--- title: "Range tops" description: "Miele range top repair in Miami and South Florida. Thirty-six and forty-eight inch decks with cabinetry underneath — burners, valves, igniters and the controls under the deck." url: "https://mielemiami.support/appliances/rangetop/" date_modified: "2026-08-28" Appliance type: "Range tops" --- # Miele range tops ### Range top, rangetop — one appliance, and it is not a big cooktop People type it both ways and the maker writes it as one word; either way it is the cooking deck off a range, thirty-six or forty-eight inches wide, set into a counter with cabinetry rather than an oven underneath. Kitchens choose one to put the ovens at eye level somewhere else and keep the burners where the cooking happens. Above the counter, the repair is a range repair: burners, caps, grates, igniters, valves. Below it, nothing is the same. The controls, the valve bank and the spark module are under the deck in a cabinet, and reaching them means working from inside that cabinet rather than pulling the appliance forward. ### What we are called out for - **A burner that runs but will not simmer** — the valve, or a gas supply asked for more than it has when several burners run. - **Igniters clicking after the burner has lit** — moisture, until the deck is dry and it still does it. - **Uneven flame around one burner** — ports, and clearing them costs nothing. - **Knobs and the front panel**, which live directly under the deck in the hottest, most spilled-on place in the kitchen. ### The South Florida part A range top sends its heat down into the cabinet it sits in. In a kitchen that is not conditioned all summer, that cabinet gets warm — and where it shares a run with a wine cabinet or an undercounter refrigerator, the cold appliance is usually the one that complains first. The call arrives about the cold one; the cause is next to it. ### What to have ready when you call The model number from the plate under the deck or behind the kick panel, the width, gas or electric, which burner is affected, and whether the problem is lighting, simmering or the controls. 36" and 48" · Gas · Electric · Cabinetry underneath Range top repair A burner that will not hold a low simmer Igniters clicking on after the burner is already lit Controls on the front face, in the hottest place there is Range top, rangetop — one appliance, and it is not a big cooktop People type it both ways and the maker writes it as one word; either way it is the cooking deck off a range, thirty-six or forty-eight inches wide, set into a counter with cabinetry rather than an oven underneath. Kitchens choose one to put the ovens at eye level somewhere else and keep the burners where the cooking happens. Above the counter, the repair is a range repair: burners, caps, grates, igniters, valves. Below it, nothing is the same. The controls, the valve bank and the spark module are under the deck in a cabinet, and reaching them means working from inside that cabinet rather than pulling the appliance forward. What we are called out for A burner that runs but will not simmer — the valve, or a gas supply asked for more than it has when several burners run. Igniters clicking after the burner has lit — moisture, until the deck is dry and it still does it. Uneven flame around one burner — ports, and clearing them costs nothing. Knobs and the front panel, which live directly under the deck in the hottest, most spilled-on place in the kitchen. The South Florida part A range top sends its heat down into the cabinet it sits in. In a kitchen that is not conditioned all summer, that cabinet gets warm — and where it shares a run with a wine cabinet or an undercounter refrigerator, the cold appliance is usually the one that complains first. The call arrives about the cold one; the cause is next to it. What to have ready when you call The model number from the plate under the deck or behind the kick panel, the width, gas or electric, which burner is affected, and whether the problem is lighting, simmering or the controls. ### Is a range top the same as a cooktop? No, and the difference is under the counter rather than on it. A cooktop is a shallow appliance sitting in a cutout, with its controls in the surface. A range top is the deck off a range — heavier, with cast grates edge to edge and knobs on a front panel — and it has a cabinet underneath instead of an oven. Different parts list, different access, and a different appointment. ### One burner will not stay low. A burner that runs but will not simmer is the valve rather than the burner in most cases, and it is worth saying which burner and how low it will go when you book. The other honest possibility on a deck this size is the gas supply being asked for more than it can give when several burners run at once — which is an installation question rather than an appliance one, and we would rather establish it before quoting a part. ### The igniter keeps clicking after the burner has lit. Usually moisture, and usually its own fix: a wiped-down deck that has not fully dried, or a boil-over that ran into the igniter well. It stops once things dry out. What is not self-fixing is clicking that continues on a dry deck, or clicking on a burner that is not the one you turned on — both point at the spark module rather than the burner. ### How is it serviced if there is a cabinet underneath? From below, through that cabinet. The valve bank, the manifold and the spark module sit under the deck, so the appointment includes emptying a cupboard and working in it rather than rolling an appliance out. On a range we pull the appliance forward; on a range top we cannot, and planning for that is why we ask what you have before we arrive. --- **[Read full article: Range tops](https://mielemiami.support/appliances/rangetop/)**