Which Is The Better Over For Baking Cakes - Electric Or Gas?

Baking By still_learning Updated 12 Oct 2015 , 9:16pm by -K8memphis

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still_learning Posted 12 Oct 2015 , 6:02pm
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We are remodeling a kitchen and trying to keep a potential future baking business in mind. I have the choice of an electric or gas oven. I've always thought electric ovens are better for baking but I wanted to see what others thought or hear other experiences. Any info would be appreciated! Thank you!

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-K8memphis Posted 12 Oct 2015 , 6:20pm
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idk that there's much of a difference these days with all our great appliances -- you just want to get a good one whichever you choose -- 

earlier in my career i only baked with gas -- now i have an electric commercial oven and i love it -- my gas home oven is a dud -- one random particle of information is that our fire marshall here would allow me to bake in that electric oven without a hood -- now if i had doughnut fryers yes i'd have to have a hood but if i used induction burners for making cooked icing/fillings etc i could get away with out a hood -- random random 

then on the other hand when we have a power failure we can't use the gas oven/range at all because it has an electric starter for the burners --

so six of one half dozen of another

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AAtKT Posted 12 Oct 2015 , 8:17pm
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My home oven has an electric starter for the burners... You can still use it in a power outage... Use a match when you turn the gas on and it should light them... It does ours... 



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-K8memphis Posted 12 Oct 2015 , 8:42pm
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ours won't release any gas :( but we have a fireplace and a generator and it doesn't happen often


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AAtKT Posted 12 Oct 2015 , 8:50pm
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That sucks for you...  disappointed.png


The one plus to gas is to roast marshmallows when the power goes out... yum.png



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-K8memphis Posted 12 Oct 2015 , 9:16pm
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sniff

next time the power goes out i'm gonna think of you with the marshmallows hahahaha

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