Surveys showed that most people had no preference for gas water heaters and furnaces over electric ones. So the gas companies found a different appliance to focus on. For decades, sleek industry campaigns have portrayed gas stoves […] as a coveted symbol of class and sophistication
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The sales pitches worked. The prevalence of gas stoves in new single-family American homes climbed from less than 30 percent during the 1970s to about 50 percent in 2019.
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Beginning in the 1990s, the industry faced a new challenge: mounting evidence that burning gas indoors can contribute to serious health problems. […]
Cooking is the No. 1 way you’re polluting your home.
You have more control over temperature on an induction cooktop than you have with a gas cooktop, but there is a learning curve. Samsung induction cooktops show a blue “virtual flame”, which can help a new user visualize the amount of heat going to the pan.
okay but how else am I supposed to light my ciggies or feel like a chef
Electric ranges start having those old car cigarette lighters lol
They better. Also a plug in for a footbath so I can care for my poor sore feet
They’ll include that as an option to replace the under oven drawer.
That’s supposed to be a drawer??? I just fill it with water and put mah feet in it I wanted them to add a plugin so I could use the footbath to store items in. Stuff like baking sheets and the like. Weird they haven’t thought of that
My adoptive mother would turn the electric range on with the end of the cigarette on it if she didn’t have a lighter.
It stinks up your entire fucking house but does work