Our stove functionally has 2 ( front right and back left ) but back left is inconvenient if we ain't just putting something on to sit on its own. So we basically only have one in my eyes. So much more work to use it thanks to the oven controlls that I'll often switch to using front left despite it being too small for the pot/pan.

Quality shitpost for once. I need to fight by your side.

My front left is a simmer burner, while my front right is a quickboil. Of those, right quickboil wins for sure.

However, my long middle burner is for a cast iron griddle, so I can make grilled cheese and pancakes without a pan. That burner wins, hands down.

Edit: looks almost just like this one, but mine isnt a GE, and my griddle has a liquid collection area on one side.

You can have my spatula.

Front Right is King, it's where The Pan lives. The Pan is the heart of the meal. I am The Man I Am because of The Pan!

Agreed, my combustion compatriot.

Dont say words you cant take back

Front right all the way! Probably my preference because I'm left-handed, but also my front left burner doesn't even work.

My partner is neurospicy and uses the front left.

I didn't really care about which burner until I saw their range, and they're quite oddly shaped.

Front right is just massive, back right is tiny, front left is normal and then back left is some weird in-between the normal and giant front right fob.

I have absolutely no idea who designed that stove, maybe it was data mined or something

But needless to say, the front left it was

My front right is the smallest one so it never gets used because it's useless. Unless you are just trying to keep something warm then it can work

Ok... but why are we invading Poland now?

Dont make this a turf war

Hell yes! Back left gang! Stops any fat splashes if you're frying, too. Love my back left burner.

Kids learn real quick when they mess with the stove. If you hide it from them, how will they ever learn?

always!

Fascist.

With those puny rear burners?!

Electrical is both inferior and superior to gas, depending on the application. To each their own according to preference, but for me it's induction -> gas -> halogen -> resistive coils

Why cook at all if you're going to willingly give up the pleasure of using fire the way our ancestors did since before they were even human? You might as well just suck nutritive slurry from a nozzle.

The front left burner has rejected you and your heretic family

Upgrade to an induction stovetop and the issue disappears.

I though it was just me seeing him 😃

This is my method. This guy cooks.

Mine has 4 large induction ‘burners’ that automatically adapt to the size of the pan. It also has physical knobs on the front of the cabinet so no touch-screen controls that suck and take up space, leaving more space for the burners. It’s frikkin awesome. I can fit 4 large pots on there no problem.

I used to have a 5 burner gas stove but you could only realistically fit 3 pots on there and that was if there was at least a small one so this is a huge upgrade.

depends on target temperature, and how much gradient from internal to external temperature is acceptable. high heat will cook the outside much faster than the inside, which is fine for something like rare steak with a seared outside and relatively low core temp, but cooking chicken the same way will have the outside completely dry and charred by the time the core gets where it needs to be. lower heat gives more time for heat to spread all the way through, so the difference between core temp and surface temp is less

Each size has its role.

Small pan, small burner. It's not that deep. Having flames licking up the side on a big burner is wasteful and more dangerous

Hey everyone! Look over here. This person cooks with only one big burner. Lol.

I rarely need the biggest burner, and the gas valves only go so low (to avoid accidental extinguishing) so i tend to use smaller ones. Full chat on the biggest one will incinerate most food!

Front right wil place the pan handle near the left burner if you’re righty

Huh? My pan handle on the right burner gets put at 4-5 o'clock. Cast iron pan is heavy, I need to use my right hand to maneuver it.

for me it's because the front right burner is smaller and i don't want to have to reach to the back burner

Hold the pan with the left hand (handle on the left) and do the precise work (moving and flipping stuff) with the right hand. Why would a left handed person prefer the left burner?

I prefer left burner as a right handed person. Not too sure why. Maybe because I lift pans with my left hand typically, so the handle is over the counter instead of the rest of the stove.

I've lived in enough places, with enough different kitchens and stoves, that it really depends on the layout. Some stoves have bigger burners on the right or the left (whether electric or gas). Some have the stove too close on one side to an inconvenient wall or the outlet you have a countertop appliance plugged into, and that determines preference.

I prefer the center, on my current setup. It's tied for the biggest burner with front right, but the center gets the best ventilation, I like for the handles not to hang over the edge, and I use either hand to hold the handle (flip with my right, or stir with my right while holding with my left). Two handled pots benefit from the symmetry, too.

But that's my current setup. I've had preferences for different sides with different stoves.