Weird Smoke Coming from Stock Pot on Stove
I have recently purchased a stockpot and I have been using it for making pasta on an electric stove. The first two times I used it, everything was fine, but tonight I put it on the stove to make pasta on a high heat, and there was a weird smelling smoke coming from the bottom of the pot. Can anyone advise me on why this pot was smoking and how I can solve this problem?
Best Answer
Did the water from your pasta overflow the previous times you cooked? If water from cooking pasta spills and then dries, the residue left behind after evaporation can smoke or even burn. Alternatively something could be stuck on or under the burner itself, and it can be hard to notice depending on the type of electric stove. For example on my ceramic cooktop it's hard to notice residue stuck on the burner unless I look at it from a really shallow angle to get light to reflect off of it.
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If water from cooking pasta spills and then dries, the residue left behind after evaporation can smoke or even burn. Alternatively something could be stuck on or under the burner itself, and it can be hard to notice depending on the type of electric stove.Why is my pot smoking on the stove?
Smoke usually comes from debris or oil build up on the pan. If you clean the pan properly the clean pan will not smoke until you add something to it. With older cast iron pans the can get a thin build up of debris - thickened burnt on oil for example, which will smoke at higher temperatures, that is normal.Why is my cooking pot smoking?
Why does my pan smoke so much? New pans will smoke due to a factory coating or from being too hot. Cast iron pans will smoke if too hot, but you can reheat them in the oven before using them to stop the smoke. Stainless steel pans smoke because they hold heat better than other pans.Is it normal for electric stoves to smoke?
Heating elements usually begin to emit smoke before they fail completely, so this is not something you should ignore. To take a closer look at the heating elements, you need to shut off the power to the stove. Make sure you unplug it from the wall completely to protect yourself.What happens if you leave an empty pot on the stove?
If you leave an empty, or a nearly empty, nonstick pan on a hot burner for a few minutes, he says, by the time you smell it in the next room, toxic fumes are in the air. The fumes can cause headaches and chills and even kill pet birds, which have sensitive lungs.How to regulate your burner to avoid soot(yellow flame).
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