On 6/9/2014 11:19 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, stancole1
> @invalid.yahoo.com says...
>>
> Incidentally, I actually prefer electric stoves. I seem to be one
>> of the few people to say that.
>
> +1
>
> My parents homes all had gas, I learned to cook on it, all my sons'
> homes have modern gas stoves and I often cook on those.. and I much
> prefer cooking on my electric stove with two ovens which can be set to
> automatic timers, grill, and a glass top hob.
>
> Of all the electric stove hobs I've ever cooked on I prefer the
> glasstop hob to solid rings or coil rings. Control response is very fast
> and adjustable...and it's child's play to keep clean.
>
> Janet UK
>
>

I grew up with gas too. Mostly, what I remember about my parent's
kitchen is that it was one hot kitchen. I could see owning a gas stove
on the mainland but in the humid tropics, that would be my last choice.
The burners we had when I was learning to cook, were kind of shitty and
weak but the heat it threw off was still pretty nasty. The gas oven was
even worse.

OTOH, the savings on using natural gas is remarkable. OTOH, my guess is
that my induction stove can almost match the cost savings of gas plus
there's no heat running off the sides of the pans, no water vapor being
generated, and the speed and control you get from induction pretty much
blows everything off the map.