MoonIce

Hi Everyone,
I'm a new here, but I'm hoping you will be able to help me.

Hubbie and I are hoping to move to Edmonton and I'm wondering what the chances are of being able to purchase a full gas cooker? So far, all we've seen is gas hob and electric oven or all electric. All ideas and help appreciated.

dbd33

We just purchased and installed one of these:

http://www.sears.ca/gp/product/B000F...odeid=15867831

I'm sure they'd send one to Edmonton. Be aware that they call them "ranges" here.

Calgal

No problem - so long as you have a gas line to the kitchen (or even house in rare cases); not all homes do.

We built one and had only electric installed to the kitchen, sometines you find both - sometimes just one or the other. My current kitchen has a gas hob and an electric oven (separate from each other), the previous one only electric.

Steve_P

We had a gas line run to the kitchen in our house when Mrs_P decided she wanted a gas range.

We have an all gas range manufactured by General Electric similar to this but ours is close to ten years old now.

dbd33

We don't have a gas line and the previous occupants somehow cooked without gas (or lived on sushi). We had the local Hank Hill install a propane tank. The only problem with that being finding a company willing to do the installation for just a stove; a stove only uses one tank of gas or so per year.

Pretty Flowers

I have a gas hob and electric oven, which is a huge step up from cooking with just electric in my old place.

FWIW in my experience of househunting cooking with gas seems to be a lot less popular round these parts...

Steve_P

Not very popular at all.

Which is quite confusing especially here in Alberta were there is an abundance of natural gas.

Piff Poff

Hi we had a gas line run into the kitchen so I could have a gas cooker I have a GE Profile 5 burner gas oven and a little electric oven in the bottom (where the warming drawer usually is, mine is an oven). Apart from some unnecessary smoke and a flame roasted turkey at crimbo I haven't had any probs, it's a self cleaner and being convection that is a good thing 'cause it gets really mucky, not sure if I would reccomend it but I don't complain about it like I did with the electric nightmares I have used here. Apparently according to the repair man that came out after the flame roasted turkey incident, GE make the best gas cookers

daft batty

we have a maytag gemini. Its fine but not fantastic. 2 ovens, 5 burners. One oven has convection heat one has a broiler.

Watch out for daft design on the stoves, ie controls at the back so you scald your arm trying to adjust anything, plus with ours when you open the oven door it falls to the floor, crushing your toes if they are in the way!

CDNReturner

I was lucky in buying my house from an English lady. She'd had a new gas cooker put in already!!! I was so pleased because it is very rare to see gas cookers......I can't believe the number of people that come to my place and are scared of it!!!!!

Cathie

cov-canuck

I know it's all a matter of personal preference, but I can't understand how people still cook with a gas oven. IMHO, anything you put in a gas oven is unevenly cooked and never stays at a constant temperature (that's been my experience with using them at school in cooking class, in my first apartment, at my in-law's house, etc.). An electric oven (particularly one that has a fan) heats much more evenly (more noticed when baking than anything else) and is easier to keep at a constant temperature.

However, having said that, I am a huge fan of gas hobs over electric. Our new house has a smooth top electric hob, and while it does work, and does a reasonable job, I'm an inpatient cook (particularly when I'm making something in a hurry) and electric hobs take quite a while to heat up (and a long time to cool down), and are more difficult to reduce the temperature (it takes a while).

dbd33

Get a dual fuel stove then; gas burners and an electric oven, they're common enough.

cov-canuck

Oh, I know they are available. There isn't a gas line into our kitchen, and while I prefer it, I can't justify the expense of running one around the house, plus replacing the cooker

dbd33

I was surprised, the gas set up here was about $500, less than I expected and certainly worth it in our opinion. There was no cooker though so something had to be purchased (the supply of charcoal for the barbecue being too erractic in winter).

Piff Poff

Convection gas - got a fan in it, cooks evenly and quickly just makes a big mess - self clean button! Cost less than $500 for a gas line, hubby thinks it's worth it doesn't have to listen to me complaing about blinking electric and he doesn't have to smell burnt food all the time