Gas or Electric??

[Farmer17]

In Oklahoma you can almost drill in the ground anywhere and hit natural gas and it is pretty cheap. Virtually every home has a gas stove and HW tank except for areas in the country with no gas service or rentals because the people might blow themselves up. I'm far from being a great cook and and it doesn't matter to me with gas or electric cooking but the electric stoves with glass tops always look dirty and scratched up from the steel skillets and pots moving on the glass.

 

[Muss Muggins]

'Round these parts it's "Now we're cookin' with peanut oil . . ."

All good cooking is done on gas, because the heat is constant and consistent. Sadly, living in a city with its own power plant, about 80% of the homes are all electric . . .

Now I'm cookin' with gas.

 

[zeke]

Yea just try and use a wok on an electric range, or toast up some garlic over the open flame. In addition to all the other advantages already mentioned. Am looking for a new house, and most without gas are quickly passed by. Especially if they have somthin called a heat pump.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Been cooking/baking with an electric stove for 44 years-came with the apartment. Before that, gas, can't say I've noted any difference.
My mother told me she and my grandmother moved into the first house I remember in 1940 or so, had a nice electric stove, my grandmother insisted on getting a gas one. Then the war came and...my mother said lots of blackouts, but they always had the stove.

 

[Onomea]

I read those articles, too, about gas stove tops causing pollution so maybe they should be banned. One of the articles, fine print, said the issue was more about leaking valves/connections than burning gas.

I don't like electric stove tops. Too hard to control the heat, and takes too long to get up to temp. Maybe okay for a soup you want to simmer for a couple of hours, but for an omelette or a steak, forget it.

We bought a condo, more of a townhouse, in town in 2016 with nothing but electric available. No hook up for gas. Getting a permit for hook up, and HOA agreement, was iffy. So we installed a nice, new Bosch glass cooktop... which we very rarely used.

Our solution was to get a 15KW Iwatani butane burner. Bought butane by the case from Amazon. Cost us maybe ~ $25 a month or so, but it worked great. Used it daily. Also easy to move out to the patio for a steak or fish without smoking/smelling up the house.

Sold that place and bought a house with gas in the 'burbs in 2020. Love the gas range. Just upgraded it. Still use the Iwatani on the patio or in the garage when it's raining.

Never lived in a house with gas so it's hard to comment. When we had our home we recently moved in to remodeled we had an induction cooktop installed. It's awesome…heats super fast. The only downside is it somewhat limits the cookware that can be used on it…only something magnetic will work. My favorite fry pan has a copper bottom and won't work with it. Once our new outdoor grill is installed I can use it there.

Thanks for the report. I've read about induction, and considered it for my townhouse, but have never known anyone with one. Sounds pretty good. That sounds like a good solution if stuck with electric only.

(Re your favorite pan, try that Iwatani butane burner. I think now about $100, but they are much better than cheaper versions. More heat and better build quality. 15KW is more than most stove top burners, which are typically 12KW and less. Tho my new stove top has an 18KW burner.)

 

[GypsmJim]

It's just another attempt to kill the fossil fuel industry.

A small generator burns way less fuel than the bigger one that would be needed for an all electric house.

But how would that all work? With no gasoline, natural gas or propane your small generator would have no fuel to run.

I guess you would have to hook your generator up to a stationary bicycle with a leather belt and peddle like the dickens.

But wait!!!, no more cows, no more leather.

 

[rockquarry]

If you enjoy cooking in general and creative cooking, gas is the only way to go. Otherwise, or if you seldom cook, electric is fine.

 

[Rustyt1953]

On occasion we will let JR make S'mores using the gas stove. Try doing that with a coil.

 

[djohns6]

We have had both and gas is our favorite . No question .

 

[UncleEd]

At this point, no actual plans exist to
limit or curtail the use of gas stoves
by the government.

The comments by the safety commission
pertained to possible health effects
in the use of gas stoves.

One commissioner said all options are
on the table when considering safety
and health and that would include the
use of gas stoves. That position can
apply to just about any product.

Again, a much-ado-about-nothing issue.

Now, what about the plan to outlaw Argyle
socks bedause they hurt some folks eyes?

 

[LVSteve]

On occasion we will let JR make S'mores using the gas stove. Try doing that with a coil.

Are they still selling the 1960's style coil electric stoves? Haven't done a search but I thought it was induction or nothing these days.

I miss the eye level grills we used to have in England. I don't think I've seen one since I came this sode of the pond.

Montpellier MEL50W Eye Level Cooker in White - Montpellier Domestic Appliances Ltd

 

[Onomea]

What does eye level mean? (I followed the link, but unless a child, surely the burners are not eye level.)

 

[lihpster]

What does eye level mean? (I followed the link, but unless a child, surely the burners are not eye level.)

See the thing under the hood? That's it.

 

[crstrode]

One of the main talking points in favor of eliminating gas cooktops, ovens, water heaters, furnaces, etc, is the generation of greenhouse gasses.

As it turns out every single occupied abode in the world is a greenhouse gas emitter. This is due to the occupants. A single person emits way more greenhouse gasses in a day than a gas burner frying an egg.

Guess we just all better stop breathing in O2 and breathing out CO2 . . .

 

[GypsmJim]

At this point, no actual plans exist to
limit or curtail the use of gas stoves
by the government.

Again, a much-ado-about-nothing issue.

Not necessarily. Maybe it won't affect many of you, but NY has that very legislation on the front burner.

If NY falls, y'all may be next.

Not just this issue, but many other issues as well. We aren't safe anywhere any more.

 

[johngalt]

Are they still selling the 1960's style coil electric stoves? Haven't done a search but I thought it was induction or nothing these days.

Yep, they still exist, except they are terrible now. It used to be that when you turned the knob to an intermediate heat level, it would use a constant intermediate energy output.

Now they only run at full power, but cycle on and off. The heat level determines time on vs time off. More stupidity chasing efficiency.

 

[johngalt]

One of the main talking points in favor of eliminating gas cooktops, ovens, water heaters, furnaces, etc, is the generation of greenhouse gasses.

As it turns out every single occupied abode in the world is a greenhouse gas emitter. This is due to the occupants. A single person emits way more greenhouse gasses in a day than a gas burner frying an egg.

Guess we just all better stop breathing in O2 and breathing out CO2 . . .

I don't understand the environmentalists jihad to suffocate trees.

 

[SMSgt]

Yep, they still exist, except they are terrible now. It used to be that when you turned the knob to an intermediate heat level, it would use a constant intermediate energy output.

Now they only run at full power, but cycle on and off. The heat level determines time on vs time off. More stupidity chasing efficiency.

My complaint with the glass tops exactly.

 

[coltle6920]

Not necessarily. Maybe it won't affect many of you, but NY has that very legislation on the front burner.

If NY falls, y'all may be next.

Not just this issue, but many other issues as well. We aren't safe anywhere any more.

Exactly!!! Get enough Pooh! Pooh! reaction from the Public and that's when they sneak a reg into an omnibus bill that noone reads.

 

[Golddollar]

I read those articles, too, about gas stove tops causing pollution so maybe they should be banned.

With that kind of logic they'd probably want to ban my chili.