[Stoves] Cooking by conduction - plancha stoves

[Paul S. Anderson]

Stovers,

What temperatures are attained on the surface of plancha-type cookstoves?

I operated one today and thought that 300 deg C (about 550 F) was nice and hot.

But when I put the same contact thermometer onto my wife's electric stove, the
metal coil at "medium" was over 400 C and was not showing any red color.  At
the "high" setting glowing bright red, the poor thermometer would have
croaked!!

Tortilla cooking on a plancha is a main activity and probably does just fine at
300 C, but put a pot of water to boil and the heat transfer is slow.  And to
have temperatures for deep frying, how can a plancha top deliver enough heat.

Note that I am NOT referring to having a hole cut into the plancha top so that
the flame can directly touch the bottom of the pot.

My plancha is 3/16th inch, I believe.  (about 3 mm).

What temperatures are considered to be "good" on plancha stoves?

Paul

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