Mahogany Taylor is a licensed contractor with more than 35 years of experience in construction and interior design. She started early as an apprentice in several trades and gained industry experience ...

Upgrade your kitchen with one of these top performers from CR’s tests Using gas cooktops, you can easily adjust your cooktop’s flame to control how much heat your food is receiving. There’s a reason ...

We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Home. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. If you’ve ever tried to cook at your mother-in-law’s house, burned the bacon on ...

For around two million years, humans have cooked with fire. But as the trend to electrify the world continues to grow, the age of combustion cooking may soon come to an end. Consumers can still cook ...

What makes a great cooktop? On its highest settings, it should be able to bring a pot of water to a rolling boil in a hurry. Then, on its lowest simmer setting, it should be able to melt chocolate ...

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Each year, CR’s engineers test dozens of new cooktops in our lab, capturing data on everything from how fast burners heat to how well they melt chocolate and how steadily they simmer water and tomato ...