Gas or Electric Ranges. Preference?

On Tue 07 Jun 2005 02:25:20p, Chuck Kopsho wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

If you have a clear cut preference, why do you care others think?

My choice is electric, radiant glass top, convection oven.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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Wayne Boatwright said:

My choice is electric,

🙂 Me too!
Although my ideal situation would include some of each.

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radiant glass top, convection oven.

That's an opening for controversy....

On Tue 07 Jun 2005 09:36:15p, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

My choice is electric,

🙂 Me too!
Although my ideal situation would include some of each.

Never cared for gas. I would never want it again. It's a moot point for
me, however, since gas isn't available where I live. Given that I don't
like gas, I would never consider propane even though I could get a tank
installed.

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radiant glass top, convection oven.

That's an opening for controversy....

I suppose, but I've had various smoothtop ranges for over a decade. I
would never go back to anything else.

Personally, I find somewhat limited use for convection cooking, but there
are certain things that I really like it for.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:25:20 -0700, [email hidden] (Chuck Kopsho)

Quoted message said:

To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

What works best is what you are used to cooking on.

Robert Klute said:

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:25:20 -0700, [email hidden] (Chuck Kopsho)

Quoted message said:

To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

What works best is what you are used to cooking on.

And what kind of cooking you do. For stirfrying with a wok I have
found gas to be much more responsive. With electric you have to move
the wok on and off the burner when you need to change the heat level.
-aem

Chuck Kopsho said:

To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

I hate gas. All kinds.

Electric rules.

-L.

On Wed 08 Jun 2005 01:26:44p, aem wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Robert Klute said:

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:25:20 -0700, [email hidden] (Chuck Kopsho)

Quoted message said:

To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

What works best is what you are used to cooking on.

And what kind of cooking you do. For stirfrying with a wok I have
found gas to be much more responsive. With electric you have to move
the wok on and off the burner when you need to change the heat level.
-aem

I use my wok on a propane burner outside. For all other cooking I prefer a
radiant glass top electric.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Gas is cheaper and for me easier to use... the visual of the flame helps me
while the numbers on the electric don't always register...

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Robert Klute said:

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:25:20 -0700, [email hidden] (Chuck Kopsho)

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To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

What works best is what you are used to cooking on.

So your Yugo is what works best... ookay... IDIOT!

Sheldon

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To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

In my ideal kitchen, I'd like to have both. I like the responsiveness of
gas. But the electric seems to be able to provide a lower, more consistent
low for delicate sauces. But then I haven't had one of those cool simmering
gas ranges, so I don't know if that has improved that.

Sheldon said:

Robert Klute said:

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:25:20 -0700, [email hidden] (Chuck Kopsho)

Quoted message said:

To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

What works best is what you are used to cooking on.

So your Yugo is what works best... ookay... IDIOT!

Off your meds, again, Sheldon? You know what I meant. There is no
universal best. It is all personally subjective and highly biased
toward what your are specifically used to - whether that is gas,
electric, induction, wood stove, Aga, charcoal, etc.

I have used both electric and gas. I like both for different reasons
and have a Dacor dual cooktop at home (4 gas burners + 2 electric or 1
griddle).

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Sheldon

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Quoted message said:

To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

I suppose it has to do with what you started cooking on in the first
place.

My preference is electric. I find I get better temperature control than
with gas. I actually thought I'd like gas but I find it only has one
advantage - instant heat. To me temperature control is much more an
issue so electric it is.

"Tony P." <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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My preference is electric. I find I get better temperature control than
with gas. I actually thought I'd like gas but I find it only has one
advantage - instant heat. To me temperature control is much more an
issue so electric it is.

That's is exactly the reason we ditched the electric and went to gas.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

Chuck Kopsho said:

To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

Cheers,
Chuck Kopsho
Oceanside, California

Gas. But if I had a second oven, it would be electric (and preferably a
convection oven.)

Bob

On Wed 08 Jun 2005 10:03:29p, Rick Rider wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:07:01 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"

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"Tony P." <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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My preference is electric. I find I get better temperature control
than with gas. I actually thought I'd like gas but I find it only has
one advantage - instant heat. To me temperature control is much more
an issue so electric it is.

That's is exactly the reason we ditched the electric and went to gas.

Same here. I got tired of trying to regulate the heat on the electric
and while remodeling our kitchen, made the switch to gas, but only for
the cooktop, and it's one of those simmer type. Two regular 10K BTU
burners, 2 7,500 BTU and one 15K. I kept the electric oven.

I love it! I especially like the responsiveness, no more waiting to see
if it's going to be too hot, just set the heat and cook.

I've never understood the big deal people make about regulating the heat on
a good electric range. I've never had a problem. As far as
responsiveness, the new radiant glass cooktops reach full heat in seconds,
not minutes, and cool down almost as quickly. A little anticipation is all
that's needed. If you know your range, you know exactly what setting
produces the result you want. I don't need a visual flame to tell me that.
Electric cooking is also cooler and cleaner. Living in the Arizona desert,
I don't need to be adding additional heat load to my air conditioning,
which is exactly what a gas-fired cooktop does. Electric elements transfer
a much higher percentage of their output directly to the pot than gas.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Wayne Boatwright said:

Never cared for gas. I would never want it again.

Although I'm a life long user of electric, there are some good points
to gas - honest! I can testify that the best coffee I've ever made
was in a percolator over gas... done via the directions given by an
Arabic coffee vendor.

aem said:

Robert Klute said:

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:25:20 -0700, [email hidden] (Chuck Kopsho)

Quoted message said:

To All:
What do you think cooks better, gas or electric ranges? My choice is
gas, it does a better job.

What works best is what you are used to cooking on.

And what kind of cooking you do. For stirfrying with a wok I have
found gas to be much more responsive. With electric you have to move
the wok on and off the burner when you need to change the heat level.

Us electric users can adapt accordingly. You have to reach down to
adjust the flame, we move the wok on and off the heat. Which is more
tedious? It's the OTHER method.

On Wed 08 Jun 2005 10:44:42p, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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Wayne Boatwright said:

Never cared for gas. I would never want it again.

Although I'm a life long user of electric, there are some good points
to gas - honest! I can testify that the best coffee I've ever made
was in a percolator over gas... done via the directions given by an
Arabic coffee vendor.

I won't disagree. Most things have inherent advantages. I just find that
electric has more of them for me. The best coffee I've ever made was in a
glass vacuum pot and the fuel source wouldn't make a difference. I still
have the pot, but since we rarely drink hot coffee it isn't used all that
often.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Wayne Boatwright said:

On Wed 08 Jun 2005 10:03:29p, Rick Rider wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:07:01 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"

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"Tony P." <[email hidden]> wrote in message

>My preference is electric. I find I get better temperature control
>than with gas. I actually thought I'd like gas but I find it only has
>one advantage - instant heat. To me temperature control is much more
>an issue so electric it is.

That's is exactly the reason we ditched the electric and went to gas.

Same here. I got tired of trying to regulate the heat on the electric
and while remodeling our kitchen, made the switch to gas, but only for
the cooktop, and it's one of those simmer type. Two regular 10K BTU
burners, 2 7,500 BTU and one 15K. I kept the electric oven.

I love it! I especially like the responsiveness, no more waiting to see
if it's going to be too hot, just set the heat and cook.

I've never understood the big deal people make about regulating the heat on
a good electric range. I've never had a problem. As far as
responsiveness, the new radiant glass cooktops reach full heat in seconds,
not minutes, and cool down almost as quickly. A little anticipation is all
that's needed. If you know your range, you know exactly what setting
produces the result you want. I don't need a visual flame to tell me that.
Electric cooking is also cooler and cleaner. Living in the Arizona desert,
I don't need to be adding additional heat load to my air conditioning,
which is exactly what a gas-fired cooktop does. Electric elements transfer
a much higher percentage of their output directly to the pot than gas.

AFAIK, you can't use a radiant glass cooktop with a heavy canner.

Bob