On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 1:17:57 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 9/30/2019 12:48 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 12:40:24 PM UTC-4, wrote:
> >
> >> That's the general consensus around here. Bake potatoes when the oven is going
> >> to be fired up for a long time cooking something else.
> >
> > General consensus, perhaps. I fire up the oven whenever I want a baked
> > potato, regardless of what else is happening in the kitchen.
> >
> > Happily, I usually want them only in the winter, when the "waste" heat
> > from the oven offsets the furnace.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
>
> That's another reason I like a natural gas grill. Same gas used, but
> the heat is outside in summer. I often make extras but they are never
> as good as that right from the oven crispy skin potato.
>
> Of course you can do it on other grills, but this way, no tanks to
> change, no charcoal to light.
>
> Come January I'll use the oven more as we do need some heat then.

I've found a downside to the natural gas grill. We disconnected and
moved ours so we could clean and seal the concrete patio. Rain delays
have resulted in a solid week without the use of the grill. All is lost!
All is lost!

Cindy Hamilton