After 20 years of using an electric stove, I am considering changing to
a duel fuel range. One of the key features is the front control panel,
safer for me than reaching over steaming pots to adjust the heat! I am
not really familiar with gas ranges so would appreciate answers to the
following questions: Can the gas range be used during a power failure?
Will it light with a match, since the new ones don't have pilot lights.
Are the fumes dangerous? I am concerned mostly about using the stove
during power failures, (having gone through the Ice Storm '98 and now
the Blackout 2003!)so of course the exhaust hood would be inoperable. Is
natural gas a concern for asthmatics? ( and birds)? We have a gas
furnace and hot water tank, but they are directly vented to the outside.
any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Please note I am
not looking for a professional type of stove as I cook only when I have
too!!!!!! :-)