[Sca-cooks] OOP: Stove info wanted
Sandra Kisner
sjk3 at admin.is.cornell.edu
Tue Mar 19 12:19:50 PST 2002
>Gas with a pilot light is nice if you want to do a lot of dried foods like jerky, but an
>electric stove will require power, and that can be expensive.
This is the kind of thing I would never have thought of by myself, and why the list can prove so helpful. I haven't done much looking yet, but I think all the gas stoves I've read about have electronic ignition, so no jerky on the pilot. :-( Does an electronic ignition mean that the burners won't light if the power is off? Could I use an old bunsen-burner lighter (or a match)?
>Personally, I think those glass easy care stovetops are a waste of money. They aren't that >easy care if you burn something on them, and they'll scratch if you look at them crosseyed.
A useful bit of information. I heard about them when they first came out, but they weren't very good then, and I had no idea how much they have improved. I do spill often enough that clean-up options are important to keep in mind. :-)
>Myself, being constantly broke, I found a used gas stove
Another option to consider. There's enough folks around here that might be upgrading to a fancier stove that I might be able to find something.
>Well, I agree with your mother, if you can set up a hood that goes outside.
It's the venting that worries me, as there's nothing of sort now. I hadn't thought I'd be cutting holes in the house when I started thinking about a new stove. The wall behind the stove isn't really exterior anymore, as the garage is there. Can I vent into the garage?
>Another money saving idea, if you aren't as broke as I am, is to look for sales.
Is there a particular time of year when appliances go on sale? There's January white sales, and fall "new car models are coming in, clear out last year's models" sales; how about stoves?
Sandra Kisner
sjk3 at cornell.edu
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