On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 10:43:52 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>Most apartments in my neighborhood have the nifty new gas stoves with
>electronics. I've been offered one since I've lived here so long but
>I've resisted. My old one (with pilot lights) works fine and I can
>cook during power outages unlike my neighbors. Here, I am hooked up
>to the city supplied natural gas. That has never gone

You should be able to use the gas stoves with electronics even when
their is no electricity. You just have to light the burners by hand
because the auto ignition will not work. Stove top burners do not have
pilot lights, not any that I have had anyway.

JB

>
>My pilot-lit oven also maintains the perfect temperature to make
>yogurt and to dehydrate vegetables overnight.
>
>G.