ceramic and glass tops stoves are very easy to clean. Once the hob cools down, you can easily wipe out the spillage with a damp cloth very easily. You don’t need to get beneath the burners to clean up properly. There are no joints or edges where liquid can run inside the stove, and hence you get to clean it very easily. A sponge scratcher is enough to clean your smooth stove top perfectly. 

Extra counter space

The extra space on the smooth top can be used as counter space. Obviously, not for preparing food, but, with smooth top stoves, you can easily use the unused burner to place plates for serving cooked food. This eliminates the need for transporting the hot pans from the burner to the counter, and this makes it very convenient to use.

Disadvantages

Easily damaged

The glass or ceramic stove tops can be easily damaged and scratched with a slight drop of metal pan on them. They are very delicate and can break very easily if you are not careful in handling them. Once damaged, the replacement cost of the surface is so high that you would prefer to buy a new one.

They are not very delicate, yet you need to take extra while using and cleaning them. You cannot use just any cleaner on your smooth stove top as it could damage the surface and ruin the glossy look of the surface. 

Special cookware

You cannot use just any type of cookware on your glass or ceramic stove top as heavy metal cookware can damage the stove top very easily. You need to use pots and pans with smooth bottom so that they don’t scratch the surface. You cannot use painted enamel pot as the paint can melt down and damage the surface easily. 

For an average kitchen, 3 burner gas stove with glass top would be ideal as it will give you complete functionality and ease of use. All you need to remember is that you have to be a bit careful while using it and you can easily have a great looking and stylish kitchen.