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Which is best?

Which is best?

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[–] [deleted] • 10 pts

Fire.

Fucking pussy.

[–] • 2 pts

Potato niggers cook on peat. Imagine that!

[–] • 6 pts

The potato cries in pain as he lashes out at you

[–] • 1 pt

Fire fucking pussy.

rule34.

[–] [deleted] • 9 pts

Gas. Always and forever. You can cook on cast iron on your gas stove. It would scratch the shit out of a glass stove. Glass is harder to keep clean and ages worse. Never have I accidentally burned my self on a gas element. You always see the fire. Nicer for braising, searing and starting a pot roast.

If you get one with a grill in the middle it's great for warming up flat breads, toasting buns, warming wraps. You can get accessories to make it a great flat top. To make pancakes for a whole brunch.

But it also depends on how you cook. If you are always fighting for counter space and like to use rice cooker, slow cooker, insta pot. And bake your tubers. You can use a glass top to use other cooking devices. Gas ones may or may not have covers for your elements so it's only ever stove top.

[–] • 1 pt

Do they make electric stoves without the glass top anymore? Because that's one I use.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Like the element? Not sure. Haven't seen those in a while.

[–] • 0 pt

because retard kids kept burning their hand on them because retard parents were too busy posting on social media

[–] • 6 pts (edited )

Gas of course!

You adjust a gas burner visually and have more control over the heat. With an electric burner you relinquish control to the stove's thermostat and the manufacturer's interpretation of what low, med, and high are.

How many professional chefs cook with electricity?

[–] • 0 pt

How many professional chefs cook with electricity?

None. Gas provides consistency in temp based on size of flame and burner. Electricity temp significantly varies from stove to stove.

[–] • 2 pts

Electricity temp significantly varies from stove to stove.

That would only matter if you were constantly changing stoves.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

Professionals do. That's why gas is preferred. As someone who enjoys cooking entertaining (visit while cooking in kitchen), I refuse to cook on someone's electric because I've burned and undercooked on different electric tops. It's simply not worth the hassle; or the disappointment. They vary greatly.

For amateurs who use one stove for twenty years, you're absolutely right. Especially if you smartly use an external thermometer.

But, emergency use still tips toward gas, even for amateurs.

[–] • 6 pts

When the power goes out you can still cook food, boil water and make coffee with a gas grill.

During a winter outage by old man neighbor had 4 burners on max to heat his home, though that's not the safest thing to do.

[–] • 3 pts

Gas stove top, electric oven.

[–] [deleted] • 4 pts

I've always been a fan of the gas oven....

[–] • 2 pts

I have a gas oven and an electric wall oven. I prefer the electric for accuracy.

[–] • 1 pt

A man of refined tastes, I see.

I also prefer it, though more from a historical perspective than a baker's perspective.

[–] • 0 pt

I've always been a fan of gas then oven, but that never actually happened.

[–] • 0 pt

Do electric ovens heat more evenly?

[–] • 3 pts

I'd say more accurately, in my experience.

[–] • 1 pt

Accuracy is about the thermostat and not the heat source.

Gas provides more options in emergencies. Depending on the location, cheaper too.

[–] • 3 pts

Electric, it can't explode or gas you to death. Also, if you don't have gas lines it's less likely your neighbors will have gas and explode to burn your house down.

[–] • 2 pts

That's always been a slightly irrational fear of mine. Whenever I was visiting relatives that had gas ovens and ranges, I swore I was always smelling gas.

[–] • 1 pt

And no $30 monthly bill even if you only use $1 of gas that month.

I hated electric until I had it in an apartment once. It wasn't so bad (old-style spiral open-air elements) and you could turn the heat way down, whereas with gas it would still boil over small things at the lowest setting.

And for a oven, gas just sucks. Electric gives good radiant heat (infrared), which helps brown things well. Though I mostly just use a toaster oven with the quartz glowing elements and convection. Quick, and can still hold a full-sized pie dish. I use it multiple times a day.

[–] • 3 pts

gas. instant heat. cooks much better. electric for a rental property.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Gas. Or, as the Prof says, gas top, electric oven. I had electric for 40 years; when something starts to boil over, you have to quickly move it. On gas, just turn it off. And, if power's out, I can still boil water.

OTOH, it seems to take a bit longer to boil water on gas.

[–] • 1 pt

when something starts to boil over, you have to quickly move it. On gas, just turn it off

Having to move pots around like this is a royal pain.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

I used to have this problem. Now I tell the pots not to boil over. They always grab my attention right before they would. I have happy pots that listen.

[–] • 1 pt

City, usually municipal delivered natural gas Rural, usually propane bought/ tank filled by a service. They are not compatible, but can be converted to whichever you decide. I have propane cooktop, electric oven, dryer converted to propane.

[–] • 0 pt

Gas man, are you mad?

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