Almo Appliances

Test Your Cooktop. See if They're Lying

What if a 15,000 BTU Burners from 2006 was < than a 8,000 BTU Daisy Burner Produced in 1972?
What if all of our readers tested their cooktop burners using a specific test procedure and we compared the many many thousands (maybe millions) of resulting data points?  
We could then compare Wolf and Premier, open and sealed, pro-style burners or standard, coil or Ceran, hell let's include the ancient KitchenAid daisy burner......let's test them all, and see who's still wearing pants when its all done.  The data might be a little ugly, but let's see.

Sure we're not all trained scientists, sure mistakes will be made, sure your range, pots and temperature gauges are not calibrated laboratory equipments, but so what, preparation and planning are not the stuff that built this country (or destroyed Iraq for that matter).  
No sir, we are a "Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead!" kind of people.  A "Test with the kitchens we got, not the kitchens we want" kind of people.  And we are proud to lead you blindly up the next hill in our continued battle for truth.


Anyone have the Consumer's Union test procedures for cooktop burners/elements?  Send it in to us. 
We believe that the test specifies a standard pot brand and size, with a specified amount of water.  We imagine that the test measures the time it takes to heat the water some number of degrees (far short of boiling), could be 50C for example.
If we don't have the Consumer's Union test by next week, we will make up our own, but we will take suggestions.