Electric Stove Top Cover
 

My daughter asked for a quilted cover for her electric stove top.

I've already had the THAT'S A FIRE HARZARD!! discussion with her. LOL She's just looking to protect the flat stove surface when placing items on top while the stove is not in use.

Any suggestions?

I'm wondering about using Insul-Bright for the batting and that silver ironing board fabric for the backing. But are those really necessary?

I would suggest a big silicon mat. It will soften any bluntness and not be as bad a fire hazard. No matter how many times we tell our kids no matter how old, do they listen? LOL

Yep, my first suggestion to my daughter was a silicone mat. LOL I've bought them on Amazon for other uses - they're great.

She's currently using dish towels on top and wants something nicer.

Is it electric with coils or induction glass cooktop? How about a noodle board? Just go to Etsy and search Noodle Board, there are many nice ones.

Oh my goodness, do look up the Noodle board. they are gorgeous or can be. depends on what she wants but she should like these.

I would not do it. Heat-proof, fire-proof cover only, which is not a quilted item. It is far too easy to accidentally turn a burner on or put something on while a burner was still hot.

And she should not use dish towels as those are likely flammable.

My only comment on this is... even though I looked at the red light that showed me it was still hot.... I plunked my hand down on it....ouch! I would never consider putting a cover on this type of stove top that you can not fathom how hot it is!..... Back in the day...I did have ceramic type covers that fit over the coils ....but not until they were cool to the touch...again....ouch!

The idea of a quilt is lovely but yikes way to dangerous becasue as mentioned above we are human and do things without thinking. The Noodle Board, something I had to look up, seems like a much better and wiser idea. Make her a table runner and bless her with a noodle board.

It is heavier but my son-in-law made a cover for their smooth top stove to protect it from kids, etc. It is made out of wood so is kind of heavy but daughter likes as she puts things on it when serving buffet to company.

Is this induction? I thought the cooktop doesn't get hot without a pan on it, and it's only mildly warm once the pan has been moved off. My DIL has one. She uses a paper towel between the pan and the burner, which always gives me a turn.

hugs,
charlotte

I would NOT go with anything quilted/fabric/dish towels,etc. I hadn't heard of the Noodle Boards before so I had to look them up. I think that's the perfect way to go for her. Hope you can convince her of something less flammable and dangerous than cloth. I'd rather have a non protected cook top than a house burned to ashes.

I did the exact same thing back in my college days! Spent weeks with a bandaged hand and all the doctor visits involved. Faint scars are still visible some 50 years later! I will not ever have an electric stove, coil or flat top! Ouch is right!!

after more reading the noodle boards only seem to be meant for gas stoves. i would never put something on top of my electric glass top stove. it's much too hot for much too long. I'd never remember to put the cover on by the time it finally cooled enough to be safe. So better safe than sorry. I hope this poster finds some other way of working things out in her kitchen.

My daughter made a noodle board for her stove top. It was very cute. Less expensive than purchasing one and very easy to make.

I purchased a silicone mat for my glass top stove. It works really well and gives me more counter space. I'm not too worried about it because silicone can handle extremely high heat. I believe it is made from the same thing as the silicone bakeware. I think it she got one, and you made a top for it, with the thermal backing, it would be okay. I would still discourage her from it though. 😁

Silicone can handle up to about 450F. Medium on a cooktop is around 350F; high is around 600-800F (depending on the cooktop). Silicone will not withstand a burner that's turned on High.

My SIL left one of their cordless phones on the induction cooktop... the phone melted.... and filled the house with smoke.... they had to vacate while the house aired and wash everything they could and throw out any food not still in it's original packaging..... DD was pregnant and could not even go near the house.....
Please ... just buy her a noodle board.

Thanks for the info. I wonder if it ever got too hot, would it melt onto the cooktop?

I don't understand how this could happen unless the phone had enough metal to make a magnetic connection. We have a portable induction burner and it only gets warm from the pan itself. You can turn the burner on and put your hand on it, and nothing happens. Maybe the phone was in a pot?

charlotte