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= Gas or Electric Stove Tops =
== Summary ==
Your content herePropane stove tops are the best choice for a sailboat and electric is best for a motorized boat. Propane is also the preferred choice of chefs. Propane offers better control and the heat can be changed rapidly. On a motorized boat the safer choice is an electric stove top with efficient induction burners. It removes the need for carrying a second fuel type onboard. A disadvantage of induction is that you must use ferrous metal cookware like stainless steel, cast iron, and enameled iron, with a flat bottom. Other types of cookware won't work on an induction burner.
== Introduction ==
Choosing a stove top is relative to your type of boat and your choice of cooking oven. On a sailboat an oven is likely to be propane gas or a small diesel heater/oven combination but on a motorized boat the oven might be diesel, propane or electricor propane.
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.
In passing, you can also reduce energy consumption by developing some best practices:
*Use ceramic or glass pans -- they cook food 3.8 C °C (25 F°F) degrees lower than metal pans.
*Match the pan to the burner size.
*Fill ovens as much as possible.
*Limit pre-heat time.
*Maximise use of microwave -- most efficient oven type because it only heats the food, not the pan.
*Use convection where microwave is not possible -- convection ovens cook in 10% less time at 3.8 C °C (25 F°F) lower. The US Dept Energy estimates convection is 23% more efficient than a standard oven.*Use a [[PressureCookerPressureCookers|pressure cooker]] on a gas or electric stove top to use up to 70% less energy (no direct comparisons with microwave available).
== Types of Electric Stove Top ==
Solid disk elements are the least efficient. They are easy to clean but heat up and cool down slowly and use higher wattage elements.
See also [[#top|TopDieselStoves]]and [[ElectricalCapacityAC]]).
See also [[DieselStoves#top|Top]]
[[Category:Appliances]]
[[Category:EnergyEfficiency]]