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> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>>> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:19:29 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>>>>On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:26:12 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>>>>>> I was in the mood for meatloaf tonight, but at 95 degrees outside I
>>>>>> did
>>>>>> not want to use the oven. Cooked it on the grill.
>>>>>
>>>>>Interesting that you said you didn't want to use the oven. From what
>>>>>I've been told, modern gas ovens don't heat up the room like the gas
>>>>>ovens of old did. Just an FYI: my "older than dirt" electric oven has
>>>>>never heated up the room.
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>>>> This is a gas convection oven and it does add heat to the room. The
>>>> grill worked and added no additional load to the AC. It was already
>>>> 95 degrees but comfortable inside.
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>>> My electric oven is about 12 years old and it does heat up the entire
>>> house. Sometimes when the weather is just starting to turn cold, I'll
>>> use it to make something just so I don't have to turn the heat on.
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>> Mine is a fairly new GE wall oven and it definitely adds heat since the
>> fan blows hot air out for quite awhile afterwards. My old Frigidaire
>> didn't heat the kitchen up nearly as much.
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> I have wall ovens and the large one has a fan. Same here, It blows for a
> while afterwards too.
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> Today I was making bread and house was very cool. I was glad of the heat
> from the ovens to help rise that bread.

Lucky you! Here, hot, but I do have good central air so I do use my oven
year round if needed. I also have a Nu-Wave which is nice for many things
and a fair sized toaster oven, so I'm good to go.

Cheri