yes-- as "my stove have four hobs-- or "the place was pretty primitive-- but it had a hob to heat up a pot of coffee.." but I use burner for hob-- I think of hob as being more UK-- but i think was covered in a thread last fall-- about cookers vs stoves, and toaster ovens vs. electric kettles.. the name and the things that we consider essential-- and how they differ from country to country. Broilers generated a good deal of interest..and then the whole thing collapsed in a food thread about welsh rabbit and other forms of melted cheese!-- but YCLIU.


my other obsession