"ahmed" wrote:
Hi,

So my roommate was heating something on top of foil on top of our
electric stove burner. The foil ended up melting onto the burner.

Any ideas on how to get it off? We've tried reheating it so it's
easier to clean off but with no luck.

If you can just live with it, I'd leave it alone. But maybe you're in a rental
situation and will be charged for getting it fixed.

Heating a burner without anything on it shortens its life, so that's not the
best idea.

You can get new coil burner elements relatively cheap. They'll cost between $15
and $50 depending on the brand of stove, and they are relatively easy to
replace. There's a ton of places on the net that sell them, but be prepared to
put in the stove model number to get the right part. If you have a repairman
come out to replace it, it's probably going to cost $100.

Often you'll find coil burner elements in hardware stores. Most stoves use one
of two types, a universal type and a GE (and Hotpoint) type.

If the burner is not a coil type, all bets are off.

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