Electric Ranges - The Pros and Cons

Electric Ranges - The Pros and Cons

There are many pros and cons to having an electric range. Here we will try to list some of them.

One of the biggest con for electric ranges that I see is that when you turn the heat on a burner off, it takes the burner a few minutes to cool off, as opposed to a propane range burner that cools off drastically in the first few seconds after it's turned off. This is a big safety concern if you have children of any age, in my opinion, but especially small children.

Another con to having an electrical range is that it takes the burners a couple of minutes to get to full temperature when you turn them on high. In that respect, electric ranges are not all that efficient.

Another one of the cons for electrical ranges is the fact that, if you don't have power for some reason, you can't cook. I have cooked many a dinner when the power has been out on my natural gas or propane stove, as compared to many of my neighbors who couldn't cook because they had an electric stove. A couple of candles and a propane stove will allow you to cook and eat when the power is out, where an electric stove won't.

They used to claim that an electric range heated more evenly, especially in the oven, but I'm not so sure that is true.

One of the pros with an this range, I guess, would be that my baking times are a bit shorter normally, depending upon the stove.

I have found that the electric stoves/ranges are the ones that have the self cleaning cycle most of the time, also. I don't normally use the self cleaning cycle, myself, but I know some people that use it all the time and love it.

There are people that don't like to cook on an electric stove or range, but, at the same time, there are people that don't like to cook on a propane/gas range. It is all personal preference, I suppose. Just keep the safety aspects in mind when you go shopping for another range again.


Electric Range - Electric Ranges - The Pros and Cons
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