Your Oven

What's your oven like?

I've got a really tiny electric one I can only fit a casserole dish in if I stick it in longways. It tends to run a little cooler than what I have the dial set to (around 25°F or so, so I've been reluctant to bake much in it). It is a fairly neat color, I'd say it's close to a pistachio or something like that.

I think there's a broiler at the bottom, but it seems to be jammed so I'm not sure (I'd think it might be the spot for a pilot light, but as I said, the thing's electric).

I'm moving in about two months where I'll be in a new apartment for grad school and I'm crossing my fingers that their campus ovens are gas powered (though I doubt it ).

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gas > electric.

Mine is white, flat burners, electric. Just wide enough for a 15" home made pizza. It seems to have a bit of trouble staying on though.

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I've got a gas oven, which is something I've had to adapt to since moving north. Overall, I like it better than electric, because it cooks faster (especially on the stove), but I don't care for the broiler at all. Unlike an electric oven, where you can stick any old pan under the broiler, because it's in the main cavity, on a gas oven the broiler is underneath in its own space. You get a more flame-broiled taste, but you're stuck using a pan that's hard to clean, and you can't stick any old thing under the broiler (like a casserole).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

We have a gas oven at home. I love it. I hate the ones at school, though. They're electric and everything gets burnt, no matter how much we adjust the temperature/time. Break and bake cookies (that say to cook for ~10 or 11 minutes) burn around 7. It makes me never want to cook anything. The stove part is fine, though.

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You might want to get an oven thermometer christina. For some reasons all the ones I've had at school apartments have had their temperature settings horribly off and after you've cooked at a few temperatures it's pretty easy to see how miscalibrated the thermometer on the inside is. A decent oven thermometer only costs $10-15, too.

I was speaking idiomatically.

My oven is a white electric standard. Nothing special about it, except our lower right burner doesn't work properly and our oven has a heating light (red dot) to let you know its preheating. Then perhaps about 15 mins? just cooking inside inbetween.

One thing for sure, I could never really master the timing of when its done. Even when the oven is preheated, the food typically cooks a lot faster than norm.

And... doesn't gas ovens cost you a LOT on your gas bill? o.o'

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Originally Posted by Meia

And... doesn't gas ovens cost you a LOT on your gas bill? o.o'

I was lucky the only place I've had a gas oven was an apartment where the gas was included in the bill.

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I have a toaster oven that's smaller than the old one so we can't put cookie sheets in there anymore to keep the plastic trays of our TV dinners melting through so we have to put those into the big regular oven which takes 10 times longer to preheat OMG and it's got convection but I have no clue how that works kawaii desu ne nyoro~~~~n

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How well does the convection oven actually work? The concept seems so cool but I've never had the opportunity to use one before.

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Mine is a flat top electric stove, but I would rather much prefer the propane stove. That was the kind of stove I grew up with and it bakes much better then the electric.

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Originally Posted by Brent

How well does the convection oven actually work? The concept seems so cool but I've never had the opportunity to use one before.

I'm afraid to use it. I think Stephen's parents have used it, but I don't really cook, so I think using it on frozen meals might not be a good idea.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The convection oven should make your food cook a lot faster since you're not just relying on radiant head from the burners and naturally occurring convection currents within the air, but forcing hot air around your oven keeping more of it equally heated and heating it up faster. Don't know if I'd use it on frozen meals because they're usually timed for a normal oven, but I could see using it on casseroles and those sorts of things that tend to cook for a good while.

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I have an electric, but I really hate those gas ones. I am always afraid they are gonna blow up or something....haha I'm a chicken. I just really hate lighting them. Has anyone ever actually heard of anyone getting burned from them from letting too much gas out and lighting it, or of one blowing up on them? I would be interested to know. If no one has heard of that, then maybe my fears would subside!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by healeygirl

I have an electric, but I really hate those gas ones. I am always afraid they are gonna blow up or something....haha I'm a chicken. I just really hate lighting them. Has anyone ever actually heard of anyone getting burned from them from letting too much gas out and lighting it, or of one blowing up on them? I would be interested to know. If no one has heard of that, then maybe my fears would subside!

I'm the SAME way. I have a decent sized electric oven that's pretty old, but I don't want to get a gas one to replace it because I'm afraid of the flames. ;_;

My mother swears gas ones cook better, though.

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white electric oven/stove. didn't really have a choice with it since it came with the apartment. altho, i hate gas stoves just because i'm scared of them. lol

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Originally Posted by healeygirl

I have an electric, but I really hate those gas ones. I am always afraid they are gonna blow up or something....haha I'm a chicken. I just really hate lighting them. Has anyone ever actually heard of anyone getting burned from them from letting too much gas out and lighting it, or of one blowing up on them? I would be interested to know. If no one has heard of that, then maybe my fears would subside!

My brother got a pretty good sized fireball in his face when he didn't realize he had turned the gas on then used the starter about a minute later.

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Oh, an oven! We have one of those. It cooks things. With gas and magical blue flames somewhere. Occasionally, I get the chore of stuffing some frozen fish or chicken wings in there while my parents are at work. Whenever the thing doesn't actually start up, I get really freaked out, turn off the burner and walk away for a good few minutes before attempting again.

As you can tell I don't really know too much about it, because I haven't really had the opportunity or desire to cook all that much yet. When I move into an apartment with 11 other friends next year, I'll probably get some more experience cooking. I'm suspecting they would have electric ovens for some reason.

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Got a gas stove in my house. I've tried to cook on electric stoves, but everything goes too slowly. I occasionally get scarred of the flames when they don't immediately pop up, but I know how to start it back up again...

I can only cook so many things on it though. <.<

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Does anyone have a bun in their oven?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I have a Pizza pie cooking...

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