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Posted by dadiOH on August 10, 2006, 7:45 am
Doug Miller wrote:
> badger1@verizon.net wrote:
>> A new 1500 sq ft home my wife and I are building is to have propane
>> heat. We'll be living in Adirondack Park in upstate NY.
>>
>> We are debating on whether to eventually purchase either a wood
>> stove or a gas stove. I like wood (I enjoy splitting it, stacking
>> it, the smell of it) but everyone tells me gas is the way to go
>> for efficiency, convenience and cleanliness.
>>
>> My question is that other than ambiance, would a gas stove benefit
>> us in any way, that is, if I already have a gas furnace does it
>> make sense to buy a gas stove? Would there be any benefit in
>> purchasing one to possibly reduce my energy bill?
>
> I'm guessing that you don't do the cooking, or you wouldn't even
> ask. What
> does your wife think?
>
> _No_way_ would I ever want to cook on a wood stove if I had the
> option of
> using gas, and for the same reason I hate cooking on electric
> stoves, only
> worse: far too slow response to changes in the heat setting. When
> you turn the
> burner up on a gas stove, the heat goes up instantly -- and, even
> more
> importantly, when you turn the gas *down*, the heat goes *down*
> instantly.
>
> On an electric stove, if you have a pot beginning to boil over, or
> if you're
> starting to scorch a white sauce, your only option is to move the
> damn thing
> to a different burner. And if they're all in use... you're SOL.
> Same problem
> with wood, only worse.
>
> On a gas stove, you turn the heat down, and the pot stops boiling,
> and the
> sauce stops burning, *right*now*.
>
> Want to brown meat? Turn the burner up high on the gas stove, and
> you're
> browning it in moments. Electric? Wait ten minutes, and it might be
> there.
> Wood? Build your fire half an hour ahead of time, I guess.
>
> Want to brown meat, and then add sauce and simmer it? Child's play
> on a gas
> stove, to go immediately from high heat to low. Electric? Not
> hardly. Wood?
> Forget it.
>
> And we haven't even started to talk about cleaning out the ashes.
But they could be used to make soap!! :)
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dadiOH
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