Ovens: Gas or Electric?
CHOOSING A FUEL SOURCE FOR AN OVEN doesn't seem to rile up cooks as much as the cooktop heat source, but there's still a decided tilt toward electric ovens. Electric ovens produce a more even heat (particularly convection ovens, which are electric). Gas ovens have a moister heat, which can be a bonus, and they have a slight edge in terms of installation cost; an electric oven requires a zzo-volt circuit while a gas oven uses a standard no-volt circuit.
If location matters, keep in mind that wall ovens are electric while range ovens can be either gas or electric. Whichever you choose, don't base your choice on a model that says it will preheat in just minutes-nearly all ovens need an additional 10 to 20 minutes after they signal readiness to be truly heated through and through.
THESE WALL OVENS ARE POSITIONED higher than most to make them comfortable for a tall cook. The pro-style cooktop has a downdraft vent.
NOSTALGIC FOR HER EXPERIENCE cooking in an Italian brick oven, a Rhode Island cook had this woodfired brick oven installed in a contemporary kitchen. The flue on the outside of the oven effectively exhausts the smoke from the wood fire so that heat isn't lost from the oven itself. The owners bake everything in this oven, including cakes,casseroles,roasts, and, of course, pizza.
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