== Introduction ==
If you're planning on using propane for the oven, you can also have Choosing a gas stovetop. Cooking with gas stove top is the preference relative to your choice of most chefs because it offers better control and the heat can be changed rapidlycooking oven. With On a [[DieselStoves|diesel sailboat an oven]], there were two issues: what is likely to use for be propane gas but on a stove top since motorized boat the oven might be diesel burners are a poor choice, and what to do if the diesel oven were too hot to use in the summerpropane or electric.
The If you're planning on using propane for the oven, you can also have a gas stove top. Cooking with gas is the preference of most chefs because it offers better control and the heat can be changed rapidly. If your oven is electric, then an electric stove top is obvious. If you have a diesel stove for heat, you could also have a diesel oven. With a [[DieselStoves|diesel oven]], there are two issues: what to use for a stove top since diesel burners are a poor choice, and what to do if the diesel oven were too hot to use in the summer. For the diesel aficionado the solution is twofold: an AC electric stove top and a large microwave oven. This gives the best summer/winter combination; spreads the risk of total failure over two different energy systems; and decentralises the heating in winter since there are at least two heating sources. There are other reasons to consider electric cooking on a motorized boat:*Safer.*Easier to clean than gas.*Less waste heat and lower air-conditioning costs.*Superior low heat control.*Faster cooking with microwave, convection and induction stove tops.
There are other reasons to consider electric cooking on a trawler:
*Safer
*Easier to clean than gas
*Less waste heat and lower air-conditioning costs
*Superior low heat control
*Faster cooking with microwave, convection and induction stovetops
In passing, you can also reduce energy consumption by developing some best practices:
*Use ceramic or glass pans -- they cook food 3.8 C (25 F) degrees lower than metal pans.
== Types of Electric Stove Top ==
The type of electric stove Top top you choose depends on your psychometrics. From an energy perspective, ''induction types are clearly the best''. In decreasing order of energy efficiency, the choices are:
*Induction types
*Ceramic glass with halogen heat sources