# Kitchen Stove: Electric or Gas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475 "2002-05-30T01:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/21 "2002-05-30T15:48:15Z")
Another vote for GAS!!! And another vote for electric ovens. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/22 "2002-05-30T16:06:42Z")
GAS! You can’t toast marshmallows on an electric stove. 😉 BTW, my gas oven has the broiler inside the oven itself, not the drawer underneath, so it is an option not limited to electrics. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/23 "2002-05-30T16:20:24Z")
My gas oven has the same setup as **voguevixen** ’s, the broiler is inside the oven itself. I like gas stoves, but I have serious difficulty in getting a very low heat from them. This is especially true when I use my more heat-conductive pots, like my Calphalon. On occasion, I’ve pulled the “burner” off of a nearby burner and nested it on top of the one I’m using, in the hopes that keeping the pot farther from the flame will cut down on the heat. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/24 "2002-05-30T16:37:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgyn \* > \*\*But I have heard lots of the “master chefs” on various cooking shows say use a gas stove, but an electric oven, especially if you bake a lot. > \*\* I was told this is because the two products of gas combustion are carbon dioxide and water. And the water is what messes up dough. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/25 "2002-05-30T18:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manda JO \* > **The only thing no one has mentioned is that in a gas oven. the broiler is down in the bottom where electric ovens have that drawer for cookie sheets. It’s a pain to get to, a pain to use (you have to sit there on the floor, because it broils so fast, and the heat is amazing), and even sort of scary. In my dream house,** You only find that now on very few, usually bottom end ranges. Most are now storage like a typical electric range or sometimes a warming drawer… (which I think is useless. Storage is better IMHO) ---
**Author:** ![Ablaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ablaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ablaze)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/26 "2002-05-30T18:35:41Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by bernse \* \*\*gas gas gas GAS **GAS** Indeed. Also, if you need to light anything, it’s handy. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/27 "2002-05-30T22:55:28Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Ablaze \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bernse \* > \*\*gas gas gas GAS **GAS** > > Indeed. Also, if you need to light anything, it’s handy. \*\* This is another excellent point – having a handy source of actual fire. I’m a chandler and if I find I need to get wax of a knife/spoon/whathaveyou I can just stick it in the flame real quick-like and wipe the melted wax off. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/28 "2002-05-30T23:50:23Z")
I have a really old gas stove, and a gas oven. I hate the oven, it sucks. I loved my old electric oven. But I like cooking on gas better. ---
**Author:** ![Khadro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Khadro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadro)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/29 "2002-05-31T01:41:24Z")
My first place out of home was Gas elements, gas stove. I did not enjoy the experience. The oven part was quite temperamental. My second place was gas elements, and fan forced electric oven. This was perfect. It had a wok burner and was an auto-on gas doover. I liked it, but the smoke detector in the hall was too damn sensitive, so every time we cooked, we had to have one person stand under the detector waving a magazine at it to keep it from going off. My third (and current) place is electric top and bottom. I cannot stand it. I would KILL for gas cooking. I made one rule when I eventually buy my house. I get to remodel the kitchen the way I want it. I had to give up any option of doing the bathroom in my own special way, but at least it means I can get EVERYTHING just right in my kitchen. And I’d much rather eat than excrete. ---
**Author:** ![jsleek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@jsleek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsleek)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/30 "2002-05-31T04:43:00Z")
I went to some expense to get gas piped in and a used Wolf stove which I use mainly for pizza and popcorn. Gas is less expensive to use, but it will take 100 years to pay off the difference. I fussed over the new technology, which I understand is very nice, but I stayed with the devil I know. I wanted a Wolf because I saw one in a rich guy’s place and thought it looked neat. It bakes fine, too. ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/31 "2002-05-31T11:05:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*I’m not sure if I want to deal with propane and keeping the tank full. I shall be doing research. \*\* FairyChatMom: Look closely at the options given. My own mother cooks on a propane stove. The local propane dealerships only provide expensive contract arrangements, in which they stop by every month and charge for the visit. It’s a terrible rip-off in my opinion. Instead, she was able to get a second-hand regulator valve (which no one seems to want to sell, but rather “rent” with a propane contract), and now just exchanges the propane tanks at the local grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475/32 "2002-05-31T22:26:55Z")
My family’s house has gas everything; the college dorm I lived in last year had electric. I vastly prefer gas. It’s quicker. I don’t bake much but I haven’t had a problem with the oven… and it’s not a new stove by any means. But like I said, I don’t bake much. It’s fine for my purposes. And the oven pre-heats very quickly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-stove-electric-or-gas/111475.md?page=1)