Summit Stove Top

[steadyj_17]

Hey guys just want your thoughts on my stop top. It' 3 years old and I see fading on the top like s hot stop. I have never over fired it in my eyes. Is this normal?

Thank in advance

 

[Squisher]

My summit is three years old. I think a soft whitish butt print is normal. I run my stove hot though and have probably overfired it by some standards. I run right up to 700-750 stovetop and have hit 800+many times. My baffle and rails are still bone straight. Your stovetop atleast in these pics looks whiter than mine to me. The only way I see that happening is if it got hotter than mine. Which would be overfiring. In your pic the top edge of your door looks like it's whitish too?

Here's a pic of my stovetop from yesterday.

 

[begreen]

What you are seeing is pretty common. The paint on the stove top bakes in more than the rest of the stove body which is cooler. If I swing away the trivet top on our T6 I can see the same greying of the paint. A quick touchup spray in summer will have it looking new again.

 

[steadyj_17]

I took another pic the top of the door looks ok

 

[Squisher]

Yah just the camera or lighting in that other pic. If your baffle and the side rails it sits on are straight. You're good.

 

[steadyj_17]

Yah just the camera or lighting in that other pic. If your baffle and the side rails it sits on are straight. You're good.

little sag but no a lot

 

[Prof]

My summit easily cruises above 700 F. Much like Squisher, it doesn't take much to go over 800 F, but I try to avoid that. The inside of my stove looks a lot like yours--I think you are fine there. I'm in my 3rd season, and am well pleased with the stove. My stove top is a little messy since we cook on it quite a bit. I've also noticed that my stack stays cleaner than other stoves I have run.