Personally, I don't think I could EVER use an electric one. We used to have one and it was goofy. I baked once w/one and my cakes so did not come out.

PErsonally, I would get a gas one.

Stick with the gas!

I live in apartments and we have electric ovens.....

If I follow directions on the cake mix my cake will be black and burned!!!

I had to bake a chocolate cake at about twenty minutes when on the box it said 35.

You would have to test to see what works with the cakes in the oven...it's a pain!!!

But that's just me...

Stick with the gas!

I live in apartments and we have electric ovens.....

If I follow directions on the cake mix my cake will be black and burned!!!

I had to bake a chocolate cake at about twenty minutes when on the box it said 35.

You would have to test to see what works with the cakes in the oven...it's a pain!!!

But that's just me...

I have both. A regular gas and an electric convection. For big cakes, 14" or larger I like the slower gas. For small cakes I prefer the speed of the convectino. For cookies, convection is by far the best. In fact I initially bought my electric convection just for cookies.

O.k. here's the whole skinny
My DH is a retired appliance repairman.
He says heat is heat is heat....no matter if it comes from gas, electric or wood!

It';s all in what you are used to. I have baked w/natural gas, propane and electric......it's not the fuel that makes the difference it's the oven its self.

You always have to 'play' around w/a new ov en to see how it works.
As to the gal who's appt oven bruns everything - have you had it checked?? Any repair man will calabrate it for you. This takes a special meter and about 2 hrs time. Ev en NEW stoves can hav e the calabration off so if you are having trouble w/your oven have it checked........it's welll worth it.

I too have both. But I love my kitchenaid duel fuel convection the best. I love the speed of the elec. I find it bakes evenly and I can set it and forget it! I bake alot of squares and cookies and they come out perfect everytime. Just finished 2 14" cakes in the duel fuel and they are level. HTH

I agree with Kakeladi's DH. I learned how to cook on a gas stove--got married and the apartment had a electric stove.OK fast forward to now and I prefer the electric stove. In the begining I did burn a lot of my cakes&cookies, but I asked around (at work) and found out yes you do have to adjust your baking time and the temperature.So if you do go electric just know ahead of time--you will have to adjust. Good Luck&Good Cooking to you.

Thank you all! I just finished a 5 tier wedding cake in an electric oven. It wasn't too bad. I am replacing because we lost everything in a house fire. I'm considering the gas convection or duel fuel. Does anybody use wall ovens? Thanks Again!

So sorry about your fire! Blessings on you as you go forward.

Umm if you get wall ovens or any oven--check out the interior and make sure you can get the size pans you want in there.

I wish I had gotten the one that has the smooth cooktop. Or the one that has the two ovens--the Gemini is it called?

Oh hey, mine has a warming drawer which is great for drying out flowers & stuff.

Just some new oven thoughts

Oh yeah, go in and ask for the rebates FIRST. I coulda saved a bundle had I known different companies were offering those awesome rebates. So check that out too.

I wanted one of these:

http://www.elmirastoveworks.com/antique.aspx

You can create a stove at that link ^^^ kinda fun. Or if the link doesn't work just google elmira stoves--to die for! However some of those stoves are a tad bigger than the usual space allotted. So measure carefully.

Definately gas. To me gas cooks better.

It's all in which you prefer. All stoves are different and you just have to get use to how they operate.

The previous house that I lived in, had a gas stove. The one I live in now is an electric and is probably as old as the house. I started having problems in that everything I cooked would burn. I bought an oven thermometer and found out that the temperature was off. I now baked everything 125 degrees less than the temperature on the recipe. Every since I started doing that, I hadn't had any problems.

I am holding out until we remodel our kitchen, praying it will last that long. Then I hope to buy a larger oven. And it will be electric also.

I have baked in Gas and Electric ovens (different brands and styles of both). I prefer the electric oven because I seem to get a more consitent heat.

Now as for stoves I prefer gas only because I can control the heat more. Althought right now I don't have room for a gas stove and electric oven (rentals are fun aren' they?) so I opted for an electric stove w/oven since I bake more.

But as mentioned above it is definitely a personal preference and what you are used to.