Thoughts on switching from natural gas to electric stove (furnace, hot water heater, kitchen)

[ukrkoz]

We cook a lot. As in - almost everything we eat. Electrical ovens/range
Here's the thing:
last utilities bill was $ 236. Out of it, $46 was electrical, $25 was prorated "meter readings re-evaluation" and the rest was natural gas. Do your math. Where we live, NG jumps up in price several times a year.

[arleigh]

IMO if the power goes out all things electric in the house are dead including the forced air heating.
We have relied on the gas stove many times to warm the place in power outages .
I like cooking with gas .

[leilaniguy]

Gas is so easy to control= less burned food, and yes, always works when the power is out.

[yellowsnow]

Watch the Food Network and if you can, check out some restaurant kitchens. You will never find one using electricity. They are all gas because gas just works better.

I bought a house with one of those glass top electric ranges. A true cleaning nightmare. Think razor blades and special cleaning goo. Nasty! When I was shopping for my next house I said an electric range was a deal breaker!

[Stagemomma]

I've had both. Right now I'm stuck with gas. Gas stoves are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard to keep clean.

I know this is counter to popular belief and maybe even science, but IMHO solid surface electric stoves boil water faster than a gas range.

I have no idea why the ordinary homeowner would need to 'control the temperature'. I get why a chef who has been trained properly to do so would want that. But I grew up with electric, so that is how I learned.

Honestly, I can cook on both stoves, but cleaning a gas stove? NOT worth the trouble.

As for cracking the top? I don't know anyone who's ever done this. My mom is notorious. She burns up pots constantly, but never once ruined her solid surface cooktop.

If wife wants electric, let her have it.

[azsportpilot]

Originally Posted by sysoperror404

So we are looking to buy new kitchen appliances, new stove and refrigerator.

We have already picked out the fridge, but im very torn about the stove.

We currently have natural gas, but the wife wants to convert to electric due to the ease of cleaning, and the duel oven feature. I have been reading a lot of "horror" stories about glass top electric stoves dues to cracking and shattering.

Are they as fragile as people are saying, or are they pretty durable, also am i totally crazy going from natural gas to electric?

this makes as much sense as trading your Mercedes for a Yugo

a gas stove is superior in every category

there is a reason restaurants don't use electric stoves or ovens

Advantages and Disadvantages of Natural Gas Energy - Conserve Energy Future

[davebarnes]

Originally Posted by azsportpilot

there is a reason restaurants don't use electric stoves

Absolutely not true.
Many (most?) restaurants in Europe have induction hobs.
Great control.
No fire danger.
Gas/electricity price ratio is higher than USA.
Restaurant Kitchen Equipment- US vs Europe

[Rescue3]

My wife, a professional chef, is making me re-pipe the NG in the house to install a gas stovetop. But she does prefer an electric oven (two of them) because they control heat more evenly.

Meanwhile, the house we bought has a glass cooktop, now ten years onld. No cracks or problems, but the designs are starting to fade.

[parentologist]

Gas rangetop, electric double ovens, with one being really big, are my ideal. Next kitchen redo, amazing spouse says he will do it that way if it's what I want.

True, harder to keep clean, but rangetop with gas is just SO much more responsive, controllable for cooking.

[cargoman]

I am going the opposite direction. I want to get rid of my electric range so bad that I am having a gas pipe run to the kitchen.