Just wondering, how many people here have gas stoves vs. electric stove .

[texanwitch]

The old houses in my neighborhood have gas, the townhouses are total electric.

I wouldn't have a electric stove or hot water heater.

During hurricanes having a gas stove is import.

The stove top is still there, just light a match.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Gas, w/ electric start. I use the range but not the oven in power outages.

[texanwitch]

2. I had a few townhouse friends come over to cook on the stove top.

I was popular.

I cooked a roast on the stove top.

[TorchTheWitch]

25. that's what I have

But even though I can't use the oven I never really use it much anyway. Of course, in a power outage I can't use the microwave or the toaster oven either which is what I normally would use. At least I can use the range though so I'm not stuck with just tuna fish and peanut butter.

[RebelOne]

3. Gas stove here. And it has been a lifesaver during power outages. n/t

[HopeHoops]

4. Yep. All I'll have is gas or propane. One match and you're golden.

Besides, you can't control the temperature on an electric stove. They're too arbitrary and don't have a simmer setting. I hate those fuckers. On top of that, when you turn off a gas burner, it's off - period. On an electric you have to move the pot to another burner and then you've got a circular branding iron waiting to fuck someone up. Electric stoves are evil.

[OriginalGeek]

5. House is all electric but

I have a hybrid Char-Griller grill outside that has gas on one side (with a full bottle right now) and charcoal on the other (running low in the briquet bucket though...need to hit up lump wood charcoal store)

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. We have electric, but I would 100% prefer a gas stove, for all the reasons above (plus "instant on")

[Chan790]

7. I love my gas stove...

I'll never go back to electric.

[texanwitch]

8. I even have gas Dearborn space heaters.

That is what people used before central heat.

Talk about keeping you warm.

I like my gas stoves period.

[Curmudgeoness]

35. I have one of those too.

Unfortunately it is in the basement, so I would have to huddle up in the basement to stay warm.

[Art_from_Ark]

41. That's what my grandparents had

in the kitchen, bathroom, and upstairs bedroom. I thought they were kind of neat.
I really loved that old house

[texanwitch]

43. You can still buy them, new or used.

There is a place in Houston that sells and repairs them.

The store has some really old ones for sell.

I have a big one, and a small one.

The big one will heat up several rooms.

Old houses have gas jets to hook them up to.

[GoCubsGo]

9. Electric.

I wish I had gas. If I thought I was going to stay in this house, and I had the funds for it, I would have a gas stove installed. This place has a gas water heater and gas heat. I don't know why they didn't pipe it to the stove, as well.

[texanwitch]

13. My old neighborhood was pre electric lights.

Wood stoves were the things you had.

Gas was a impovement.

All the really old houses here had fireplaces.

Most of them are gone now.

My neighborhood goes back to the 1880's.

Really before that, farmers lived here, raised cattle.

[marzipanni]

10. We have a Wedgewood gas stove

bought by DH's grandfather in 1938, for the house we live in, which he built in 1917. No electricity needed to light, but the pilot lights make the kitchen warmer, and waste gas. I always leave the kitchen window open at the top when the evening/nights cool down so the refrigerator doesn't work harder.

Every night the last thing I do before I go to bed is check the stove/oven knobs to make sure they're all on "off".

The house I grew up in had an electric stove; I preferred gas stoves after the first time using one!

[progressoid]

11. Electric.

It's old and kind of a pain. But until I win the lottery....

[hollysmom]

12. gas stove and a fire place for toasting marshmellows.

[graywarrior]

14. Electric and I hate it!

[texanwitch]

15. I can't cook on a electric stove.

I can't seem to control the heat.

[graywarrior]

18. Neither can I.

I grew up cooking on gas so electric is a challenge. Food tastes better cooked on gas, too.

[texanwitch]

20. The roast I cooked on the stove top was so good.

I cooked it slow in my old cast iron stewpot.

We had a reall nice meal that night.

Love my gas stove.

[pipi_k]

31. Cast iron

on a gas stove...the best.

I've even used my cast iron dutch oven in my countertop oven for casseroles and such.

Cooks way faster, and stays warm a long time.

[TorchTheWitch]

26. same with me

Especially for griddle type foods like pancakes, grilled cheese or omlets. I can never get the tempurature figured out right.

[hifiguy]

27. I was so thrilled that the renovated duplex

I moved into last spring has a gas stove. Turn the heat up, it's instantly hotter. Turn it down and it's instantly less hot. I love to cook, but have hated trying to cook seriously on electric stoves for years. You're never sure what the temp is on an electric stove. Not that I am anywhere near the hurricane, but my $.02.

Also have gas heat and hot water.

[kaiden]

16. Gas. I burn all the food with an electric stove because they won't get cool.

[geardaddy]

17. Gas here.

Older building.

[mnhtnbb]

19. Gas cooktop. Built the house 2011 to replace the one that burned down. It had gas cooktop, too.

[Populist_Prole]

21. Electric

Gas stoves are too smelly for my taste.

I know I don't have the power-off utility that a gas one would but I don't use the thing much anyway. I'm a grilling fool....over charcoal of course.

[cliffordu]

22. I currently have an electric stove.

I HATE, HATE, HATE it.

Give me gas, or give me death!!

[Curmudgeoness]

34. Pffffffffttttttthhhh!

Oops, just a little gas.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

23. Gas. It's easier to control.

I grew up with an electric stove, but once I had my own place (which came with a gas stove) I discovered gas was the way to go. When it's on it's on; when it's off it's off. And you can see when a burner is on. I think it's both easier and safer to cook with.

[Bertha Venation]

24. propane here, elec ignition

[sarge43]

28. We got a gas stove because power outages are a way of life here.

Saved our hindquarters more than once.

[stuntcat]

29. gas, do not like it.

I'm very VERY afraid of fire. I know the stove isn't dangerous, but every time I turn on a burner my heart kinda jumps waiting for the fire to start. And the smell of the gas scares me.
Maybe if I'd grown up with a gas stove I'd feel better about it. And maybe if I hadn't lost everything to a fire once.

[pipi_k]

30. Propane here, but yeah...

it's a big advantage when there's a power outage.

I also have a couple of those old aluminum percolator coffee pots and a French press for when the electric one is powerless.

Nobody screws with my morning coffee!

[sarge43]

36. "Nobody screws with my morning coffee!"

That was the deal maker for our gas stove. No morning coffee!? Screw that!

[KamaAina]

32. Letrit

like we used to say in New Orleans.

[Curmudgeoness]

33. Gas stove and water heater here.

I lived in an all electric subdivision in Houston during the hurricane I went through, and was without power for 8 days. I had to use my barbecue grill and a propane stove for all my cooking. I never want to be in that situation again.

[yawnmaster]

37. I've got gas...

and at home I have a gas stove.

[JoeyT]

38. Electric stove,

gas hot water heater.

With wood backup for cooking, if necessary.

[Crepuscular]

39. Gas

Gas stove and a backup generator. Power outages are not uncommon in our part of the woods.

[femmocrat]

40. We have electric and I hate it.

For the reasons you mentioned, plus you cannot regulate the heat as well as a gas flame.

[slackmaster]

42. Gas is supplied as a utility where I live. It would likely be shut off in a major earthquake.

I have a gas stove and love it.

[HeiressofBickworth]

44. In the winters of the 70's and 80's we had more frequent

power outages. I'm not sure what the power company has done, but we have few outages and they don't last but a few minutes. Even a couple of winters ago when a nearby community was out for 7 hours, we were out for less than an hour.

Electric stove/oven; gas hot water and heat. The problem with the heat is that it takes an electric thermostat to turn it on and an electric fan to circulate it.

Years ago I used to keep a cord or so of wood around. We have used the fire place for cooking and heating when desperate. However, now, with so few outages, I don't keep any fire wood around at all. We never use the fire place anyway.