On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 6:08:16 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 11:47:06 PM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:27:49 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 10:35:39 PM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > > On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 5:32:52 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > > > On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 9:45:44 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> > > > > > Michael Trew wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 6/13/2021 1:26 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> > > > > > > > On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 11:29:00 PM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:
> > > > > > > > > I'm not sure what recently compelled me to make a double recipe
> > > > > > > > > of toll house cookies, but it somehow came out to be about 9
> > > > > > > > > dozen cookies. In a house without A/C on a near 90 degree day,
> > > > > > > > > that wasn't my smartest idea.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I decided to turn off the the pilot lights on my stove to save on
> > > > > > > > > heat in the kitchen, and supper was just a cold chipped chopped
> > > > > > > > > ham and provolone sandwich. The humidity has my fridge
> > > > > > > > > desperately needing defrosted as well. I suppose it's all better
> > > > > > > > > than snow, however.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I turn of my stove's pilot light permanently! I went all ELECTRIC!
> > > > > > > > And I have my gas company come and pull their gas meter from my
> > > > > > > > house!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Natural gas is dirt cheap around here, I'll keep my stove. I don't
> > > > > > > care about the oven, other than the cost, but I hate cooking on an
> > > > > > > electric stove top.
> > > > > > Same here but it's all in what you are used to. Gas is far more
> > > > > > flexible than electric or induction.
> > > > > It's not a good option for homes with kids and for elderly cooks.
> > > > Really? Millions of kids have grown up in houses with gas ranges.
> > > > Millions of elderly cooks use gas ranges.
> > > >
> > > > I think you're projecting your own fears.
> > > >
> > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > > Around 180,000 house fires start in the kitchen every year. Induction ranges are inherently safer because the cooktops do not heat up. Do the math. You're obviously projecting your own ignorance.
> > How many of those house fires are directly related to gas cooktops?
> >
> > How many of them are related to dumbass behaviors like putting wet food
> > into hot oil and creating a grease fire? How many of them are electrical
> > fires?
> >
> > Your facile and poorly researched comment is worthless.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> I can't tell you the breakdown of fires caused by gas and electric burners. The reality is that you can easily light a combustible material with gas or electric burners. Try it yourself if you think it's unlikely. You can't do that with an induction cooktop. This is just another one of your idiotic gamesmanship ploys. Yoose gets the last move - count me out of your dumb game.

Ok. Here's my last move.

I have used gas stoves all my life. I've occasionally caused a potholder to smolder.
Since we've dismantled our kitchen for remodeling, I've been using an induction burner.
I'm well aware of its characteristics.

Fires are less likely with an induction cooktop. The risk with other cooktops is
small enough that they're not outlawing them. Your fears are unfounded
and overblown.

Cindy Hamilton