For baking and cooking, are gas stoves and ovens better than electric?

[PokerMunkee]

They make dual fuel stoves/ovens but are over $2,000. The burner is gas and the oven is electric. Pretty neat.

[LittleDolphin]

Using an electric range these days as no gas available in my area--except for propane.

Miss my former gas stove a lot--it was a 1950's Wedgewood, loaded with chrome and oozing character. Had a griddle in the middle, was big, had storage, and cooked really well. Loved that stove.

[ukiyo-e]

Originally Posted by DKVA

In all my 28 years of being married, this is the first time having gas. I have a dual fuel range-electric oven with a gas cook top. I love it! No more moving a pot off a burner to cool down just turn the dial and automatically down to simmer.

Thanks for the above replies. I've decided to definitely spend a bit extra and get a dual fuel range in my new home. It duplicates what I have now with the separate electric wall oven and gas cooktop, and that has worked very well for me. My new house and its kitchen are going to be smaller than my current one - I'm downsizing due to an empty nest - and I don't want to eat up cabinet space with the wall oven, so the slide-in dual fuel range should work perfectly for me.

[hdwell]

I think that would be a wise choice, Angelbug