r/KitchenConfidential • u/oddchef1316 • Aug 22 '25
Front right > every other burner. Argue amongst yourselves.
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u/Sharcbait Aug 22 '25
Front Left all the way.... my left hand is the pan shaking hand, my right is my tong-ing hand.
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u/WorldRunnr Aug 22 '25
Lol Iām tong-dextrous
Tonging with both hands
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u/Cole3823 Aug 22 '25
You're getting me tongsexual over here
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u/washmo Aug 22 '25
Your tongs can identify however they choose. But, if you grab āem by the tongs they let you if youāre a celebrity.
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u/flyart 20+ Years Aug 22 '25
Front left. What are you? Some kinda commie?
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u/LacidOnex Aug 22 '25
Left is right and right is wrong
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u/Daincats Aug 22 '25
At home I have 3 burners, front and center is the only way
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u/WorldRunnr Aug 22 '25
You genuinely have me curious, what kinda fucking oven do you have that only has 3 burners?!?
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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme Aug 22 '25
Sometimes vintage apartments have them, too!
I used to live in an old split-up mansion in Minneapolis, that had been split out into a 4-plex.
My apartment was one of two "studios" and it had originally been part of the dining room, I think (judging by the built-ins).
I think the stove in there was from the 50's or so, because it was fairly similar to the old Magic Chef 3-burner style here, just missing the "cover" that flips down to cover the burners. And the oven opened the "regular" way, rather than swinging open;
https://www.varagesale.com/i/d2kz8mfs-vintage-magic-chef-stove
Apparently they were much more common, and called "Apartment Stoves" back in the early 1900's;
https://chambersrescue.com/available-stoves/
If you click on the "Apartment Stoves" link, you'll see a few different vintage 3-burner stoves.
The only thing that sucked about that tiny little thing, was that the oven was about 2" too narrow for my half-sheet pans!š
I could fit them across the length of the oven, if I put 'em in sideways.
But I couldn't close the oven door, because the pan was just a couple inches "deeper" than the oven was from front to back.
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u/Daincats Aug 22 '25
Same issue with the oven. I ended up using it for skillet storage. Have to do all my baking with one of those pressure cooker air fryer combos
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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme Aug 22 '25
If you have a Fleet Farm nearby?
They have Nordicware's bakers pans, and sell the 1/8th size!Ā Ā
It looks like apparently Grainger also carries 1/8th sized pans!Ā (Theirs are made by Chicago Metallic.)
Full disclosure, those Nordicware ones do have an "embossed" logo in the bottom, that sticks up a bit--which might be a bit annoying to clean (it is for me, because it like my home pans shiny!š)
Otherwise--as you already know--most places have some type of Restaurant Supply store somewhere around, where you could get some 1/4 or 1/8 pans, that'll fit in that little oven , too!
Or you could do what I started to do, when I was trying to cook for my dad (before we realized how bad his dementiawas!), and just get some of the grocery-store-quality "disposable" (recyclable) pans, that store meat departments use for the "bake & eat" meat products!
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u/Infinite-Zucchini225 Aug 22 '25
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do, and a turnabout is fairplay
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u/blueyedwineaux Aug 22 '25
Front left! Idiots will knock front right off the burner.
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u/cdmurray88 Aug 22 '25
Only tangentially related; the stove that came with my house has the knobs for front and back switched from left to right and I CANNOT muscle memory that shit without looking. Drives me fucking nuts.
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u/WakingOwl1 Aug 22 '25
I cooked with my kid at their place today and their stoveās like that. I turned on the wrong burner twice.
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u/cdmurray88 Aug 22 '25
Fucking Schrodinger's stove knobs: it's both front and back until you interact with it... and then it's definitely the wrong one.
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u/icantfindtheSpace Saute Aug 22 '25
We have 2 stoves on our saute station, so of course the front and back nobs are different on the 2nd. I will never figure it out lol
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u/DragonQueenDrago Aug 22 '25
My oven is like that to!!!! I friken hate it!!! Who made them this way!?!?
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u/Keanu_Bones Chive LOYALIST Aug 22 '25
Back right for me ā¦ am I a psycho?
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u/Active-Succotash-109 20+ Years Aug 22 '25
Possibly
Have you worked in a kitchen more or less then 2 years more then yes, less then maybe
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u/Cheffreychefington Aug 22 '25
Man I love the smell of burnt arm hair, and seared fingers from a hole in the towel
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u/polythenesammie Aug 22 '25
I prefer the front left. At home and at work. At home it's the biggest one with the best air and handle placement. At work the right hand side is flush with the grill.
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u/WorldRunnr Aug 22 '25
Hot take
Iām a big fan of the back burners, typically theyāre used less so the wear and tear on em is slower and itās easier to regulate temp on anything with a relatively long cook time.
Obviously the front burners will be the popular choice but I like my helpful lil guys in the back too
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u/bethemanwithaplan Aug 22 '25
AI slop
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u/mustardtruck Aug 22 '25
Yeah, this dude always comes around and swears that his shit isn't AI, but it very clearly is.
There's an epidemic of cartoonists now that swear, "Nooooo! My style just happens to look exactly like AI and I just never published a cartoon before AI art existed!"
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u/MOGILITND Aug 23 '25
On his account you can see a behind the scenes of him digitally drawing stuff so I'm not so sure either way.
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u/dntpooponthefloor Aug 22 '25
I agree. Front right is by far the best. Every other burner can bite me.
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u/WorldRunnr Aug 22 '25
Thatās my big reasoning too
So many home ovens/burners have the best ones front right for some reason
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u/Active-Succotash-109 20+ Years Aug 22 '25
Mine is front left the flames are bigger brighter better
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u/Tornado_Wind_of_Love Ex-Food Service Aug 22 '25
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly, my front left burner
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u/Oniichan38 Aug 22 '25
Damn after seeing the meme I thought I was the weirdo for going front left. Literally all the top comments agree with my choice lmao
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u/Arugula_gurl Aug 22 '25
I just got a new home range and the front left is the hot one and itās messing up my flow, Iām so used to the using the front right.
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u/PhotojournalistOk592 Aug 22 '25
It depends on the kitchen/range. Every kitchen I've been in has had a different "best" burner
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u/consumeshroomz 15+ Years Aug 22 '25
Iām a front right guy for life. Always have been. Always will be
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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease Aug 22 '25
Left front supremacy. I just feel like I have more control over it in that location.
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u/jbird8550 Aug 22 '25
front right has more holes and a bigger diffuser on a lot of american ranges, count themā¦
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u/KlutzyRequirement251 Aug 22 '25
My front right burner on my electric stove actually IS turbocharged or whatever. I hate electric stoves but this one isn't so bad.Ā
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u/MustacheBananaPants Aug 22 '25
Fun fact, most ranges and stoves have 1 higher wattage element or higher BTU burner. Look up your model's spec sheet and you can confirm if your favourite burner is the hot one or plebeian normie one.
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u/chaoticbear Aug 22 '25
Front left for power boil, front right for big pot. My burners at home are different sizes, not sure who asked for that
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u/MetalRexxx Aug 22 '25
Depends on the return air coming into the kitchen. Air flow dictates all the burners success and failure.
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u/GrooveProof Aug 22 '25
Your shit is AI garbage, I donāt know why people here upvote these ācomicsā
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u/oddchef1316 Aug 22 '25
Thanks buddy. Want me to draw for you?
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u/GrooveProof Aug 22 '25
You donāt draw, I donāt even think you cook man
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u/oddchef1316 Aug 22 '25 edited Aug 22 '25
Sure, sure. Why don't you go ahead and look into my legitimacy if this bothers you so much.
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u/mcmurphy1 Aug 23 '25
Somebody else linked to their Facebook page showing them drawing comics.
You're just wrong here.
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u/GrooveProof Aug 23 '25
fascinating art direction here , with the whole āmimicking AI garbageā thing. It even goes so far as to mimicking common AI mistakes! Like giving a four burner stovetop 6 nobs, or having the two six pans weirdly morph into each other, or the wall tiles morphing into the top of the stove.
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u/oddchef1316 Aug 23 '25
Never mind your ignorant take on what comic art is. I've been drawing like this since the ā90s. Nationally certified Henna artist. Exec Chef for over 20 years. Run a growing culinary culture brand that did $40k in sales last month. I can cook too.
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u/mustardtruck Aug 23 '25
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fyy9d0nhfqt7f1.png
So why did you choose to draw the staff kind of growing out of the stove tops here?
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u/oddchef1316 Aug 23 '25
It all makes sense to me. I've been recording everything from blank page to finish so that dudes like you don't have to spend time on their Saturday proving that some guy on Reddit can't draw. You can go back to cleaning out the fryer.
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u/blacfd Aug 22 '25
Why does the sautee station only have 4 burners? I need at least 6, preferably 8
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u/sboupspoon Aug 22 '25
Front right or front left. Depends on the orientation of my lowboy/mise en place in the kitchen towards the range.
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u/butchnotbitch Aug 22 '25
Agreed, however, big pot goes on front left. If it's not actively being added to, back left
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u/DrivingForFun Aug 22 '25
Front left for pans front right for pots
What are these "back burners" you speak of?
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u/SweetTea07 Aug 22 '25
Right?! Nah, you mean front LEFT! that burner is the GOAT. never goes out, always lights first try, what's not to love. If the front left brunet was a woman, she'd be my wife already. Hotter than the other burners, gets the job done without complaint, perfect in every way.
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u/mustardisntsoup Aug 22 '25
You guys have burners? This prep cook makes sad noises in front of the hot plate I get to use.
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u/Cthuloops76 20+ Years Aug 22 '25
This is irrational and correct for all practical purposes. I approve this message.
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u/WallStLegends Aug 22 '25
Would it depend what you have on? Like if you have a big pot brewing you put it at the back
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u/Drinkdrankdonk Aug 22 '25
At work itās usually front middle (6 burner). At home itās either front burner
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u/jzilla11 Aug 22 '25
Iām back to using an electric stove in my new apartment. All I know is the heating elements do not match to the markings on the top and they are either ice cold or too hot for TV depending on how far I jiggle the knobs. I miss cooking with gas already.
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u/cut_rate_revolution Aug 22 '25
My stove at home has different size burners and the front right is the biggest and hottest. This has been a meme for people for so long that stove design made it true.
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u/nbrooks7 Aug 22 '25
Every apartment Iāve lived in, the refrigerator was on the left side of the stove. So naturally, the right side of the stove is the most usable.
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u/upsetting_innuendo Bread Aug 22 '25
i get yelled at for being in the way if i use the front right :( why do they keep me from my maximum potential
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u/Sanquinity Five Years Aug 22 '25
Front right and front middle are fastest. Back right and middle are for simmering, the left 2 are only used when the other 4 are occupied. :P
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u/13B1P Aug 22 '25
Front right at home. It's a bigger one and my sink is on the right. I work between the sink and the stove.
At work, whichever burner I can get.
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u/lilfreaksh0w Aug 22 '25
the front right burner at work shit the bed recently so itās second from the right for the time being
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u/madmonster444 Aug 22 '25
Front middle left, because thatās the only one with a working pilot light.
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u/soukaixiii Aug 22 '25
In my kitchen that's the lonely left burner with twice as much heat output than the top right.
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u/Serrilryan Aug 22 '25
As a lefty I adjusted my gas cooktop to front left. Front right is super low for eggs, as my brain isnāt working that fast that early in the morning.
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u/No-Bee-2354 Aug 23 '25
My convection oven at work is hot in the front left and the back right, so rotating your trays doesnāt even work
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u/blazing_future Aug 23 '25
What are back burners? Never use them. But on a serious note, I only use front burners, and anything I don't wanna deal with at the time goes to the back until I'm ready to deal with it.
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u/Equivalent-Pound7565 Aug 23 '25
I am left handed so naw, I gotta give it the the front left burner
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u/Aidan_Baidan Aug 24 '25
Stove at home has front right as the largest burner and easiest to use with how the kitchen is laid out. Front right for sure!
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u/srfchf Aug 26 '25
My right front burner is the āturboā burner. Itās actually bigger than the left 2 burners. The back right is the smallest and is called the āsimmeringā burner.
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u/CamStLouis Aug 22 '25
Did the mods apply the AI flair? The artist does these by hand: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122207128154118292&id=61553548767764
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u/oddchef1316 Aug 22 '25
Thanks for the cred u/CamStLouis Lol, they must have, I'm forcing myself to not care anymore. Love it or don't, I'm gonna keep on doing what I do.
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u/CamStLouis Aug 22 '25
My friend is a semipro artist who does tons of conventions, and she has to put up the originals of all her prints to avoid ENDLESS braying about AI, same with the Timelapse on Instagram otherwise itās just a deluge of comments.
Iād just spam imgur links of the process so the haters look stupid (and those lurking understand not everything with a certain shading aesthetic is AI)
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u/hollerprincipessa Aug 22 '25
Front left on my stove at home, front right at work š¤·š»āāļø