[Sca-cooks] gas vs. electric ovens and ranges

[Decker, Terry D.]

For most purposes, there isn't much difference between gas and electric
ovens.  Both are heated up cooled down and depend on a thermocouple to
maintain the the heat at a given temperature.  The difference in speed of
heating is negligible.

The stove top is a different matter.  Gas gives you fast direct heat on the
bottom of the pan and fast cool down.  Electric takes time to come to
temperature and time to cool down.  I find with electric, I need some space
to set the hot pans off the coils and it takes a little longer to come to
temperature.

I've swapped back and forth between gas and electric for 40 years and find
little difference between the two as long as the equipment is in good repair
and properly maintained.

Bear


> Ok, what do you folks really think about electricity vs. natural
> gas stoves and ovens?
>
> We're going to start looking at houses again. I'm not sure that I've
> ever cooked over an electric range. Our current house has natural
> gas, but some of the houses we've looked at in our new area were
> built as 100% electric and on septic systems. The advantage of these
> is that they are are on much larger lots (because of the septic)
> than the newer houses we've been looking at. IF we found one in
> our price range, and most aren't, I'm wondering how well I would
> deal with the electric range or whether I would really need to
> investigate changing to a propane system or connecting to the
> city system. Now that the gas mains have extended out past this
> nieghborhood, there are gas lines run near some of the houses.
>
> My mother decided she wanted gas when she moved to our house in
> 1968 from a house where she had electric, but was telling me recently
> "I'm sure you will adjust to an electric range"...
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