On 7/3/2010 9:23 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:53:26 -1000, > wrote:
>
>> High power burners are great. I always cook on high. :-) The kids say
>> they have an induction range in some warehouse with their name on it.
>
> Now you and Jean can swap ideas.
>
>> I don't like the idea of being restricted as to choice of pans I can use
>> but will try this new fangled range if they install it.
>
> But this means you can get *new* pots& pans... which is a good thing
> after you've invested in pots& pans that refuse to die (thirty years
> is long enough in my book) and you want a change.
>>
>> I grew up cooking with a gas kitchen. Looking at my dad's kitchen now as
>> an adult, the burners seem really weak and not suitable at all for the
>> way I cook. I remember the kitchen as being a hot place.
>
> If it's the same stove as when you were a kid, it's less powerful
> because it's OLD and wearing out.... just like people do. You and
> your dad aren't the same as you were 30-40 years ago either.
>
>

Gas stoves don't get weak during their service life - the stove had this
weak output by design - just as the output on your stove is set by
design. I use to clean the burners every once in a while and there's
nothing to wear out and I never saw any build-up of gas residue.

My parents used to have a gas dryer that used to take forever to dry the
wash. It ran poorly for years until it broke down. The service guy came
in and fixed the problem and also noticed that the metering jet was set
for propane instead of natural gas. He replaced the jet with a larger
one and when he fired it up I could hear that the dryer had a pretty
obvious blowtorch sound. The dryer worked great from that day on. Good
thing it broke down - otherwise, we would have never found out about the
wrong jet.