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Gas vs. Electric Oven?

Posted on 4/26/12 at 10:21 pm
Posted by Foot
Member since Jan 2005
2330 posts
Posted on 4/26/12 at 10:21 pm
I'm in the market for a new oven. Should I get the all gas range or a duel fuel with the gas top and electric oven? What's your preference?

TIA
Posted by ruzil
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2012
16976 posts
Posted on 4/26/12 at 10:31 pm to
Def gas for the cook top. Electric ovens are okay but suck if you want to broil things.

I would go all in with gas. All gas would come in handy in th e event of a power outage as in gustav.
Posted by Foot
Member since Jan 2005
2330 posts
Posted on 4/26/12 at 10:42 pm to
So everybody is saying all gas, and I thought this too, however I read online that people think the electric oven cooks more evenly and holds a temperature better.
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 4/27/12 at 12:47 am to
I prefer electric ovens because they hold temperature better and because when you burn gas to cook with, water vapor is created and can throw off baked goods.

As for broiling, electric ovens get touchy because they operate via thermostat and will cycle if the interior temperature gets too high. Since most of broiling is done via radiative heat transfer and not convective, the air in the oven doesn't need to be hot. Crack the door of the oven and prop it open with a ball of aluminum foil, and you can keep the temperature of the oven low enough that the element doesn't cycle and throw off your broiling.
Posted by CITWTT
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
31765 posts
Posted on 4/27/12 at 7:58 am to
All gas, with a convection oven option.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112772 posts
Posted on 4/27/12 at 2:09 pm to
Electric Glass Top. Will never go back to gas.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39185 posts
Posted on 4/27/12 at 3:07 pm to
The real answer is electric, no idea why everyone here is pro gas oven. I have a gas-gas range but it's nowhere near as expensive as the dual fuel ones. Electric ovens are industry standard for Wolf, Viking, Decor...they're better. I just bought one of those Williams-Sonoma countertop ovens to make up for my huge gas oven's inadequacies.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69410 posts
Posted on 4/27/12 at 6:36 pm to
I like dual fuel, but you really can't go wrong with all gas.

Dual Fuel just gives you more baking control and an easier to maintain temperature.

This post was edited on 4/27/12 at 6:40 pm
Posted by CITWTT
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
31765 posts
Posted on 4/28/12 at 11:08 am to
I saw an ad in the Advocado today that Scardinas has a beast of a stove for 3,200 that would require a bit of a different venting system for a home. But it is as I said a beast. It comes with six burners, a griddle, a salamander, and two ovens
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