I, too, was raised with a gas stove that used a pilot light, and the stove I have in my apartment is an old Caloric. No electric starters, either. The pilot goes out once in a great while, but not often. I've been here sixteen years, and this stove is still going strong. And the advantage is, you can cook during a power outage. And, Karen is right: it cools down faster than an electric stove. I had electric stoves in some apartments, but prefer gas, if you can believe that.
Marie On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 8:37 AM lorischarff--- via Cookinginthedark < [email protected]> wrote: > I was raised using a gas stove one with a pilotlight; but, have used 2 > other > gas stoves since that had electric starters. Now the pilotlight in my last > 2 > gas ranges had electric starters. These can be circumvented in the event of > an electrical outage. You can use one of the large lighters to light the > oven or burner. > If you have your sense of smell, you would then know there is a problem > with > the gas. > My flat top electric stove, I need to be careful as it can take a really > long time to cool down. As a person who is blind, I cannot see the little > light that shows me the burner is too hot to place something ont the > stove--this can be 30 minutes after you stop using the stove top. > Lori > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of > Dolores Manzino via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 7:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Dolores Manzino <[email protected]> > Subject: [CnD] Gas or electric stoves which is better? > > Hi all, > > I'm remodeling my kitchen and thinking about getting either a gas or > electric stove. The new apartment i'm moving in to has a hook up for gas, > and that is the stove that is there now. But my family says it is unsafe, > they are afraid of the pilot light going out. I am nervous about this too, > but like gas for the all the audio feedback you get. Does anyone have any > thoughts? Have any of you used gas stoves? Do you prefer gas or electric? > Thank you in advance for any help. > > Cooking with kindness, > Dolores > > > A cat's purr is the sweetest sound. > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
