On 11/20/2017 1:38 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 3:30:11 PM UTC-5, casa chevrolet wrote:
>> On 11/20/2017 12:28 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 2:02:41 PM UTC-5, casa chevrolet wrote:
>>>> On 11/20/2017 11:24 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 4:22:04 AM UTC-10, Mark Storkamp wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can slow cook in your oven, but I don't have any pans that would
>>>>>> keep the top of the pot hot if it was sitting on a simmer burner turned
>>>>>> on low. As for the cost, I consider any time my oven is on in the winter
>>>>>> months is free. The heat is staying in the house and keeping the furnace
>>>>>> from running as often.
>>>>>
>>>>> My guess is that a gas oven would be very comforting during the winter because it would provide water vapor as well as heat to the house. On the other hand, it kind of sucks in the tropic because it provides water vapor as well as heat to the kitchen. On the other hand, I have never operated a gas oven on the mainland during the winter so that's just a guess.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'll share this much on them - not easy to clean, not too consistent on
>>>> temps, not my preference.
>>>
>>> Not easy to clean? I don't find it so. The sealed burners
>>> on the cooktop are very easy to clean; the oven is self-cleaning.
>>> Welcome to the 21st Century.
>>
>> The burners were not my concern, the oven is.
>>
>> I do not find gas self-clean works as well as electric, by a significant
>> margin.
>
> I couldn't say. I haven't used an electric range in quite
> a while, and I find the self-cleaning feature on the gas oven
> to be satisfactory. It leaves a little fine, gray ash that
> wipes up easily.

That's what an good electric does, so perhaps they're even now.

>>> Maybe inconsistent temps. I don't do fussy baking, so I don't
>>> care.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> This unit also doesn't heat up evenly or quickly.
>
> I've never thought about the speed at which the oven heats.
> There's always plenty for me to do while it heats.

We like to use their Breville - now THAT is a sweet toaster oven.

>> It's a 10 year old Kenmore at a friend's home though, so they may have
>> improved since then.
>>
>> The old gas ovens from the '60s were all hand scrub, iirc.
>>
>> A PITA!
>
> Definitely. People who have those old stoves reconditioned
> must not clean their own ovens.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

No kidding, what a ton of work to do, and all of it with gloves, a mask
and goggles.

The lye oven sprays were lung eaters.