Gas or electric?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-19 12:56pm

My flat has electric, first time I've used one, fan assisted too I believe. While easy to use, I much prefer gas, just seems better overall. I can only really compare this to BBQs where you get proper charcoal ones and then some idiot gets a gas one and loses the essence of the BBQ, uh, but that's OT.

My parents had a pressure cooker before the gas one mind. Not sure if they're any better or worse.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-10-19 12:57pm

Eletric stove are safer,for commiting suicide they`re worthless compared to gas,but it gives you a nice golden tan.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-10-19 01:40pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:My flat has electric, first time I've used one, fan assisted too I believe. While easy to use, I much prefer gas, just seems better overall. I can only really compare this to BBQs where you get proper charcoal ones and then some idiot gets a gas one and loses the essence of the BBQ, uh, but that's OT.

My parents had a pressure cooker before the gas one mind. Not sure if they're any better or worse.

OT - If you choose the quick and easy path, like Calor did, you will become an agent of evil...
Patience...
And barbeque Han and Leia?
If you honour what they fight for, and think they'd taste good with a mustard and tarragon marinade? Yes-s-s-s-s-s.. Can you hear the Bantha's, Luke?

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-10-19 02:20pm

BAH! I HATE electric stoves! Gas stoves are nice and easy to use (if you use one that doesnt use a pilot light), and they cook exactly how you want them to. Plus it's easy to gauge how high the fire is (just look at its size) while electric are hard to gauge.

Worse, while a gas stove has a smooth, flat power curve like this:

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POWER
         / H
       /   E
     /     A
   /       T
_/

usually electrics have a power curve more like

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POWER
         _  H
       /    E
     /      A
    |       T
    |
    /
__/

this ugly piece of crap. And people wonder why they're burning stuff on electrics that they never do on gassers. It's because you can't make fine adjustments in the middle because the damn heat to power curve is practically vertical.

BTW the city of New Orleans is basically a massive collection of old sometimes-dilapidated wooden homes, and nearly every single one is wired for gas. While I hear of the occasional house fire caused by gas, I've never seen anything to indicate gas to be a major contributor to them overall.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-10-19 02:21pm

The_Lumberjack wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:My flat has electric, first time I've used one, fan assisted too I believe. While easy to use, I much prefer gas, just seems better overall. I can only really compare this to BBQs where you get proper charcoal ones and then some idiot gets a gas one and loses the essence of the BBQ, uh, but that's OT.

My parents had a pressure cooker before the gas one mind. Not sure if they're any better or worse.
OT - If you choose the quick and easy path, like Calor did, you will become an agent of evil...
Patience...
And barbeque Han and Leia?
If you honour what they fight for, and think they'd taste good with a mustard and tarragon marinade? Yes-s-s-s-s-s.. Can you hear the Bantha's, Luke?

Okaaayyy...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-19 02:29pm

We have a halogen range which heats nice and fast. Screw those damned conventional electric ranges, they suck.

PrinceofLowLight · Post by **PrinceofLowLight** » 2003-10-19 03:44pm

Gas stove cook with fire. Electric stove cook with magic. Fire good. Magic bad.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-10-19 04:04pm

Gas is better. And you can use it to roast marshmellows.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-10-19 04:34pm

Gas doesn't stop working on cold nights when ice, snow and wind has knocked out the power and I'm hungry for warm food.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-10-19 04:45pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:Gas doesn't stop working on cold nights when ice, snow and wind has knocked out the power and I'm hungry for warm food.

Remember what Wong wrote with gas you`re screwed if some fucking unionized dipshit do not ask if there is a gas line before digging.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-19 04:50pm

Montcalm wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:Gas doesn't stop working on cold nights when ice, snow and wind has knocked out the power and I'm hungry for warm food.
Remember what Wong wrote with gas you`re screwed if some fucking unionized dipshit do not ask if there is a gas line before digging.

They *usually* have flags or markings along the sidewalk... or if it's nowhere near a sidewalk, then there are flags along the roadside..

~ver

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-10-19 04:57pm

The probability of being blown up by a gas explosion caused by stupid roadworks is small enough for me to not give a shit. Though my current position leaves no chance of a gas explosion unless the water boiler suddenly fills and blows.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-10-19 05:07pm

I'll take one of those electric induction ranges that they use in the CN Tower restaurant. Like a gas stove it heats up and cools down instantly and is just as controllable, but you don't have an open flame to worry about. A good high power unit can boil a medium size pot of water in well under 5 minutes, just as fast as gas. Unfortunately it won't work in a blackout, but that's what propane camp cookers are for.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-10-19 05:08pm

Montcalm wrote:
Remember what Wong wrote with gas you`re screwed if some fucking unionized dipshit do not ask if there is a gas line before digging.

That's yet to happen where I live. The idiotic power company however has accidentally brought down the power lines in my town, while trimming trees to prevent that from happening.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-19 05:11pm

aerius wrote:I'll take one of those electric induction ranges that they use in the CN Tower restaurant. Like a gas stove it heats up and cools down instantly and is just as controllable, but you don't have an open flame to worry about. A good high power unit can boil a medium size pot of water in well under 5 minutes, just as fast as gas. Unfortunately it won't work in a blackout, but that's what propane camp cookers are for.

How about within the realm of reality and affordability..?

~ver

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-10-19 05:18pm

verilon wrote:How about within the realm of reality and affordability..?

~ver

They're real enough since they're already in commercial use, but you're right, they're not exactly affordable.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-10-19 06:06pm

Electric induction is more widely used in Europe but hasn't caught on in North America.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-10-19 07:52pm

phongn wrote:Electric induction is more widely used in Europe but hasn't caught on in North America.

But does it have a nice flat power curve and even heating?

Rubberanvil · Post by **Rubberanvil** » 2003-10-19 09:39pm

Tsyroc wrote: From what I've been told recently that it is absolutely necessary to have gas in order to do tortillas correctly.

Using a flat iron works very well for torillas, but using a gas stove is preferable.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-19 09:42pm

Rubberanvil wrote:
Tsyroc wrote: From what I've been told recently that it is absolutely necessary to have gas in order to do tortillas correctly.
Using a flat iron works very well for torillas, but using a gas stove is preferable.

He is correct, though. You can use a griddle.. but it just doesn't taste the same unless you use a gas stove.. Take it from a southwesterner.

~ver

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-10-19 09:47pm

I can't cook for shit. I burn macaroni when I try to make mac&cheese. My sandwiches disentigrate.

Darth Mall · Post by **Darth Mall** » 2003-10-19 10:04pm

gas is way better

with one of the burners on our counter top i can boil water in a min or two.

plus i can make fire balls

but only when my moms out

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-10-19 10:37pm

Electricity is a pisspoor way to generate heat. You're basically wasting it generating heat via electrical resistance. It IS safer than gas in that it won't blow up your house, but you're a hell of a lot more likely to get burned touching an electric element you THINK is cool but isn't. Those fuckers get hot enough to light a cigarette long before they start glowing.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-10-19 10:43pm

Darth Mall wrote:gas is way better

with one of the burners on our counter top i can boil water in a min or two.

plus i can make fire balls
but only when my moms out

Err, for future reference, sitting on the hob is not a good plan, even with parental supervision.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-10-19 10:51pm

The main advantage of gas is that you have total control over the temperature. You can also hold the pan off the burner so as to heat a certain area of it; try doing that with any electric stove.