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On the grill, but not grilled
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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 >
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>>>>>>>> I was in the mood for meatloaf tonight, but at 95 degrees outside I
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>>>>>>>> not want to use the oven. Cooked it on the grill.
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>>>>>>>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
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>>>>>>>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
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>>> from the ovens to help rise that bread.
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>> 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. 
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> I saw you mention a 'Nu-Wave' in the past and I have been meaning to have
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I love it, very handy.
Cheri
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