Gas vs electric ranges--had never considered electric, but now...
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Comments (26)These folks who want to mow their grass, using an electric lawn mower, must be drinking something besides beer or pop! One evening, whilst driving around the neighbor-hoods, i espied a large bundle of orange extension cord, in the garbage pile, along with a nice electric lawn mower! Took it all home. The ends of the cords had been cut, ostensibly by a mower blade, and the mower itself had been kissed by a sledge hammer! OOOFF! Well, some store bought extension cord male and female plugs fixed the cords, and the electric mower still did its job of shortening extension cords! Well, not for me-I set it out on my garbage night, and it was gonzo by dawn!...See MoreGas vs Electric Range
Comments (14)Having cooked with gas and electric cooktops, I can't think of any reason to choose electric other than price. Gas gives you much finer control over temperature, and it is great to be able to transfer pots and pans from burner to burner without waiting for them to heat up. Fringe benefit: you can cook during a power outage. The 2003 blackout was a lot more pleasant than it could have been :) However, I can't think of any benefit a gas oven has over electric other than the cost of the fuel. I have used several gas and electric ovens over the last few years, and I always found it frustrating cooking in the gas ones. With an electric oven, you have a dry environment with the option of adding humidity if what you're baking requires it. The gas ovens I've used are always humid inside because of the natural gas, and there is no way to control this. I am genuinely curious to know if there are any other benefits to a gas oven....See Moreelectric vs. gas oven- what am I missing?
Comments (8)“I've never had anything but electric, but I've always turned my baked good 180 degrees at least once. None of my ovens have ever had the same temperature front and back...the back half always cooks faster!” To the food, it makes no difference what kind of heat is being used. Heat is heat, simply BTUs. However, how the heat is delivered will make a big difference on how the food end up being cooked. Here is the science on heating (cooking) food. There are three main and different ways to heat up food: 1. By microwave, which I will not discuss because it’s OT. 2. By infrared radiation 3. By conduction. Before I move on, let me point out that “Convection oven” is somewhat a misnomer. It should be called “Forced hot air”, because all heat produces convection, with or without a convection fan. Infrared (IR) heating is when you are in sunlight, you can be heated up even the air temperature is freezing. Conduction is when you park your car under the sun and you first entry your car and you feel that blast of hot air. Electric oven has electric heating elements which can generate IR only. The IR hits the food and the oven walls, raising the temperature of the walls and the food, which then heats up the air, the air then heats everything by conduction. Gas heats by exothermal chemical reaction. The heat generated heats the air and any objects near the flames. The heated food and objects then heat up the air by conduction. IR is a form of light, which is electro magnetic radiation, and light travels only in straight line, therefore anything in shadows will not be heated. Furthermore, Dark color objects get heated faster. Gas heats up the air, hot air moves by convection and heats the food all around. Electric heating elements are either on 100% or off, there is no in between. When it is on, the food gets the maximum IR heating. Electric heat is 100% dry heat. Gas heat is valved from low to high and gas combustion does produces water as one of the by products of the chemical reaction. All the above, combining the particular design characteristic of the physical oven, will give you different end results, depending your cooking skills, habits and recipes. I am not sure I answered your questions. :-) dcarch...See MoreElectric vs Gas stove
Comments (39)Which would be more appealing to the general mid-level homebuyer? The OP has probably made her decision, but I'm going to weigh in anyway. The best way to answer this question is to look at other homes in your price range, in your area. Oftentimes the "general mid-level homebuyer" is not overly concerned with anything beyond the appliances being newish and clean, and doesn't expect anything beyond a flat top electric. While I agree that induction is a great alternative, it's still a mystery to most people (Kelly Ripa's Electrolux ads notwithstanding) and buyers may be discouraged by needing to replace some or all of their cookware to use this unfamiliar technology. Gas is a favorite among cooks and foodies, but they are a smaller percentage of "the general mid-level homebuyer" population as a whole. And of course if your home is in an area of luxury homes with expensive kitchens (regardless of whether they're used or not!) you need to take that into consideration. So, look at what your comps offer, do the same, and point out that there are additional hookups....See MoreUser
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