Enamel Cooktops: R' Blumenkrantz book

amother

Wed, Mar 17 2021, 6:53 pm

Enamel Cooktops: R' Blumenkrantz 2016 book (I assume halacha hasnt changed) says to clean cooktop w caustic cleaner and cover with heavy foil, or use a blech.

Thats it?

People cook with a blech all 8 days of Pesach? Wouldnt that be using a much lower flame all Pesach?

ra_mom

Wed, Mar 17 2021, 7:00 pm

Clean each part very well.

Kasher the grates by putting them into the oven with libbun kal (550°F for 40 minutes).

Cover the enamel surface of the stovetop with foil. Be careful to cut out all areas that are meant to have ventilation. Do not forget the back of the stovetop that has an almost invisible opening across the back of the stovetop, from the oven, which allows the heat to escape up into the air. Very dangerous to close that up.*

Place the kashered grates back in place.

The burners kasher themselves each time you use them so nothing more necessary.

*Before pesach it's ok to cook without covering the stovetop with foil. To be careful, some people just use the disposable burner liners when using the stovetop on YT itself, not full silver foil, so that no openings are C"V covered by mistake, and then just don't eat anything that falls down.