Gas appliances

[mom2rb]

To make the best soft tacos ever, put your tortillas right on the burner. Make sure the flame is on low. Flip them after about a minute. These are so much better than tortillas heated in the microwave.

I love my gas appliances. I can't get anything to cook right on an electric burner.

 

[SundancePass]

We have gas everything....hot water heater, heat, cooktop, dryer and the fireplaces. All have electronic ignitors. The only one with a pilot light is the fireplace and it's on all the time in the winter. I would NEVER have electric anything again if I can help it. Our house was brand new in 2006 when we bought it. The microwave, covection and regular ovens are electric.

Haven't blown up the house yet and stay roasty toasty warm and cook like a mad woman. You will like a gas cooking top or range a whole lot better than electric once you get used to it.

 

[NotUrsula]

Nah, natural gas doesn't make any difference to your insurance, and it is generally MUCH cheaper to operate and very efficient for most uses. Propane is a bit more expensive and requires more safety precautions, so be sure of your source.

I grew up in the hurricane zone, where no one in his right mind buys an all-electric home -- with gas, you can still cook and have heat and hot water even if the power goes out (though your electric ignition wouldn't work in those circumstances, and you would have to light the burners by hand.)

Can you blow up the house with it? Yes, you theoretically could, but the odds are strongly against it you are sober and have the gas company do the usual safety inspections. (In most places they will do safely inspections for free before you move into a house, to be sure that your hookups are safe. The gas company doesn't want an explosion any more than you do.)

Let me put it this way. Any time that a house is leveled by a gas explosion it always makes the news, because it is VERY rare. They don't bother to do that for electrical-source house fires, because they are much more common.

 

[minniecarousel]

I guess all-gas is popular in California. I LOVE cooking with gas. It did take a little getting used to, but it was worth it. I'm an impatient cook & I want it done NOW, so I had to learn to be patient.

I've never even thought about blowing up the house! (Now, hearing people talking about having "heating oil" cracks me up - no one around here uses that stuff!)

 

[aprilgail2]

We have gas stove and dryer and oil heat. I would NEVER buy a house with an electric stove- I hate the way it cooks things up! As far as expense my gas stove and dryer cost me 13.00 a month- far less than an electric dryer and stove would run.

 

[djm99]

I love gas appliances, so much so, when DH and I purchased this home I had no problem paying to run a gas pipe for a new gas drop in stove. They are expensive, but I had to do it. I also have a gas water heater. Unfortunately, the guy who hooked up the gas stove had to remove my gas line for my dryer so I have an electric dryer now. I'm not crazy about it either. My gas dryer was a much more even dry.

 

[Piecey]

We have gas heat, water heater... but I hate our gas stove. It'll be going to electric when we re-do our kitchen .