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Subject:Re: Cooktop - BTU question
Date:Wed, 24 Sep 2003 02:04:37 GMT
From:"Justin Won" <justin.won@comcast.net>
Newsgroups:rec.food.equipment,rec.food.cooking
Natural Gas

"gini52" <ginih@jlink.com> wrote in message
news:bkpsoh0pru@enews3.newsguy.com...
>
> "Justin Won" <justin.won@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:3tRbb.550068$Ho3.96040@sccrnsc03...
> > I want to buy a new drop-in cooktop.   I am trying to get calibrated on
> the
> > relative BTU range.
> >
> > I am considering a DCS cooktop whose center burner puts out 17500 BTU
with
> > lowest simmer setting is around 1200 BTU (I got this number off a
vendor,
> > the DCS website says 140 degrees at the lowest setting).    The other
> option
> > is the Thermador with XLO.   In this case, the hottest burner is 15000
BTU
> > but the XLO burners can go down to 200 BTU.
> ==
> Is this rating for natural gas or LP?