dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 5:04:33 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 9:59:46 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > > > Sysyphus.Sister wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > > >
> > > > > Any input from users? I plan to change over and will have to
> > > > > buy new cookware.
> > > > >
> > > > > TIA!
> > > > >
> > > > > Sysyphus' Sister
> > > >
> > > > My only experience was long ago when they were new and it was a
> > > > very bad change from even an electric range. I vastly prefer
> > > > gas ranges.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a reson why you want to change over? They do not work
> > > > very well for a real cook.
> > > >
> > > > Carol
> > > >
> > > > --
> > >
> > > I can pretty much cook anything anywhere with whatever is
> > > available. I'm flexible, creative, resourceful, and have some
> > > imagination. These things are more important than what kind of
> > > range one has. That said, I would be sad to have to use a gas
> > > stove because I don't have all godamn day to wait for the pan to
> > > come up to speed. Of all the options, gas is the slowest in heat
> > > transfer to the food. The good thing about gas is that it can
> > > warm up a cold kitchen and it's cheap. That's about it.
> >
> > I'd say you have little experinece with gas ranges there.
> >
> > --
>
> I learned to cook in an all gas kitchen. I have had some experience
> with these things. It was quite uncomfortable in our home when I was
> cooking. I can still feel that stifling heat when I visit. When I
> moved out, I was very happy with the electric range we had. That
> sucker was powerful! The elements got red hot.
>
> My guess is that people believe that gas works faster than electric
> because they can feel the heat on the face and body. In the tropics,
> this is wasteful and an unwanted effect of cooking with gas. Any
> perception of speed is an illusion.
>
> With an induction range, the experience is a lot cooler and pleasant.
> That lack of wasted heat is remarkable. It would be silly for people
> to take advice about induction ranges from people that have never had
> one. I have about 10 years of cooking with gas and 6 cooking with
> induction under my belt. How many years experience do you have? Do
> you know something, anything, about gas that I don't? Spit it out if
> you do. Otherwise merely saying that something is "good" or "bad"
> without being specific just doesn't cut it. It's lame.

Don't wax so lyrical DS1, I have 20 years electric and 20 gas. Of the
2, there is no real difference in heating the room in summer when
cooking. I actually live in a hotter climate than you as you have very
little variation in temps and would melt at my 105-110F levels frequent
in summer.

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