And when the power is out unless you've got a great big generator you're
down...
When our current electric stove quits I'm getting an antique gas stove. I don't
want it to plug into electricity at all, if I need a timer I'll crank one. I
want a stove just like the one I've got at camp but bigger...
-Curt
On Friday, June 28, 2019, 12:59:31 PM EDT, Dan--- via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Two words: Induction cooktop.
We’ve had one for years, and they heat as quickly as gas and are just as
adjustable as far as temperature.
-D
> On Jun 28, 2019, at 12:48 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> I think a lot of people are irrationally afraid of gas stoves, that they'll
> "start a fire" or something.
> The worst kitchen accident I've personally witnessed was caused when one of
> Angie's friends was melting beeswax on an electric stove, this was the old
> type circular burner stove. She dripped some liquid was onto the burner which
> immediately caught fire, blackened the ceiling before anybody could move.
> Fortunately she had only spilled a little but the noise and bright fire was
> pretty scary, we all went and had a sit down for a few minutes afterward.
> I don't think a gas stove would have had that fire as there wouldn't have
> been a hot surface for the liquid wax to get heated up on. I think it'd have
> just passed through the flame and puddled in the stove.
> -Curt
>
> On Friday, June 28, 2019, 11:25:09 AM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
><mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> Is she used to using an electric stove? Most people prefer gas if they
> have it for a while. Heats faster and has more infinite control.
> We do not have a gas stove but have considered getting one.
>
>
>> On 28/06/2019 8:40 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote:
>> Craig, and everyone else:
>>
>> Thanks for the input. I have been happy to light pilots or burners
>> in exchange for appliances that run when there is no lektrick. A few
>> yrs ago they buried the lektric service, and I put in a new 200A
>> panel, so juice is available, and lektrick is much more reliable. Now
>> it only goes out if someone takes out a pole on the highway.
>>
>> I think the stove is the major gripe. The pilot has not worked on it
>> for at least 50 yrs. When I offered to try to clean it up and get the
>> pilot working a few yrs ago she didn't want me to. We have a new
>> kitchen design that can accommodate a 30" lektrick stove, and we have
>> a 30" lektrick stove already. So, that gripe will go away.
>>
>> The current water heater is ok. I have a spare available (used 30
>> gal LP) (both are over 40 yrs old, but used seasonally) my rule is
>> to use/repair them until they leak.
>> I am redoing the plumbing to PEX, and have a little closet for the
>> water (pex manifolds) with space for a tankless. In this, I will move
>> the current heater a few inches so it will take up less space.
>> L
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