Being one of the most important and elementary kitchen appliances of modern times, the Range cooker is arguably an important part of one's culinary accessories. There are various types of electric range cookers in the market today, some with single oven, some with double oven and some having a combination of an oven and a grill. Basically, range cookers are divided into two broad categories- electric and fuel range cookers. While the fuel based range cookers work on LPG and similar forms of fossil fuels, the electric cookers work on electricity and therefore, are relatively cheaper and cleaner to use and maintain. All through this write up, we try to compare electric and gas range cookers and we also try to lay down some pointers, which would help you in deciding which cooker you should go for.
Available with a coiled element, electric range cookers are broadly divided into two categories- 20 "and 36". Normally, an electric range cooker would require a minimum of 30 Amp of electricity. It is always beneficial to use an electric range cooker which uses more than one element for cooking.
While gas range cookers are more responsive towards changes in temperatures, they are slightly slower when it comes to heating up of the ovens. Gas cookers do therefore, take more time to cook the food as compared to electric cookers, but the quality of food cooked on a gas cooker compensates for the time lag arising due to the slow heating up of the ovens. Gas cookers are better for places having lower temperatures and they get instant heat through the gas hobs which are used in them in order to disburse heat evenly onto the cooking utensil.
Electric cookers are more expensive than gas cookers, but they require lower running costs. Also, they are more appropriate for those people who need the food to be cooked quickly. Some of the top-of-the-end electric range cooker brands include Baumatic, Prestige and Smeg.