On Sat, 16 May 2009 16:27:20 -0400, "Matthew L. Martin"
> wrote:

>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.
>
I'm saying a toaster oven is poorly insulated and manages to heat the
room as well as what's inside. I see no useful purpose in using one.


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