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So which do you prefer? Gas or Electric?

Electric for anything in home.



Democrat or Republican doesn’t matter to me, but I could never love a person that preferred a gas stove. Unless they did all of the cooking.
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ronboy said:
On the other hand, I also have an aunt who is an excellent cook, and she swears by her electric ranges. It's all a matter of preference, and what you either learned on, or got used to.....
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I know that is what it is for me. I was a good cook on electric. I’m too embarrassed to try and cook for most people using my gas stove.
 
Electric for cooking. I'm scared of gas stoves and always fear I might forget to turn them off and light a match or a lighter.

maxpowr9 said:
and you lose power in a snow storm
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Power lines here are underground...
 
Paws said:
Electric for cooking. I'm scared of gas stoves and always fear I might forget to turn them off and light a match or a lighter.


Power lines here are underground...
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You can't forget to turn it off, it will stay on and you can see the flame. You can blow it out, but why would you, and you can also smell it if it leaks, and it would take a ling time to fill a room enough so that it will explode. If you've never used gas stoves you can imagine they are dangerous, but they aren't much more dangerous than an electric one. They also have electric starters and you hear a ticking sound until it lights up. The only problem you could have is if you turn the oven on and the pilot light is out, but if this was a real hazard you would hear of more homes exploding.

When an electric one is turned to low it looks like it's off and the light for the main front burner I use is broken. I've never singed the outside of a pot with a gas stove, but with an electric one I have.
 
Gas. I hate electric stoves.
 
I learned on electric, and I still prefer an electric oven, but for stovetop/range/hob give me gas. I'd rather cook over a bed of hot coals in a campfire than electric, though in important ways they're the same: the only way to turn the heat down NOW is to pull the pan off.

Gas for clothes driers can't be beat (unless maybe a microwave circuit was added to it).

Hot water, I actually like a mixed one that uses gas to heat it up and electric to maintain it.

Furnace... not really sure.

I like the gas fireplaces that wood can go in as well -- makes it easy to start a wood fire, and if feeling lazy, I can just use the gas.
 
GiancarloC said:
One way to help detect gas leaks is having a carbon monoxide detector. And having your gas stove in good condition. Gas stoves are no more dangerous then electric stoves.

BTW, a carbon monoxide detector is advisable to be on the safe side. Of course you have to make sure it too is in working order.
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I saw a detector in the builder's supply store the other day that says it detects smoke (which actually means fine particles; flour dust will set it off), carbon monoxide, and natural gas. Seems like the best of all worlds. I was tempted to get one even though my mom's house, which needs updated detectors, doesn't have gas.
 
Electric!

It's what I've learned to cook on so it's what I'm used to.
 
quasar said:
Electric oven, but gas hob. I find gas more controllable when using pans, but electric for baking. I guess it's what you're used to though. :)
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This. I tried my sister's electric hob and it could never get hot enough quick enough.

I love my fan ovens. I've had 3 in the last 15 years, the beauty being, I can just change them if they break down, they're like the plug in and play of the oven ranges.
 
GiancarloC said:
Always good to be on the safe side. I only have a CO (carbon monoxide) detector, as I already have an up-to-date smoke detector (which is pretty sensitive as it is). The management in my building does routine tests on it as needed.
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My mom's house is big enough that by code she needs six detectors. I try to remember to check them the first day of each season or soon after. The bad part is that only one of them can be reached without a ladder -- I hate dragging a step ladder around that old house.
 
I can't stand electric. I had an electric stove/oven in my last apartment and never got used to it.
 
JohannBessler said:
I have to say that this one bewilders me. I have found electric ovens infinitely more even with the heat, and the electric top, too—the heat spreads evenly over the coils.

Beachguy, I think it possible that if your coils didn't heat evenly, they were defective. Was the stove an old one?

One thing nobody mentioned:

Self-cleaning ovens.

Self-cleaning ovens are pretty near standard on most electric ranges, and make cleanup a snap. All you have to do is wipe up the ashes, a two-second job. (My understanding is that self-cleaning ovens are a rarity in Europe.)
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I cleaned my electric over this week but I used Easy off, It has a self cleaning feature, but I don't know how or what it's supposed to do.

These are older apartment stoves. In my last place all the burners didn't work either and the oven was in such bad shape I never used it. I don't even know if you can pull out the coils on the cooktop. They are a bitch to clean underneath. Another surprising thing is how much less an electric stove weighs verses a gas one.
 
I prefer "cooking with gas". I mean, once you've experienced how precise the heat control can be with a gas stove, it's tough to go back to electric, (especially a "smooth top") Although a "smooth top" can certainly be enjoyable...

(Wait, I'm drifting...) ;)

But, gas in general makes me nervous. (Remember that entire subdivision that went up in flames in San Fransisco last year ?)

But, there are no underground gas lines in my area , so the point is kind of moot unless you want your own tank in the backyard.

I'll stick with electric, (but I will NEVER buy another "glass top/smooth top" stove again...) I don't care how cool and shiny they look.
 
I've grown up with gas stoves, and whenever I have to cook in a house with electric only, I go mad with frustration. You simply don't have the immediate fine control with electric stove tops that you do with gas. Gas it is.

-T.
 
Has anyone seen an induction range? They are supposed to be cool to the touch, and I think you need special cookware for it.

 
For cooking, electricity. For heating and hot water, natural gas.
 
Knucklehead said:
Gas,hands down..When you turn off the heat it's off.Not like electric that takes a while to cool down.
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Another benefit of gas (and induction form the video I posted) is that you can change the heat immediately. On an electric range when you go from high to low it will take a few minutes for the coils to evenly cool down. And if you want to boil water on an electric cooktop you better not be in a hurry.

I'm gonna guess that people prefer what their mother used to cook on growing up.
 
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