Can You Cook Pudding on a Glass Top Stove with Batter Bowls?

[samcmills]

A customer asked me a question about the batter bowls. She wants to know if you can cook pudding for instance on the top of the stove, an glasstop one the kind that has the circles drawn on it where the burner is, not gas.

I checked the use and care and it is a no-no. Just wondered if anyone has tried it anyway and if so what happened.

My DH says it is a direct flame problem and I tend to agree with him. The customer had another person ask her this too so I just want to get a definitive answer for her and the other lady, yes or no, tell her what would happen if she did this.

sam

 

[dianevill]

Don't do it!!! The bowls are not designed for stove top cooking. They'll break...

Diane

 

[gilliandanielle]

I second that! It will crack right in half or worse -shatter- and she will never get all the pieces of glass out of the nooks and crannies of those electric burners! I have never done this, but a customer of mine lost her bowl this way by accidently leaving it on a burner that hadn't cooled down yet. The bowl cracked and broke leaving her with glass and cake mix to clean out of her stove. NOT FUN!

 

[jenniferp417]

Oh, and she's got a smooth-topped stove? The force of the cracking glass and/or its hitting the stove can scratch her stovetop too.

 

[samcmills]

Great, that is what my DH said. Now I can tell her what happened to someone else that did it.

Thanks ladies!
sam

 

[chefmelody]

No no no no! The glass bowls do not distribute the heat fast enough from a direct source, that is why they will break. The bottom of the bowl will heat faster than the sides, causing it to shatter as the molecules of one part expand at a faster rate than the others. (If you wanted a scientific explanation, LOL). This is why stoneware will break on direct heat as well... it can't adjust to the temperature change fast enough. Aluminum distributes heat much faster, which is why our high-quality pans are so good. (And why low-quality ones warp... they heat unevenly.)

 

[Jennie4PC]

as I was reading this post I thought of my MIL she was cooking gravy on her glass top stove with a glass casserol dish and it literally exploded

 

[Kelley Sells]

Oh, NO don't do it.....I have a glass top too and it will not only break but damage the stovetop....even the Executive Cookware should not be dragged across those as the emblem may scratch the surface.....;O)

AND, as far as gas tops go, I was doing a Vendor Blender and there was sooo much going on and I was cooking (at a friends house in a GORGEOUS BRAND NEW KITCHEN) and I didn't know the gas burner on the cooktop was going and placed the batter bowl on top and went outside for a bit, and thank goodness my friend noticed it....It was "crackling" when she took it off....we put it on a trivet until it cooled down.....luckily it is in one piece still...... But didn't I feel silly......whew......