On 8/10/2013 3:29 AM, Cheryl wrote:
> On 8/9/2013 3:27 PM, Gary wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> Gas is not always an option. There are no gas lines run to where I
>>> live. Everything is strictly electric.
>>
>> Copout and denial, Jill. My first apt had gas stove with a small pipe
>> from stove into the wall. Outside was a large propane tank to fuel it.
>> Each tank lasted about 2 years. Sadly, my first tank ran out halfway
>> through the cooking of a Thanksgiving turkey. It cooked long enough to
>> fill the house with good smells, but then hours later when it should
>> have been done, it was half raw and cold. I had to throw it out and
>> actually had delivery pizza that time.
>>
>> G.
>>
> So that experience didn't give you any thoughts that it wasn't the most
> effective way to cook? It sure would for me. Electric doesn't run out,
> unless of course there's a power outage, and so many gas stoves these
> days have electronics in them to use so they won't work in power outage
> either.
>
Lengthy electrical outages are rare. I've experienced a few in my
lifetime, but mostly not. Running out of propane in the middle of
cooking... I'd rather not.

> I don't have the option for gas in my house either, and having to deal
> with something like a propane tank that has to be kept up doesn't appeal
> to me. Too much planning involved.
>
Thank you.

Jill