I remember once, many years ago, visiting my grandparents at their ranch in the middle of the desert. I loved those visits because I love the freedom and mystique of that place. There were many things that seemed a complete mystery to me. My grandfather had been a journalist, a schoolteacher, and a famous politician before moving to that ranch in the middle of nowhere. He had a rifle, which he never showed me, but my father said it was a “carbine.”
One of the objects in that place that always caught my attention was an old pot. All iron, heavy and smoky looking. It was a wood stove with a proper fireplace and all. My father told me that they used to cook in it all the time. Now they kept it as a cool gadget around the house. He had books everywhere and it looks fantastic. My grandparents now have a gas cooker but before they had an electric cooker. I asked why that was. They told me that gas was hard to come by on the ranch before, so they had to use an electric stove, powered by a gas station that they also used to pump water. They told me that the problem with the electric stove was that it sucked all the electricity.
It’s amazing to realize how technologically things have advanced since then. Now, you don’t think of all that when you fire up the pot to make a couple of fried eggs in the morning for breakfast. It’s so easy now. However, today, choosing between an electric cooker and a gas cooker can be a very common scenario in many cases. For example, in rural areas, where gas is not available, electric stoves are the only option. Even in modern cities, in some buildings gas installations are not allowed for safety reasons or because a complete installation would be too expensive. In other cases, the practicality of the electric stove represents an advantage over gas stoves, for example for cleaning purposes.
There are also differences in functionality between an electric cooker and a gas cooker. For example, vary the time in which the hub reaches the desired temperature. In a gas stove it is very short while in an electric one it takes longer. The same process applies to cooling times after cooking.
