Stoves: Gas vs electricity

[Inviter]

If the gas canister is under the stove top wont be too close of there is a fire?

 

[bromster]

I think the building code requires at least 1 cupboard between your stove and the bottle. My parents did this recently.

I only have a gas burner on my braai on the patio, but I will stand in the freezing cold and cook my breakfast in the morning because it is just so much faster and more efficient.

In electric's defence, I tried a friend's ceramic stove top the other day and it both heats up and cools down within about a minute.

 

[ant_man]

We have our two canisters sitting outside the kitchen door.

Also a word of caution if you do go that route don't forget to get your self a fire extinguisher
We learnt the hard way.
Oil and an Open flame don't go together very well.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

If I can put gas indoors, then probably it's better. How safe is gas indoors?

If you have it indoors and the pipe length is shorter than 1.5m then you can install it yourself legally.
If the run is longer than that or is outdoors then it needs to be professionally installed with a certificate.
Trust me you want a certificate if its outdoors because if anything happens and you dont have one then insurance wont pay out.

a 14kg bottle lasts me just over a year and I can use it when the power is out.
I also enjoy cooking and very little beats gas for cooking.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Gas is cheaper and the heat is instantaneous

The heat is also instantly gone when you kill the burner.

 

[_kabal_]

I have mine running outside, on a 9kg bottle. It lasts me and my gf 6months. I use the stove virtually daily

 

[EMAM]

Gas is definitely the way to go nowadays - cheaper, quicker and it is very safe!

 

[ToxicBunny]

We went gas about 3 or 4 weeks back.
R7k total cost for a 5 plate hob (whirlpool), 48kg bottle, installation and certification.

Not only is it cheaper, but you can still cook when Eskom do their load shedding carp or the municipality fails you with poor maintenance.
Aiming at getting the stove done next.

EDIT: Stove = Oven

Trust me, don't..

Gas Ovens are shyte... stay with an electric Oven.

 

[DominionZA]

Trust me, don't..

Gas Ovens are shyte... stay with an electric Oven.

From what I read above - I see so.
Seems induction is the way forward. Have to investigate this option.

Wifey wants the kitchen re-modeled next year and we will be replacing the oven as it is quite old. Need to check out options.

 

[bwana]

I've got a Smeg gas hob/electric oven combo and I love it. We've also got a portable gas weber for when the power is out so I'm happy to forgo the gas oven.

 

[DominionZA]

I've got a Smeg gas hob/electric oven combo and I love it. We've also got a portable gas weber for when the power is out so I'm happy to forgo the gas oven.

Would have loved a smeg. They not cheap though.
+1 on the gas braai. We got one for those quickie braai s and ended up using it the most.

 

[ant_man]

I've got a Smeg gas hob/electric oven combo and I love it. We've also got a portable gas weber for when the power is out so I'm happy to forgo the gas oven.

That is the ultimate appliance, expensive but awesome.

 

[Hosehead]

Smeg Smegma. The ultimate in overpriced bottom of the range appliance marketing. Blindfolded the average person wouldn't be able to tell a Bosch burner from a Smeg.

Might be a bit harsh but Smeg company is the bottom end products of the privately held Bertazzoni family company. Their high end stuff is actually badged Bertazzoni and it's a huge, massively expensive range. There are actually two and the "cheaper" one is the La Germania range of products
Smeg is way below these. It's the dirty cousin nobody talks about.

See http://universal.bertazzoni.com/brand

 

[bwana]

Would have loved a smeg. They not cheap though.
+1 on the gas braai. We got one for those quickie braai s and ended up using it the most.

We used the gas braai and one of those sunbeam pizza ovens for nearly a year while we were waiting to get our kitchen done.

That is the ultimate appliance, expensive but awesome.

Price wasn't too bad at the time.

Smeg Smegma. The ultimate in overpriced bottom of the range appliance marketing. Blindfolded the average person wouldn't be able to tell a Bosch burner from a Smeg.

Are you sure you're not confusing Smeg and Eurogas? ?

 

[Inviter]

So a smeg or Bosch oven and stove in one will be better then just the stove g

 

[Inviter]

So a smeg or Bosch oven and stove in one will be better then just the stove g

So a smeg or Bosch oven and stove in one will be better then just the stove top??? Phone problems... Sorry

 

[ToxicBunny]

The combination units are nice yes, just make sure its an electric oven.

As for the Gas Regulations, here is a nice little image that should cover it...

http://www.mastergas.co.za/regulations.php

 

[Hosehead]

No. I use Eurogas just because the price was right second hand- but that's also an Italian bottom range gas top electric oven.- Same Quality as Smeg, same as the Italian Glem gas. There's a lot of Middle to bottom end Italian stuff badged as "high end " in SA ...Ariston for example which is owned by Indesit and ILVE. The latter two you don't see much of anymore in this market.
Smeg appliances are bottom of the range of the Bertazzoni lines. Then you think the Italians are taking over the world with their brands. Candy is the latest import- Candy Group is an Italian privately owned company (the Fumagalli family). In a nutshell very little differentiates all these companies average Joe gas tops and electric ovens except price
These compete head to head with the German lines like Bosch.
They are nothing super special.
Super special is stoves 70K upwards. (I've seen R91K french stoves) which do just about everything except dish up your food and wipe the rim of your plate.

 

[Inviter]

Ok guys- had a look at gas stoves yesterday... Saw the smeg and defy-

smeg = R15k
defy = R9k..

At the 6k more which is better, or does it do the same job? Reliability, service, quality???
My wife is insisting that she needs an electric oven to bake as she can't bake using gas!. Is that right??

 

[Inviter]

Both freestanding units with electric ovens.
I would love a built in one but we are renting so if we are asked to move we may have a hassle with refitting the hob and size...