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Propane in Your Home: COOKTOPS/OVENS

Whether you're a master chef preparing a seven course dinner, or a complete novice trying to burn water; you should be using propane. Instant on and instant off; propane can instantly go from boil to simmer without the carryover heat associated with electric ranges. It's no wonder that ninety-seven percent of professional chefs prefer to cook with gas.

Propane cooking appliances cover a wide spectrum, from low-cost economy models to deluxe units that combine every imaginable convenience, efficiency, and cleanliness feature. The wide variety of ranges, ovens, and cooktops available today can give home owners a choice of unique and functional kitchen designs. There are freestanding, slide-in, built-in, and console models with high ovens, or single ovens; models with waist-high broilers and microwave ovens; self-cleaning ovens; pilotless top and oven burners; and convection ovens.

Various energy-savings features (such as pilotless ignition and improved insulation) are available on propane appliances. These features can reduce gas consumption by 30-50 percent, further increasing propane's energy cost advantages over electricity.

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According to the U.S. Department of Energy, it could cost consumers twice as much to operate their range, water heater, dryer or furnace with electricity than with propane gas.