On 7/2/2010 5:35 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
> > wrote:
>
>> It certainly will! Gas cooking is good on cold days when you *want*
>> to heat up the kitchen.
>
> FYI, I have never had a problem with gas stovetop usage heating up
> a kitchen.
>
> If one heats a pot on a stove, sooner or later all of those BTUs
> end up heating the kitchen, regardless of stove type.

The BTUs that go into the pot aren't the issue. It's all the _other_
BTUs that go into the air but never make it into the pot that are the
problem.

The main
> exception being if you remove the heated-up pot from the room entirely.
> (Putting it in a refrigerator in the same room does not buy you
> anything, because this causes the refrigerator's coils to emit
> that much more heat.)
>
> The gas oven does heat up the kitchen. I do not know if this
> is a stronger effect than with an electric oven, but I doubt it.
> I might avoid doing a three-hour oven-braising recipe on a hot
> day, but I have done it without it being a real problem.
>
> Steve