On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 8:30:31 AM UTC-10, wrote:
> On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 12:41:07 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> 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.

I grew up in an all gas kitchen in the tropics. What a hellhole! I don't really feel the heat in my kitchen these days. The induction range makes cooking more pleasant by not radiating heat. Thank you Jesus!

I don't like using the oven to bake single items. It seems kind of inefficient. One of those small convection ovens would suit me just fine. I'll use a toaster oven to bake small batches of muffins or pizza. It works okey dokey. I figure I save maybe a quarter in electricity.