Gas ovens/stove tops and counter space

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Reply #25 – February 22, 2014, 09:21:24 am

Royce, the induction does take a special pot/pan, must be steel or any thing a magnet will attach to. Most use stainless steel.

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Reply #26 – February 22, 2014, 09:58:11 am

Induction requires ferrous metal pans (ones that a magnet will stick to)

Very even heat, cool cooktop, fast (generally) to heat up and cooktop doesn't get hot

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Reply #27 – February 22, 2014, 10:16:30 am

True Stainless Steel in NOT magnetic,Stainclad is.

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Reply #28 – February 22, 2014, 03:12:57 pm

Does a change in altitude make a difference in the way the cooking is done?

Larry

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Reply #29 – March 22, 2014, 08:36:47 pm

I am David, kb0zke's wife, Jo Ann. We are now cooking in the coach most of the time. Since we are still at the house, I could use the house stove if necessary for another week and a half. I have used the Magic Chef oven twice, but I'm not impressed. I told David that I will have to adjust my cooking to more stove-top dishes. Our microwave is not the original, and is not a convection oven, so that will not help with pizza. David really likes my pizza, so I will have to do some experimenting.

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Reply #30 – March 23, 2014, 12:43:49 am

After seeing Don and Tys's oven we bought one and Ruth loves it. She has even baked bread in it as well as regular things.
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JohnH

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Reply #31 – March 23, 2014, 08:58:45 am

JoAnn,

Our oven was off 50degrees from thermostat. After adjusted works even for pizza.. store bought not fresh made like yours.
Check your temps.

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Reply #32 – March 23, 2014, 09:00:52 am

John,

This is something my wife might be interested in. Is there any special trick to running this off your "big tank" in the coach? Do you need a second regulator besides the one built into the stove? Do you have a photo of the gas line connection at the coach end? I already have a quick connect gas outlet on my coach tank that was added by a PO, but I want to be sure it is in the correct position for this kind of setup.

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Reply #33 – March 23, 2014, 09:14:26 am

Larry,

Altitude is not a factor like gas with induction cooking

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Reply #34 – March 23, 2014, 10:01:43 am

How did you adjust your oven temperature?

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Reply #35 – March 23, 2014, 10:10:34 am

Harold,

takes a few times, little adjustments.
Determine temp of oven with a thermometer.

Remove thermostat knob, either a pull off or set screw.
There should be a slot the knob slides into that is a hollow stem, use a small flat head screwdriver to use into the stem, there is a small screw turn right to increase, left to decrease.
Open oven door to let out heat each adjustment

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Reply #36 – March 23, 2014, 10:51:25 am

Thank you! I'll go give that a try.

Re: Gas ovens/stove tops and counter space altitude cooking

Reply #37 – March 23, 2014, 11:12:56 am

As altitude increases, the boiling temp of water decreases. at 8,000 ' water boils at 197 degrees F. So hard boiled eggs take 25 minutes after boiling starts. A 3 minute egg is not much cooked.

So, times increase with any cooking that has water in it. Add 10 minutes to a 2 pound loaf of bread.
Since Scott's coffee pot requires boiling to percolate, it will make better coffee at 8000 than at sea level, since 190 is the preferred temp for coffee making.

I have experienced no changes required for my gas MagicChef 4 burner + oven.

Mostly facts.
See Dave M for grammar and spelling

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Reply #38 – March 23, 2014, 11:38:13 am

Yep, but...

The efficiency of the apparatus does not decrease and I thought that was the topic and or question.

Sorry if I miss understood.

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Reply #39 – March 23, 2014, 12:21:57 pm

Chuck, right now we are running it off the little green bottles but will once home be using the 15' hose I have for the BBQ. I put a shut off on gas line manifold long time ago and this hose has a dedicated valve/regulator on the one end and is same size as stove one so should work ok. The one on stove comes off with tank so I just need a brass nipple/ connection to quick connect the hose too. This oven is well made and should last. By the way the bottles seem to last and last, so good value from them.
JohnH

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Reply #40 – March 24, 2014, 01:56:35 am

I love our kitchen set-up. We are full-timers, and cook at home every day. I do all my cooking and baking in the convection/microwave oven. I thought it would take a lot of special tweaking, but so far, I haven't missed a beat. Those candied sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving time couldn't have been prettier or tastier.

For burners, we have only used our Gaggenau 2 burner gas cooktop twice. We find it too much of a hassle really. We use something called a Haloplate - a halogen cooker. They are portable, lightweight, get SUPER HOT SUPER QUICK, cool down quickly....basically all the good things an induction cooker does, only you can use any pot or pan that you wish. It heats with a halogen bulb. We actually have two of them, and at least one of them gets used daily. They both store easily in the pantry, on a shelf that looks like it was designed for it. We can cook everything from breakfast tacos on them, to pasta, to ScubaGuy's amazing chili in the dutch oven, and the halogen cooker never fails us. Definitely our favorite item added to our kitchen.

The only bad thing....you cannot find them in America.

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Reply #41 – March 24, 2014, 09:26:50 am

Is the halogen cooker you mention a hot plate? If so where can you get one? I can find the ovens, but not a hot plate.

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Reply #42 – March 24, 2014, 10:19:20 am

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Reply #43 – March 24, 2014, 12:17:47 pm

PatC, that is it! We have two of those. A halogen cooker is similar to a hot plate, only the hot plate uses an electric coil, and the Haloplate uses halogen.

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Reply #44 – March 24, 2014, 12:28:45 pm

one of the really nice things we like about our induction stove in our sticks and bricks is that the cooktop does not heat up much (only the heat that is conducted back from the pan to the glass), and cools down almost immediately. Other solutions that actually heat the heating surface and then transfer that heat to the pan and then to the food.

Choice! Isn't it great to have them :-) I love the different viewpoints and ideas that we get on this forum

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Reply #45 – March 24, 2014, 10:04:47 pm

I have a induction hot plate and really like it, but I also have some cookware that I'm fond of and would like to try one of those halogen hot plates. I've seen the Phillips one above, but don't know where to buy one. If anyone finds a source, for the hot plates, please post where.

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Reply #46 – March 25, 2014, 06:48:06 am

Interesting idea but I am like Tim, I really like our induction and with the residential fridge and AH there is no need for propane either.

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Reply #47 – March 26, 2014, 04:19:18 pm

My problem with the oven is that pizza and bread burned on the bottom yet weren't done on the top. I've made several casseroles with no problem, but they are more forgiving. Our microwave oven does not include convection. The convection/microwave was replaced before we bought the coach. I'm good with buying pizza bread but David would prefer home made.

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Reply #48 – March 26, 2014, 05:12:18 pm

A quick Google search for "burned on the bottom, not cooked on the top",
try this method to better understand and use a new oven. Really a neat way to map the heat, and get the best results in the future.

Why Does My Oven Burn My Biscuit Bottoms

Other search results said. 1. check the true temp with your handy little temp. gauge, set on the shelf, 2. then move the cooking rack up as well.

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Reply #49 – March 26, 2014, 05:54:17 pm

Our oven has the burner on the bottom shelf, therin it is the hottest. Moving to the upper shelf or deflecting the heat with a pan on the bottom will improve baking results.

When using compressed gasoline, in the woods. The 50,000 btu open flame M2 burner for the M59 Range often burned baked items, we placed a full aluminum cookie sheet on the bottom rack - no more burning the pineapple upside down cake

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