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MOMFUDSKI

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15. Not to this cook.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2023, 04:03 PM

Jan 2023

I grew up with gas stoves and that was all I knew. Moved to Florida in '88 and have had an electric ever since. LOVE my glass top electric and perfect oven temp. Our place in Milwaukee had a gas stove that I had to cook on during the summer and hated every minute of it. The oven temp was A TRIP. To each . . . .

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blah, blah, blah DURHAM D Jan 2023 #1

I wonder if that will change now. Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #2

I'd have to go down to the basement to see what I have. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 #4

Yes. Getting an electric is no problem other than Scrivener7 Jan 2023 #7

30 amps minimum, 50 amps for self cleaning oven. Meadowoak Jan 2023 #9

$200-$250 Meadowoak Jan 2023 #8

New wires required to handle voltage and amperage. Throck Jan 2023 #10

An electrician will charge about $200-250 to add a new 220v Meadowoak Jan 2023 #13

Hey, I just came back to remind myself of what people said the cost of this would be and Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #17

You're welcome. Meadowoak Feb 2023 #18

Get ready for sticker shock thatdemguy Jan 2023 #14

I recently read an article that professional chefs are moving to induction. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #3

I'm curious, especially with pans like cast iron, how to keep the surface from scratching OnlinePoker Jan 2023 #5

The pans don't really scratch much. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #6

Tempered glass? Throck Jan 2023 #11

I have induction, and you can put a paper towel between Meadowoak Jan 2023 #12

Not to this cook. MOMFUDSKI Jan 2023 #15

I hate cleaning a gas stove Farmer-Rick Jan 2023 #16