"Pete C." > wrote in message
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> Goomba38 wrote:
>>
>> Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>>
>> > I love the instant-on, instant-off of my gas stovetop. I don't like
>> > the fact that the oven heats up the entire house during the summer. In
>> > the winter, it's okay. Just pick what's most important to you. If I
>> > were doing it over again, I'd buy electric.
>>
>> Perhaps a stove with better insulation would make a difference, but
>> electric ovens heat up rooms the same as gas do.
>
> Exactly, a hot oven will radiate heat into the room in inverse
> proportion to the amount of insulation it has, regardless of it's heat
> source.
>
> My preference is for dual fuel, gas cooktop and electric oven, whether
> in a single range or separate units. Electric ovens have better controls
> and gas cooktops respond faster than electric ones. For long, low simmer
> stuff electric or gas with intermittent control is best.
>

That's what we had at the "old" house. Double electric ovens. Top was also
microwave and convection. And a separate gas stovetop.

The ovens were so well insulated that the front was only barely warm at the
end of a cleaning cycle. For regular baking, you'd never know they were on.

<sniff> I miss my old kitchen....

Donna