"Pete C." wrote in message
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Oren wrote:

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:46:45 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote:

I live in a rural area currently with electric only. No pun intended.
There are rumors of nat. gas coming soon, but who knows when. We want a
gas
stove. Am considering propane. I have a propane stove at the cabin and
it
works fine. Heats fast, bakes good. We don't use it a lot, not nearly
as
much as we would at the primary house.

For those who have/have had both propane and natural gas, is it worth it
to
wait for the natural gas, or just do the propane thing. And then
convert
when it gets there if we choose to?

I certainly like propane for grilling, but can't compare as I have never
used nat. for outdoor cooking. Is there a big difference in that?


Steve


Steve, visit a local RV/mobile home business.. They can give you
ideas. many places as a child had duel propane tanks. LP tanks usage
was rotated when a tank was empty...turn one valve on and the other
off. The local company filled the empty tank, so you always had one
tank full of LP.

Before that is was splitting wood to cook (another stove)..

NG is the best for my cooking,

No appreciable difference between NG and LP for cooking.

BUT you may pay dearly to get it into
the house.

Not if they are just bringing the lines into the neighborhood when
they're desperate to get people hooked up and paying monthly service
charges.

Let the gas company bring the lines to you.

At no charge.

Over time it
cost you less.

Not if all you run on gas is the stove. LP with an owned tank or two
will be much cheaper than paying a service charge to a gas company every
month. $20-$40 per year of LP will be a lot cheaper than paying like $8
per month just to have gas available, plus the cost of the gas you
actually use.

I did the math, and in the long run, the LP would be the cheapest. Now,
aside from that, we are about ready to add another 3.5 ton heat pump to our
ever expanding casa here. IF they get the gas in time, that would make it
preferable to have the NG for the gas pack on the heat pump. But I'd still
just keep the LP for cooking. We don't do a LOT of cooking, but enough to
justify turning this range into a boat anchor if I had the choice. Electric
stoves suck big time.

Steve