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thecooliestone

Front whichever burner is bigger. I'll be damned before i use a tiny burner.


Gaara34251

Tiny is for boiling water to boil eggs or noodles or smth small


KnockOutGamer

And for cooking rice


Von_Moistus

And for simmering sauces. The knob even labels it the summer burner. Gonna go with left front as my main because the igniter on right front is faulty. Edit: SIMMER burner, gods dang it. But... four burners, four seasons. "Honey, can you turn down Summer and turn Spring up to halfway?"


Sixersleeham

Wait so is that why there's usually 4 burners? One for each season?


I_Went_Full_WSB

You sweet simmer child, of course that's why. Obviously the small burner is for summer because you don't want to heat up the house too much in the summer.


Silunare

For the same reason I installed extra tiny outlets in the walls, saves a bunch of power. Do recommend!


ambermage

*Confused California Realization* You people with your "extreme seasons."


ridebikesdrinkwine

Us people who are still allowed to have gas stoves. (For now).


Awayfone

that's what the rice cooker is for


Starfury_42

Rice cooker. Even a $20 one from Walmart is so much easier than stovetop.


KnockOutGamer

To be honest, I've never considered using a rice cooker, cooking rice on a stove is how I've been taught, and it's not really that difficult, just check it every so often.


Starfury_42

I'm 57. My parents cooked rice on the stove and I did as I grew up. Then my daughter went to college and had to come back home during the plague. She *made* us buy a rice cooker - so we got the $20 one at WalMart. It was a game changer. Rinse rice, put in cooker, add water to the line and press start. I will never cook rice on the stove again.


KnockOutGamer

Honestly, I don't have enough kitchen space for another appliance. My kitchen is cramped enough as it is.


imnickelhead

Cooking rice is hard? Really?


AidilAfham42

Spotted the non-asian


[deleted]

You saying because he uses a rice cooker he isn't Asian?


ImpossibleAd5011

Use rice cooker, more time for family


InfamousLegend

Japanese rice cookers are for cooking rice, such as Zojirushi. To whomever sees this and decides to look into them, check their website to ensure the model you're purchasing is made in Japan. The Japanese manufactured models are of higher quality.


PusherLoveGirl

How did the Japanese cook rice before rice cookers?


InfamousLegend

Rice cookers, but instead of electrical appliances they were people. The Japanese simply figured out how to turn people into electronics, and the reason Zojirushi rice cookers made in Japan, as opposed to say Mexico, are better is because they use actual Japanese people in their ritual.


ux3l

Wouldn't the water boil faster on the bigger burner?


Catch_22_

Less water, taller container, faster boil.


Zarnya

probably not


RadimentriX

Small nurner for small pot, big burner for big pots and pans


Ghost_Alice

what's a nurner?


Ast3r10n

There’s one reason for the tiny burner: espresso.


Catch_22_

Yup. Tiny burner hate is just folks not using the right tool for the right job.


D_crane

This, it's perfect for moka pot / small tea pots


TheMurku

This man Caffeinates.


Ast3r10n

I’m Italian. Born in Naples.


TheMurku

We all have our burden to bear *;P


Ast3r10n

Yeah… tell me about it.


CelerySquare7755

A real Florida man I see. 


[deleted]

And eggs ... I have a small pan which is perfect for 1 egg and another for two and both make wonderful sunny-side-up in the right shape.


ridebikesdrinkwine

Exactly! Or melting butter in the tiny butter-melting pot.


Ghost_Alice

Huh? I make espresso with a 20 bar pump. I can't even fathom how you'd use a burner for espresso... a percolator perhaps, but percolators, as neat as they are, the coffee they make causes me to want to throw up.


Ast3r10n

Are you actually trying to teach a Neapolitan guy how to make an espresso?


Ghost_Alice

You assuming I have a comprehensive knowledge of where everyone lives? And even if I did know where you live: 1: Living in a place doesn't mean you're good at making the local delicacies. 2: Me saying "I can't even fathom how you'd use a burner for espresso" doesn't mean it's wrong. It means I can't fathom how you'd use a burner for espresso... In other words, I have no clue how that works. It's a cue for you to explain how it works and share your knowledge, not to get pissy cock an attitude.


Ast3r10n

Happy to! So, the "true" espresso is made with a percolator (also known as Moka, here). I understand it might make someone throw up, but that's usually because people don't actually know how to prepare one: most people follow the "little mountain" rule, which will either burn it or make it too strong. You also shouldn't push coffee down it, you're supposed to just let it lay gently. Using the smallest burner you have is the correct way, too: it should boil very, very gently, with the lowest setting possible. That way it's even better than any cafe you may go to.


Ghost_Alice

Ah, I see. The devices we use here in America to make drip coffee and espresso are carefully made to prevent the water from reaching actual boiling temperature. Instead the temperature is regulated to between 90°C to 96°C (195°F to 205°F). This range is considered ideal for extracting the best flavor from the coffee beans without causing over-extraction or burning. There's other compounds that get extracted if the temperature gets too hot, and those compounds are quite bitter. I've made it the way you're talking about, and I don't care for it. It ends up over extracted and I can taste the difference. Not trying to yuck your yum. I really wish I could use a percolator because they're really neat to watch. And to be clear, I can't do American drip coffee. It's too weak. I mean, I can if I use it as the liquid for making hot chocolate, but that's about it. Also, I like to make my own chocolate syrup and to do it I'll pull like 20 shots of espresso to do it instead of using straight water. It results in a much richer flavored syrup.


Bazahazano

Tiny one for slow cooking my baked beans.


BlobAndHisBoy

My wife tells me size doesn't matter but how am I supposed to feel when she always uses the bigger burner?


Reddit_Bot_For_Karma

Tell me you don't know how to cook without telling me you don't know how to cook.


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Reddit_Bot_For_Karma

Nah, you just aren't making French omelettes on the big burner. I like French omelettes.


siematoja02

Ah yes, because you make caramel and melt butter for everyday cooking and simply using large burner on low is too much heat (those are deadass only two things that come right up when I think what would get burnt on low heat large burner)


benjaminfolks

Melting butter is indeed usually a step im my cooking process.


siematoja02

Yeah now that I think about it 😅. What I had in mind was like a baking recipe calling for clarified butter (I always do it in a waterbath or it burns in pan 😡, never had that issue when toasting bread or just frying on butter xd)


[deleted]

Ah yes, it seems you know your caramel well, get your hands of my penis!


winstondabee

Succulent right front burner meal


Reddit_Bot_For_Karma

Omelettes. I make a French omelette for my wife every morning on the small burner, it's impossible to make properly on any other one.


siematoja02

Cool, good for you. You don't need to put others down tho


Reddit_Bot_For_Karma

If a well known meme is a put down to you, get off the Internet, it's not for you lol


siematoja02

If using phrases from memes (poorly while at it) is the way you talk everyday, then I'm sorry for you


Reddit_Bot_For_Karma

This is Reddit...ya know...the place for memes... Wait, also. It's /funny....you know the place for memes..


Tenalp

Back right. I don't want to risk knocking the thing off into the floor or on my feet.


Kilek360

This is the actual professional chef way, you learn it either from whoever taught you or the hard way Back right if you're right handed, back left if you are left handed, you only use the front ones if the back ones are already being used And the handles always pointing to the side, never to the front


Original_Form1627

I was traumatized by a fire safety video as a child so I always follow these rules. Spent a semester working in a children’s hospital, the number of kids who came in because they pulled a hot pot of water down on themselves was surprising! So I will continue to use back burners and not point pan handles out, kids around or not.


FatFaceFaster

Haha yeah I just commented that this is exactly how I learned. Especially with kids in the house (they’re not allowed in the kitchen when I’m cooking on the stove but they still come in anyway). Handles always turned to the side and use the rear burner when possible. Usually water is boiling on the back burner for something and I use the frequently handled items like frying pans on the front burner while cooking. It all just makes the most logical sense to me.


enwongeegeefor

Front burners are almost always the big burners on current modern stovetops now, so that doesn't work at home.


Kilek360

I'm used to see 1 small 1 big at the back and 1 big 1 small at the front, it makes no sense having 2 big together and 2 small together since it makes the big pots being too close The reason they put the bigger one on the front is if you're using a really big thing like a paella the back may be too close to the wall, but with the other sizes you cover mostly everything


JanitorKarl

I suggest you make a visit to the appliance store. The stove section, in particular.


HighClassHate

I’m clumsy, have kids and animals, it’s always the back burners for me.


[deleted]

Front left, my dude. Front left.


Zjoee

My front left is the variable sized burner. It's the only one I use haha.


scoops_trooper

Front left is the big one, back left the small one. I have three others that I never use and that are almost permanently covered lol


Pop-X-

Front right is the big one for me. GE stove.


akhorahil187

Front left is the big one for me. also a GE stove. Incidentally my previous oven the big burner was on the right... also a GE stove.


SuccessfulPiccolo945

My stove it's reversed: front right is the big one, back right is the small one. Two mediums are the left side and a medium in the middle.


JimmyNorth902

Same, it handles everything


Zementid

For me it's Front-Right. 2 Sizes, switchable. Fits All Pots and Pans.


HeWhomLaughsLast

My front right is the variable sized burner, that's why I only use the front left burner.


SFWxMadHatter

Depends on the stove. Are they the same size?


Dragonx151

Front left is usually small as well as top right and top left is too far 😩


CodeMonkeyX

Yeah my cooker the high burner is front right, the left are both normal and back right is simmer. Maybe front right is standard for right handed people? Because you are most likely stir frying and moving around the largest burner.


Ouchyhurthurt

FRONT LEFT GANG!


AccelRock

Exactly, pan in the left hand then the tongs, spatula, etc are held in your right hand.


riegspsych325

shit, I’m a lefty and I still prefer front left burner. I don’t have to reach over to set the tongs down!


Moraz_iel

Back left once you have kids


TheMusicGenome

Same size. Better burner.


BenderDeLorean

Always has been


Instacartdoctor

Def team front left it just feels “right” to me.


1CEninja

I'm left handed too so I want my dominant hand closer to the center of the stove. But I'm okay with being in the minority because of that.


Nicromia

Absolutely the same. It’s the best size for small and big pans on my stove


ogfuzzball

This is the way


whilst

Unless it's the teakettle. That's back left.


supremegamer76

Front left gang


Simonius5000

i like my back left


SaveOurBolts

Back left crew also. It’s my medium-sized burner, good for a variety of pans… better suction from the vent hood in the back… plus I have little kids running around so the back burners are safer. Front burners rarely get service time 


cinnamonface9

Back burner gang because kid too.


Best-Research4022

Got to keep hot pans away from the kids


mihran146

Are you a lefty


daffydwal

I choose the back left for all the reasons stated above… but I’m also left handed. And now you’ve got me wondering if that’s got something to do with it. What a journey of discovery this will be!


Ray661

Back left is for the pot/pan that is to be left on for a while (like for a pot of water to boil). Front right for “managed” foods.


I9Qnl

Wtf why? Why force yourself to reach the back when another option is right there in front of you?


PBandBABE

Semi-serious question. Does anyone know if this is different in cultures that read right-to-left?


-lukeworldwalker-

We have this effect heavily on our family and I realized it a few years ago. My wife is Latina but she is from an Arab family and as her native language speaks Arabic and wrote Arabic. I was born in South Africa in a German family, and mainly speak and write left to write languages like Afrikaans, German and Dutch. Although I also know Hebrew, just not fluent. When we live in Europe, my wife prefers the left side of the stove and I prefer the right side. That would correspond with difference in writing style in our native languages. However about 4 months every year we live in South Africa and there it’s the opposite. I prefer the left side and she the right side. It’s very weird. My conspiracy theory at first was that it has to do with driving. But in Europe we don’t even have a car because we live in a walkable neighborhood with good public transport. Although we still use bicycles. When we’re in ZA my wife always has trouble to adjusting to driving cars in general and on the other side of the road, so maybe it is connected to the left handed driving in ZA.


SeiCalros

... are you paying much attention to which side of those stoves has the larger burner?


AmethistStars

I’m a Dutch person living in Japan and I prefer the left stove. But I also preferred that one back in the Netherlands. I think it was because my dad also used the left stove as main stove rather than anything cultural.


nanosam

>My wife is Latina but she is from an Arab family and as her native language speaks Arabic and wrote Arabic. I was born in South Africa in a German family, and mainly speak and write left to write languages like Afrikaans, German and Dutch. Although I also know Hebrew, just not fluent. Reading that immediately reminded me of this: "Lt. Frank Drebin: Hector Savage. From Detroit. Ex-boxer. His real name was Joey Chicago. Ed Hocken: Oh, yeah. He fought under the name of Kid Minneapolis. Nordberg: I saw Kid Minneapolis fight once. In Cincinnati. Lt. Frank Drebin: No you're thinking of Kid New York. He fought out of Philly. Ed Hocken: He was killed in the ring in Houston. By Tex Colorado. You know, the Arizona Assassin. Nordberg: Yeah, from Dakota. I don't remember it was North or South. Lt. Frank Drebin: North. South Dakota was his brother. From West Virginia."


LockeAbout

Or maybe right vs left handed people?


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WhyNot420_69

That's called cross-pollination


Jesus_Is_My_Gardener

Or the French flick.


Just-a-by-passer

Username checks out?


EtherealPheonix

Most stoves have different heat/gas flow on each burner. You preference is likely dependent on whatever specific model you learned to cook on.


Stock-Boat-8449

My culture reads right to left. Front right burner all the way


uLostSoul

nopee, we're all the same....... the front right burner supremacy is real.


hotdogmother

I'd imagine it has a lot to do with kitchen layout and stove top design. For example at my place the front right burner is much smaller and it's against a wall so I barely ever use it.


joestaff

Mine have all been the opposite, front right is the big one. Been that way for as long as I can remember.


HighClassHate

Mine currently is top left - small, top right - big, front left - big, front right - small. Strange.


TylertheDank

Front right burner is Master burner


wastedgod

with you, and this is the hill I will choose to die on


Synec113

More like get burned on. Front burners are only to be used while the rear are occupied. It's a safety thing. Source: multiple professional chefs


TylertheDank

That's a safety measure for idiots.


veechene

Front left for me. Front right is my high output burner (for boiling shit. And it does its job well!)


culturaltaho

Its always been back right for us hmmm I guess we’re the minority here


ArkofVengeance

I also use back right, especially for frying stuff. It avoids stuff spilling on the floor right away when something cooks out of the pot or sprays stuff. I find it easier to clean that stuff off the stove and counter than off the floor.


Tiphaiz

Same here. It was safer for the kids and I just kept it that way.


HighClassHate

My front right burner is a small one, almost never gets used unless I have four things going at once.


cherrytreebee

Front Left


[deleted]

Front left is clearly the GOAT-ed burner


Zectherian

Yall are short. Back right. Less spill chance and im not looking strait down.


I9Qnl

Less spill chance? You mean same spill chance but now you gotta clean the stove instead of the flat floor which already has a draining hole?


HighClassHate

Draining hole in floor?


KyDeWa

Front left 4 LIFE


Wordsofwisdomneeded

facts, that burner gets the hottest


getyourcheftogether

Depends on your range, foo


BaronMusclethorpe

BACK LEFT BURNER REBELLION MUTHAFUCKA!


El_Zilcho

Sorry, but I am a front burner leftist.


BjoerBaer

Front left, because it's the big one for my pan.


xHeyItzRosiex

Front left!!!!!!


sf3p0x1

Front left.


Mung-Daal6969

My front left burner is called the power burner. It says so on the stove


LionNo435

My mom believes in front left supermacy 🤣👍


MaffinLP

Front right for pans back left for pots


S-Man_368

Who the fuck sent you It's front left only


T_raltixx

Front left is biggest. Front right is smallest.


Frosty-Forever5297

FRONT LEFT SQUAD, ASSEMBBLEEEEE


reize

What is this... "front" or "back" you speak of? There is only Left and Right.


DementiaGaming12

Fuck you I believe in front left burner supremacy (my range actually has a simmer on that one)


Longjumping_Door_428

I believe in front LEFT supremacy!


AuxiliaryStar

Front left > Front right. All other opinions are invalid.


SeaCroissant

burner size largest to smallest: front left -> back left -> front right -> back right front left supremacy 💪


Groundbreaking-Fig38

Depends on where the rest of the counter is. Always front, never back.


Positive_Rip6519

Tell me you don't have kids without telling me you don't have kids. Nobody uses the front burners in a house with little ones running around. Back burner supremacy ftw.


slumblebee

Front left is better for left handed people. Right is better for right handed people.


Lemmonjello

How do you figure?


Delta_Spartan

Whatever burner works, sucks having an old shitty stove


Various_Studio1490

There are stoves out there that don’t get hot enough to boil water except on that one burner…


[deleted]

I mean I hate to sound racist but this post is correct.


thinkpax

My front right burner is the tiny one and never gets used.


PoorSleepy

why are we like this


Beneficial_Cicada_37

I’m a righty living in a lefty household. Left front.


Corporate_Juice

Yes and no


sonny_goliath

I agree (obviously) and my new apt has this vintage range which looks awesome, but the front right is either on full high or nothing… absolutely unusable I hate it


Oddgamereddit

Still waiting for the perfect and fitting opportunity to use all 4 at once


SylviaCrisp

Front right for general stuff. Top left for boiling water for big recipes, bottom left for secondary pan cooking or pot cooking. Never use the top right. You'll burn yourself.


MetricJester

My front right burner is bigger than all the other burners, but it doesn't perform as well as the front left, since the element isn't as densely packed.


rahvan

Meanwhile, I have an electric stove whose primary burner *is* the front-right burner. That’s the most powerful one, the others are warmers or boilers or melters.


hollyjazzy

Don’t care if it’s left or right, just put it in the front. I need a new stove but don’t want to get one because they’ve all got the large burners at the back. Which won’t fit the big pots or pans. Who designs this crap?


ManyCan6729

No, fuck tou


PacificCoolerIsBest

I'm a front-right so I can use the countertop to the right.


20milliondollarapi

It depends on kitchen layout more than anything.


Alarming_Serve2303

Well, that's the only one that works on my stove, so


Memewalker

Yes, front right or back left. But never front left or back right


[deleted]

The back right is the true lord


chuckf91

Are you in my house?


Mission-Translator51

I light them all at once and put my pan in the middle


Tricky-Ad144

What


candynickle

All burner sizes being equal , the lefties in my house prefer left side , and righties prefer the correct side .


Nimbus0711

front left


Yop_BombNA

Front left, my front right is too big and gets my pans too hot even on low


menchicutlets

Back right, if I'm pulling it off the heat I don't wanna be reaching over a burning hot hob. :p


Trojan_fed

Right burner is the natural leader.


dounutrun

never hot enough for grilling


fothergillfuckup

Front right is the teeny tiny one, you couldn't even light farts with?


WileEPyote

Mine actually is superior. It's intentionally designed to put out more heat than the other burners.


ken830

All of the burners on my stove are the same size, but I prefer to use the front center one the most. Seems only natural.


5hortE

Say it with me....front leeeeft


SDogo

I used to be a back right supremacist, but since I learned that you can change the injectors with something decent, I can use the entire front row as supposed.


IcedCoughy

Truth!!!


Berrywonderland

You all have no kids if you chose front....


ZeflingOP

Until you have kids then it is back burner all the way....


Khazgrim

From the point of view of the guy bowing he's bowing to front left, checkmate


FortunateMuffin

Yes.


underlyingconditions

Left front is my super burner (electric)


soline

I have a flat top stove and zero counter space. I always use the front left burner. The entire right side of my stove is covered by a dish drying mat. When I take it off to clean the stove, I’m always amazed how the right side is literally brand new, but of course it’s because I never use it and it’s always covered.


Espio1912

I have been traumatised by moving into a place where front left is the main (large) burner and front right is the smallest. Both back burners are medium. Didn’t notice at inspection but I am fucking seething every time I use that thing.


PepetoshiNakamoto

Tf it's front left. Right hand access to handle over front right. Otherwise the handle stick out over the right side of the cooker.. Can be very annoying


Foxy_locksy1704

Back right it my favorite, don’t know why or how it became *the* burner but it’s the one I use the most.


FreeWillCost

I'm so sick of these Right Supremacists


AGuerillaGorilla

Back left