On 7/5/2010 7:01 AM, Steve Pope wrote:
> J. > wrote:
>
>> On 7/2/2010 5:35 PM, Steve Pope wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>
> I'm just saying the both BTUs the make it to the pot, and
> BTUs that don't will heat up your kitchen.
>
> I agree that an average gas stove leaks more BTU's than certain
> other stoves. But I'd guess it's no more than 20% different.
> So if a more efficient stove heats your kitchen 5 degrees during
> a given kitchen operation, the gas stove might heat it 6 degress.
> No big deal.

1 degress is no big deal. The more bothersome is the heat radiated into
the face and arms of the cook. If I don't have a proper sized pan on my
cooktop, the heat coming off of it is easily felt. A fire ring on a gas
stove would probably increase it's efficiency. I also think it's also
likely that a gas oven makes for an uncomfortable kitchen because of the
large amount of water vapor it produces.

>
> Steve