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Default Electric ovens take longer than gas ovens

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(Nancree) writes:

>I've seen it discussed that electric ovens take more time than a gas oven
>does
>to cook a casserole, pie, roast, etc. My experience is that it is true. The
>reason given is that the gas flame burns up the oxygen faster, or some such
>theory. I don't know if this is the right reason, but having cooked both
>both
>electricity and gas, I can tell you that in an electric oven always takes
>about
>10 minutes longer.
>This includes the assumption that both ovens were properly pre-heated. It is
>particularly clear when baking a pie, --pumpkin, pecan, lemon, etc.
>
>Any experts out there?


You'd need to compare identical model units, but I seriously doubt there'd be
any appreciable difference, 350F is the same regardless which fuel.


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