On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 12:41:07 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
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> Gas ovens will also radiate heat but what most people find unpleasant is the large amount of water vapor that gets released when natural gas or propane is burned. Under high humidity conditions, like 70% or 80% in the tropics, this get stifling pretty fast. The water vapor condenses on your skin releasing latent heat. Like they say, it ain't the heat - it's the humidity.
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My kitchen faces west and yes, in the summer that gas stove can
really put out the heat. Even with central air it can be
rather uncomfortable in there. Fan sitting in the laundry room
and directed toward the kitchen seems to help a good bit. Unless
it is something very large I tend to use an electric countertop
convection oven for baked items.