On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:01:12 GMT, "M&M" >
wrote:

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>On 15-Jun-2004, "Jason in Dallas" > wrote:
>
>> "Dana Myers" > wrote in message news:c8myc.83806
>> > I won't own an electric stove.
>>
>> They do suck but some of us own homes that came with with electric stoves
>> and are too cheap/lazy to have the gas line installed for a proper gas
>> stove. I'd like very much to have a Viking or Jenn-Air with a downdraft
>> system and all the goodies and I can afford it but it's a royal PITA to
>> have
>> the kitchen torn up.
>>
>> Still others rent and have no choice.
>
>Agreed with all of the above.

>Oh yeh, my real point is that
>I wanted a nice gas range, but don't have the physical room for that
>downdraft Jenn-Air or the Viking that I really wanted. I don't even have the
>
>room for a 36" range let alone a 48" with built in grill etc.

We thought about this carefully when we bought this [new] house in
late 2002. We settled on a KA flat top with convection as we had
experience with a flat top before and liked it. It isn't as quick as
a gas range top but a hell of a lot faster than the coil type and
generates good temps at about 1/2 the price of a dual fuel gas hybrid.
Running the gas was not an issue.

BTW I have been told by the dealer that the down draft is not nearly
as efficient as a good overhead hood fan, and they only installed
them where the range was on an island. I took their word for it.

Harry