Please settle an ongoing disagreement between DH and me...I hate cooking with gas, but have sucked it up the past 7 years. He doesn't see the big deal and says he read it's the better option. He only cooks using the grill.
I feel like gas is unpredictable and "flares" on me. I grew up using electric and prefer it still. Am I alone in this?!
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admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Tanjowen: I greatly prefer gas! But it's all about what you're comfortable with... I grew up with a gas range, so it's what I'm used to. I had a lot of electrical ranges in various rentals, and could never get used to them!
nectarine / 2521 posts
@mrbee: I was hoping I would grow into gas cooking after time, but apparently the first 25 years of my life have me well trained!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Tanjowen: The big thing I like about gas stoves is that you can quickly change the temperature. I find it harder to get that sort of control with an electric stove... there always seems to be a delay in a temperature change when you twist the dial!
pear / 1503 posts
I've had electric ranges all my life. It's only been the last year and a half that we've had gas, and I love it! So much quicker. I'm still getting used to the different heats on the four burners, though, and which pots to use with which. I've definitely had more than my share of spillovers. 
coconut / 8234 posts
@Tanjowen: I'm with your DH. Gas is so much better. I grew up with gas and then had to use electric in college and I didn't like it at all.
grapefruit / 4278 posts
I've had electric my whole life until we moved here 6 months ago and the house came with a gas stove. I will never go back, I love gas so much more!
nectarine / 2521 posts
@Astro Bee: @mrsjazz: @blackbird: Ack, really? The only plus in my mind is that if the power goes, we can still cook.
pear / 1930 posts
I grew up with electric, but nearly all my rentals had gas which I did not feel safe using. It wasn't until I bought a house with a gas stove that I forced myself to get used to it and grew to prefer it.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
Gas!!!! When we were house searching I flat out told dh if we fell in love with a home that only had electric he had to run a gas line. 
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
@Tanjowen: I don't mind electric but I also have a pretty nice new stove to cook on, so it cooks evenly and nicely. I still prefer gas, though!
nectarine / 2192 posts
Have you considered induction? The order I've always heard is Induction>gas>electric. Induction is amazing!
nectarine / 2521 posts
@regberadaisy: I tell DH the exact opposite, haha! I think another thing that factors in is that we have white cabinets, and seeing what the gas does to those cabinets over time is disgusting to me. I feel like I'm constantly cleaning cabinets. So maybe I hate white cabinets and not a gas cooktop!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Tanjowen: haha LOL we have white cabinets and cook A LOT. but dh is also a clean freak. ..so yeah...our white cabinets will Def stay white.:)
nectarine / 2521 posts
@AmeliaBedilia: I haven't, but that is something to consider. I had started to look into the gas stovetop/electric oven ranges because I also think a big frustration of mine is uneven baking with gas. I swear I'm a decent cook too, guys! haha
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
DH loves gas. We have electric but luckily have has hookup ready so we can switch in the future. I'm not picky either way.
pomelo / 5258 posts
I prefer gas but having electric stoves in college and early married life never bothered me.
@Tanjowen: You mentioned "flare ups" in your post. Are you having issues? I often get flare ups after the stove is cleaned because it's hard to get the pieces that regulate the flame back on just right. I've also read that blockages can cause flare ups. Outside of that and spilling over you shouldn't be getting a lot of unpredictable flames.
nectarine / 2521 posts
@Corduroy: I think that is my problem. We recently bought a new stove and the burners are tricky little things. I should probably remove everything and take a look at what is going on. I cooked chicken tonight and even after turning it down to almost low, came back to it boiling and got popped with some grease, ugh.
grapefruit / 4355 posts
I hate cooking electric. A gas oven/stove was a must have for me when we bought our house.
cantaloupe / 6885 posts
I prefer electric! I have a maybe over the top fear of fires and the thought of open flames with dd running around panics me a bit.
eggplant / 11824 posts
@Tanjowen: You can have someone come and adjust how much gas is emitted from the burners (I'm sure there is a technical name for this, but I don't know it!). We had to do that at our house - like you described, even on low stuff was boiling away vs. simmering nicely. Once we had it adjusted, cooking was much smoother.
pear / 1622 posts
I only liked gas when we bought a gas oven to replace our electric one that died. Everything cooks more easily and accurately now. My parents had a gas oven for years before I did and I don't like theirs as much as I like ours - so it could be a make/model difference.
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