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Lou decruss

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 21:35:51 +0000 (UTC), (Steve
Pope) wrote:

>sf > 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.

You live in a milder climate than many of us. If it's 90+ and humid
there's no way you wouldn't notice a difference. Even just one 12,000
BTU burner fighting the air conditioning makes a big difference.

>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 gap between the burner holes and the pan or pot allow an air
current to occur and many of those BTU's are wasted. (as in never
reach the cooking vessel) You don't have that with electric.

>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.)

Good gawd.

Lou