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An electric tabletop burner. A hot plate or hotplate is a portable self-contained tabletop small appliance cooktop with one, two or more electric heating elements, or gas burners. A hot plate can be used as a standalone appliance, but is often used as a substitute for one of the burners from an oven range or a kitchen stove.
A wood-burning iron stove A stove at Holzwarth Ranch, Colorado A kitchen stove , often called simply a stove or a cooker , is a kitchen appliance designed for the purpose of cooking food. Kitchen stoves rely on the application of direct heat for the cooking process and may also contain an oven , used for baking .
Gas stoves today use two basic types of ignition sources, standing pilot and electric. [21] A stove with a standing pilot has a small, continuously burning gas flame (called a pilot light) under the cooktop. [21] The flame is between the front and back burners. When the stove is turned on, this flame lights the gas flowing out of the burners.
Charbroilers are energy intensive, and commonly use 15,000 to 30,000 BTU of gas per burner, per hour. Small units (four burners) will utilize 60,000 to 120,000 BTU/hr (approximately 0.6 – 1.2 therms of natural gas) and larger units up to 13 burners can use 195,000 to 390,000 BTU/hr (approximately 2 – 4 therms of natural gas).
A gas grill burner is the central source of heat for cooking food. Gas grill burners are typically constructed of: stainless steel, aluminized steel, or cast iron, occasionally porcelain-coated. Burners are hollow with gas inlet holes and outlet 'ports'. For each inlet there is a separate control on the control panel of the grill.
The gas burner has many applications such as soldering, brazing, and welding, the latter using oxygen instead of air for producing a hotter flame, which is required for melting steel. Chemistry laboratories use natural-gas fueled Bunsen burners. In domestic and commercial settings gas burners are commonly used in gas stoves and cooktops.
Wolfgang Schroeter invented the first wood-burning stove with a cast iron frame and glass door. This allowed the user to see the fire burning inside the stove. [16] A fireplace insert converts a wood-burning fireplace to a wood-burning stove. A fireplace insert is a self-contained unit that rests inside the existing fireplace and chimney.
The Chambers Fireless Gas Range was a gas cook stove created by John E. Chambers in 1910, [1] [2] Two years after inventing his fireless cooker, John Chambers organized the Chambers Company in 1912. [1] Chambers' patented method of manufacture [3] used thick rock wool insulation to insulate the oven on all sides. This made it possible for the ...