[RosieCotton]

Totally non-grease related...but I really like my gas stovetop! It's sooo much easier to get the heat level exactly where I want it. I DO think electric ovens tend to heat more evenly, though. My ideal stove would have gas burners on top and an electric oven, but I have no idea if such a beast actually exists.

[Argh]

My sister's gas stove and 2 electric ovens are completely separate critters in her kitchen, that may be the only way for you to get what you want.

[JenB]

Going to do the run. Restarting week whatever, again.

Psst... Fort Collins is flat... and has nice sidewalks... good place to run outside, with a friend...

Ugh, I have the most miserable allergies today!

[SuziQ]

My ideal stove would have gas burners on top and an electric oven, but I have no idea if such a beast actually exists.

They make em, and they're called "Dual-Fuel" ranges!

I thought about having a gas cooktop with separate electric wall ovens in the new kitchen, but I've decided on an electric cooktop. I found one that is made up in Vermont, by the Caldera company. It has electronic controls and uses something called 'microcycling'. You can set the heat on the 'burners' from below simmer all the way up to blast furnace and anywhere in between. The response time is immediate, just like a gas cooktop, but the surface is completely flat because there are no knobs, so cleanup is easy! There are a couple of other manufacturers, but I haven't seen them close up. I don't need that item for another year or so, when the kitchen starts getting fitted out!