On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:29:35 -0400, 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.

With gas stoves the top burners operate with no electric.

>I don't have the option for gas in my house either,

Of course you have that option, are gas grills banned where you live,
I doubt it. Propane tanks for residential use are far safer than
portable gas tanks.

>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.

There is no planning involved, the propane company automatically
refills the tank on a schedual the same as a fuel oil company would
fill an oil tank... you do nothing... the tank truck pulls up, unreels
its long hose and refills the tank in under five minutes, even if you
are home at the time you won't know until you see the bill stuck in
your door. You'll have no more involvement than you do when the power
company comes to read your electric meter. And buying bulk propane by
the gallon costs about half as much as your having to schlep a
portable grill tank to be refilled with propane by the pound... my
Weber grill is connected to my bulk propane tank too, I never have to
bother with refilling portable tanks... I never run out and much safer
not having those portable tanks around. And with propane you can have
a tankless on-demand water heater, a tremendous savings over an
electric water heater, I love mine, the best investment I made in many
years. Anyone having to replace their water heater they'd be a fool
not to go with tankless on-demand.