Hey gang, may I get your opinions on a few items of this topic, it will be new to me... My house is "all" electric .$$$ with that said, I obviously heat my house with wood.... This past summer the gas company ran a line down the road for some folks and a good mechanical engineer friend of mine will do any hook ups for me at my house "free" he has his own business. Now, we are looking to rip out the kitchen next spring/summer and go to a gas range, I/we have never owned one but have cooked on the one at church many times and love it. Here's the question.. (a) should I buy a home type model, hot point, GE, etc... (B) a small commercial model such as a Garland or a Vulcan.. I priced out some of the commercial units and they are not much more than a home unit and seem to be far superior in quality. Can I get your thoughts and experiences please? Thanks, Dave
I miss my gas stove for sure. I always had a homeowner model but could see the advantages of a commercial model especially if in your price range.
If the commercial unit has all of the best gas monitoring safety devices... that'd be the way I'd go.
We have an older gas stove (back when stuff was made good) and I have used the vulkan model back when I was in restaurant management/chef........ if its a few bucks more- go commercial. The commercial stuff is super beefed up, resistant to the heavy use of running non stop 7 days a week. If the price is right, I think its a no brainer. Good luck brotha!
I found a Vulcan V36 commercial for about $1700 delivered to the door. The wife and I like the fact they have legs and we can clean under them, The big box stores have the house models anywhere from $449 to $3500... I'm leaning hard towards the commerical models. I/we don't need a clock or self cleaning or any other gizmo's, I like simple
We just paid way too much for a double oven and separate cooktop. I would gladly have taken a commercial range instead! But I am not the main chef anymore...It was up to the one cooks and keeps us fed
sounds like they are doing a complete remodel, should be able to fit in a 36". we went commercial 36" on the new build. gas range, electric ovens.
I would jump at the chance to be connected to NG. If you are buying your firewood, a gas Heater might be competitive. You can get a simple direct vent unit that will heat comfortably. That will allow you to travel without using the electric. The gas line went right past the end of my street but they won't connect us. It is a line that goes to substations. Lines out from there can connect. Gas cooking is so much better. I woul go with the one that has the good reputation with good support. 36 in is way better for odd shaped pans. We have electric glass top (white). Very hard to keep clean. We also have the double ovens and many features. Never have used the second oven or the special features.
Yea, were mostlikly going with a 36" Vulcan the way it looks and price is right! I have never bought fire wood, always got my own and I haven't turned the electric heat on in this house 30+ years, I have the breakers off…. The old Grandma can keep it a constant 85* all winter long if I choose .
My home was built as an electric heat home. That lasted one winter, then off it went. For the next 15 years, we used our alnighter woodstove. Then I had a hot air furnace installed. Since 2008, I've been burning pellets. Nothing stays the same. Who knows what is next. I have a cousin who went geothermal and loves it. He has a good size home, about 3 years old.
As long as trees still grow, My home will be nothing but. My buddy built his home also with geothermal and you never wanted to hear a man cuss so much when his pump or electric quits… All I need is a match
Mine too ,but I had the builder put in a chimney for the wood burner in the basement , and a propane company run the line for the gas range . Then after several years of trying to heat from the basement put the pellet burner upstairs sooo much better my Honey loves the pellet stove it's all good
I have had propane stoves as we don't have natural gas here. I love cooking on propane especially when canning and I assume natural gas would even be better. Best part of boating and camping is I get a propane stove to cook on.
