On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 8:52:13 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Monday, July 18, 2016 at 7:29:18 AM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > On 2016-07-18 8:05 AM, Janet wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:26:12 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I was in the mood for meatloaf tonight, but at 95 degrees outside I did
> > >>> not want to use the oven. Cooked it on the grill.
> > >>
> > >> Interesting that you said you didn't want to use the oven. From what
> > >> I've been told, modern gas ovens don't heat up the room like the gas
> > >> ovens of old did. Just an FYI: my "older than dirt" electric oven has
> > >> never heated up the room.
> > >
> > > I've often wondered about that as so many rfc posters mention not
> > > wanting to use the oven for that reason.
> > >
> > > Gas/electric ovens here are so insulated they just don't heat the
> > > kitchen. Even on cool days when you might wish they did :-)
> > >
> >
> >
> > Stoves here are well insulated too, but they are vented. The vent is
> > usually up through one of the top burners.
> >
> >
> The vent for my oven on my 3 year old gas range is at the back
> of the stove on the 'back splash' (that's all I could think to
> call it right off the top of my head). So, yes, they do heat up
> the house no matter the time of the year. And don't forget, that
> oven heat escapes whenever you open the door to either check,
> baste, or remove the food.

Thanks. I was beginning to think that the law of conservation of
matter and energy was in abeyance in the kitchens of some RFC posters.

Cindy Hamilton