Stove Preference

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » July 14, 2005 3:02 pm

I seem to be in a kitchen appliance mood...

I LOVE cooking on a gas stove.

Had one once in an apartment and haven't been able too cook on electric since. The coil types seem to burn stuff quicker and the porcelain tops stay hot for too long and are hard to clean.

Gas allows me to not burn the hell out of instant mashed potatoes by giving me a more "visual" perspective of how much heat is coming out.

Crzy · Post by **Crzy** » July 14, 2005 3:04 pm

I am into the new duel-fuel option... the gas top and the electric oven... but now that I re-read the subject line I am assuming you were talking just about the top.... oops... I guess then gas is the answer.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » July 14, 2005 3:08 pm

Crzy wrote:I am into the new duel-fuel option... the gas top and the electric oven... but now that I re-read the subject line I am assuming you were talking just about the top.... oops... I guess then gas is the answer.

This poll just means the top, but I do like the same as you. Gas up top with the electric oven on bottom.

spainjane · Post by **spainjane** » July 14, 2005 3:12 pm

My limited cooking skills are further limited to a gas stove.

I never got the hang of the electric type....I'm glad it isn't just me!!!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » July 14, 2005 3:13 pm

spainjane wrote:My limited cooking skills are further limited to a gas stove.

I never got the hang of the electric type....I'm glad it isn't just me!!!

THANK GOD!! I seriously thought I was the only one! Gas is the way to go!

ParrotheadGator · Post by **ParrotheadGator** » July 14, 2005 3:18 pm

Gas....cooks more even and better to control the heat.

My last stove was the electric glass top and sure, it looked great, but I hated cooking on it. Not to mention I couldn't use a cast iron skillet to fry stuff or I'd scrape the surface all to hell

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » July 14, 2005 3:19 pm

Mine is electric... but with one of those flat cooking surfaces.... I love it better than the coils.. never cooked on gas

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » July 14, 2005 3:39 pm

This is my stove - plus it runs on 151 rum

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » July 14, 2005 3:45 pm

Gas, better heat control

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » July 14, 2005 5:31 pm

I would prefer Gas, I cook in a wok 3 to 5 meals a week. Electric just doesn't work well

That being said, we have had electric for the last 14 years, so I guess my opinion matters as much at home as it does here

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » July 14, 2005 5:37 pm

Cubbie Bear wrote:I would prefer Gas, I cook in a wok 3 to 5 meals a week. Electric just doesn't work well

That being said, we have had electric for the last 14 years, so I guess my opinion matters as much at home as it does here

Less here

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » July 14, 2005 5:47 pm

Look for Cubbie on the next Dr Phil

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » July 14, 2005 5:49 pm

We bought our house "used."
The original owners installed a gas furnace, gas water heater, gas fireplace, gas dryer...
and an electric stove.

(freaks!)

I must say, though, that I don't have much trouble keeping the smooth porcelain top clean. It's much easier for me that electric coils, or even gas burners.

But I'd rather cook over a gas flame any day.

big hat carmen · Post by **big hat carmen** » July 14, 2005 6:21 pm

Just gotta be different, I don't like cooking on gas.

I love my smooth top electric.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » July 14, 2005 6:24 pm

Never had anything but electric.
Plus gas smells

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » July 14, 2005 6:29 pm

what is this word... stove.... I am not knowing this word.....

sy · Post by sy » July 14, 2005 6:55 pm

Probably way more than anyone cares to know, but:

I have a big preference to gas top, but when we bought our current house, I apparently had a lapse in sanity and got a smooth glass top electric stove.

I do not recommend this if you are an avid cooker for a couple of reasons I found out the hard way. Once you get something cooked into the glass (burned in, caked on, etc.), it is an absolute b*tch to get out. the glass top cleaners have never worked for me, elbow grease, nothing, which bugs me to no end because I'm anal retentive about cleanliness.

Gas is just far better for control, as aready said. The glass top I have regulates itself, and there's no way to turn that off.

Plus after a couple of years, even if you haven't managed to burn anything into it, it's no longer smooth. It wears and gets a sort of granite type feel to it over where the burners off.

I can't wait to get a new stove (which will unfortunately mean putting a gas line in for it

).

lovin_jimmy · Post by **lovin_jimmy** » July 14, 2005 7:06 pm

electric all the way. i would be terrified my house would blow up otherwise. keet#2 seems to like playing w/ the stove

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » July 14, 2005 7:09 pm

lovin_jimmy wrote:electric all the way. i would be terrified my house would blow up otherwise. keet#2 seems to like playing w/ the stove

I can't do gas..... in high school, a good friend and her family were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning..... I know, I know, there are sensors now.... but still.....

Post by **SMLCHNG** » July 14, 2005 8:38 pm

Gas just annoys and scares me.

I find better control with electric coils.. and that's what I grew up with.

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