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This article is from the Cooking and Conversions FAQ, by with numerous contributions by Victor Sack cooking.faq@mac.com others.

2.6 Energy output of cooktops

From a post on rec.food.cooking by Andrew Nicholson

BTU - British Thermal Unit

BTU x 1054 = Joules
Watts x Seconds = Joules

BTU = Watts x (Seconds/1054) = Watts x 3.415

Gas Cooktops typically have a range of burners from about 200 BTU up
to 12,000 BTU.

Electric Cooktops typically range from 35 watts to 2900 watts.

To help you compare gas burners to electric elements:

        BTU           Watts
        -------       ---------
        100           35
        200           70      < - gas burners lowest setting
        3400          1000
        6500          1900
        8000          2300    < - most electric tops stop here
        10000         2900
        12000         3500

 

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