Which stovetop burner do you use the most?

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

First burner you use when you're cooking (or primary if multiple items)
Microwaves, toaster ovens, or "don't cook" won't be counted.

[renegade]

Usually the one on top.   

[Rothman]

Bottom right.  It's one of the bigger ones.  Don't use big pots on small burners.

[1995hoo]

Left front because it's the closest to the largest portion of the counter, thus making it easiest to move stuff from the counter to the pan.

Right front would be second-most. It's the "dual zone" burner (can be set to use a smaller interior section or the whole burner).

[Max Rockatansky]

Left front because it's closest to the microwave and is also the hottest burner for some reason.

[GaryV]

Right front is the "turbo" burner.

Now, how many times do I turn on the correct burner the first try?  That's a whole 'nother question.

[kphoger]

I heard this on the radio a couple of years ago:  You know you're an adult if you have a favorite burner.



I voted 'Right Front', because it's one of the large burners but is slightly smaller than the biggest.  More often than not, I'm heating up a tea kettle or medium-sized pan of some sort, so I prefer less of the heat to escape into the room around the side.

[ET21]

Both front burners, I usually end up cooking two dishes on stovetop most nights for dinner

[kphoger]

Now, how many times do I turn on the correct burner the first try?  That's a whole 'nother question.

I have a hard time translating a vertically-aligned diagram to a a flat cooktop–that is, it's a struggle for me to know which dot corresponds to which burner.  So I made simple masking-tape labels by the knobs with arrows drawn and 'FRONT' or 'REAR' written on the tape in Sharpie.

When I was in high school, some of us in the church youth group were cooking a meal in the church kitchen.  I was kind of unfamiliar with gas stoves, and I was trying to figure out why a certain rear burner wouldn't light.  I was leaning over, looking at it, trying and trying.  Then I mistakenly turned on the front burner while I was leaning over, and it singed my eyebrows and bangs off.  Oops.

[Takumi]

Left front, because it's the closest. Then left rear, because my two right side burners are covered with pots and pans.

[kphoger]

Left front, because it's the closest. Then left rear, because my two right side burners are covered with pots and pans.

If they're already covered with pots and pans, then you should use THOSE!   

[ozarkman417]

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[index]

Right front is my favorite. It's where my dominant hand is and I don't have to reach.

[Scott5114]

Right front, just out of habit. In the rare event I need both, left front is my second option. I don't know that I've ever used either of the rear burners in my current house, and now that I think about, I don't know if I did in any previous house, either.

[jmacswimmer]

Front left, because there is more countertop space left of our stove than there is to the right.  When my fiancée & I cook together and handle different parts of the meal, I'm usually the one that gets pushed over to the front right

Only time I really use the back burners is for sauce, since our front 2 burners are the power burners.

[Brandon]

Right front as it's the power burner with the simmer burner directly behind it.  It works great to boil water fast.

[kphoger]

What the heck is a "power burner"?  Do three out of your four burners underperform?

[Scott5114]

Meanwhile, two of my burners have a "MELT" setting at the bottom of the dial, implying they can get less hot than the other two. Why is that a thing that only two of the burners have?

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Right front, because the left side has the toaster and other junk nearby on the counter. Being right-handed probably factors in somehow as well.

[MCRoads]

Left front, as it is close to the countertops we use to prep stuff, and the sink. Our stove is on an island, which kind of sucks, because if I need to take a pot to the sink, stuff from the pot is going on the floor. It's inevitable.

But, this also poses a problem: it absolutely will NOT light on its own. We just use a BBQ lighter to light it.

SNIP!

When I was in high school, some of us in the church youth group were cooking a meal in the church kitchen.  I was kind of unfamiliar with gas stoves, and I was trying to figure out why a certain rear burner wouldn't light.  I was leaning over, looking at it, trying and trying.  Then I mistakenly turned on the front burner while I was leaning over, and it singed my eyebrows and bangs off.  Oops.

You are not the only one who has singed their hair on a gas stove. Getting used to the stove controls for the first gas stove I ever used (controls were at the rear of the stove, past the burners) was a multi-singe process. Who tf even thought putting the burner controls in the rear of the unit, past the burners, on a GAS STOVE was a good idea?!?!

[1995hoo]

Now, how many times do I turn on the correct burner the first try?  That's a whole 'nother question.

I have a hard time translating a vertically-aligned diagram to a a flat cooktop–that is, it's a struggle for me to know which dot corresponds to which burner.  So I made simple masking-tape labels by the knobs with arrows drawn and 'FRONT' or 'REAR' written on the tape in Sharpie.

When I was in high school, some of us in the church youth group were cooking a meal in the church kitchen.  I was kind of unfamiliar with gas stoves, and I was trying to figure out why a certain rear burner wouldn't light.  I was leaning over, looking at it, trying and trying.  Then I mistakenly turned on the front burner while I was leaning over, and it singed my eyebrows and bangs off.  Oops.

I once accidentally stuck my arm in a lit bunsen burner during high school chemistry class. It didn't hurt at all, but the whole room smelled due to the hair on my arm getting singed. Then one of the girls asked the teacher (who had seen what happened) what the smell was and she said, "Just burning hair, no big deal," which of course freaked out the girls because they assumed it meant the hair on someone's head.

[Big John]

Left front as it has a larger coil surface.

[ET21]

What the heck is a "power burner"?  Do three out of your four burners underperform?

No, just more flames on a larger burner disc. Speeds up cooking/boiling

[kphoger]

What the heck is a "power burner"?  Do three out of your four burners underperform?

No, just more flames on a larger burner disc. Speeds up cooking/boiling

But my question is this:  why don't the other burners have more flame too?

[ET21]

What the heck is a "power burner"?  Do three out of your four burners underperform?

No, just more flames on a larger burner disc. Speeds up cooking/boiling

But my question is this:  why don't the other burners have more flame too?

Regular burners, you could modify them to have a larger burner disc. But stovetops these days have three regular burners and one power burner