The landscape of how we cook food is ever changing. The choices of what oven is best for energy efficiency can be a big debate. To begin with whatever choice of oven that you purchase, make sure it is energy star certified. Electric oven can be very energy efficient. For our purposes we will look at a gas oven with an electric ignition.
According to National Geographic a gas oven could be as much as 50% more energy efficient that an electric oven. With today’s new ovens all the ovens are tending towards being more efficient.
Electric ovens like most appliances are always drawing energy from an outlet, even while it’s off. A gas oven oven only needs energy when you switch on the electric ignition. Almost by the fact on how it works, gas is better. (on a side note, if you are camping bring a solar oven with you.)
Like most comparisons there are drawbacks to a gas oven as well. Depending on the model, it may not have a self cleaning option. For anyone who has ever cleaned an oven without this knows that it is not pretty. Electric oven tend to cook things more evenly as well. However, being able to control the actual fire under a pot can be quite nice. Make sure to do some real number crunching to the ovens before deciding. Whatever the case, make it an energy star and at least you will know that you are reducing energy consumption.
Friday, November 14, 2008
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I cook with a gas oven with an electric starter and love it. I do have a self cleaning button on it so it is not a hassel to clean. I find that it takes extra effort to make sure on the stove top you get the flame just right for cooking, but you do not have to remove the item from the stove top when it is done. With an electric stove, items can burn if they are not removed from the burner, it takes time for the coil to cool down. I recommend trying gas and I have to tell you my gas bill is much lower than my electric bill.
clean gasYou have entered a good points related to Gas Oven and Electric Oven...so nice..Of course"Gas oven is more efficient than Electric Oven"...So if you have a self Cleaning button on it it is not a hassel to clean....Great Thank you....
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