And, I suspect you won't care if you need to light the burners yourself.
When I was a child, we had a gas range. There was a pilot light but the
burners did not always light so we used matches. Never a big problem.
And, in regard to the earlier post, I believe one is supposed to use a
double boiler when melting wax so it will not boil over.
On 28/06/2019 12:05 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
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
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