Saturday, March 3, 2012

Cook up savings on range

Some innovative new kitchen ranges offer special features thatcan reduce the cooking time by one-third.

This not only saves time and money, but also decreases the heatbuildup in your kitchen.

Electric ranges and ovens are more expensive to operate than gasmodels. A typical electric oven baking element is rated at about3,000 watts; at an electric rate of 8 cents per kilowatt-hour, itcosts 24 cents for each hour the element is actually on.

Typical gas oven burners are rated at about 16,000 Btu per hour.At a gas rate of 55 cents per therm, it costs 9 cents for each hourthe burner is on. Because ovens switch on and off during baking, theactual cost …

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