Rod Speed wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:08:02 -0500, Dave Garland
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's really pretty dopey to refrain from occasionally/appropriately
>>>> using the heated dry feature of a dishwasher by claiming that
>>>> wastes energy, but then regularly light off a big indoor oven,
>>>> typically on the hottest summer days, and then just to bake a silly
>>>> tube of biscuits or a couple spuds.
>>> True. That's what toaster ovens are for.
>>>
>> Those things make a room hotter than a regular (self cleaning) oven
>> with the door closed will.
>
> Nope, because what you call a regular oven puts all its heat into the room too.

Only if the BTU input to each oven is the same. A well insulated, self
cleaning oven uses less electricity to do the same amount of cooking
than a poorly insulated oven, all other things being equal. This is the
same principle as a well insulated house using less fuel than a poorly
insulated house.

Matthew

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