What is Electric stove?
An '''electric stove''' is a [[stove]] with [[heating element|electrical heating]] to cook and bake. The electric stove became popular as a replacement to the solid fuel (wood or coal) stove. Solid fuel stoves required more labor to maintain and operate. Electric stove burners may be controlled by a [[rotary switch]] with a finite number of positions (six, for example). Some may have a [[thermostat]]. The first technology used resistive heating coils. The coils heated iron hotplates. Pots were placed on top of them. In the 1970s, glass-ceramic stoves began appearing. Glass-ceramic has very low [[thermal conductivity]]. It's a coefficient thermal expansion of almost zero. It lets infrared radition pass very well. Electrical heating coils or infrared [[halogen]] lamps are used for heating elements. {{Home appliances}} [[Category:Cooking appliances]]