Which is better?
When it comes to choosing a gas vs. electric cooking appliances, either type of cooking appliances will support your culinary creativity and even present new possibilities.
Both have their benefits: gas stovetops are highly responsive, allowing you to move between heat levels quickly while electric ovens tend to have dry, even heat that's ideal for baking and roasting.
Electronic cooking appliances cost less to buy. Generally speaking, electric stoves are cheaper than gas and simpler to install – particularly if your property doesn’t have an existing gas line.
They distribute heat evenly and accurately.
Knowing the differences between gas and electric equipment can help you make an informed decision in purchasing foodservice appliances.
l Mobile and installation cost
Gas appliances will need to have a natural gas line run directly to the equipment. This means that it will be more difficult in the future to move that appliance, as you’ll need to reroute your lines. Electric equipment can be shifted and moved so long as you have an electrical socket nearby. As far as upfront costs go, electric appliances tend to be at a lower price point than their gas counterparts due to the fact that electric equipment merely needs an outlet to plug it in. While this may save your initial overhead costs allowing for allocation of funds to other areas of your kitchen, you’ll also have to look at costs in the long term by taking into account the rates and the efficiency of each equipment type.
l Operation rates
While electric appliances may be cheaper initially, their gas counterparts take the cake when it comes to rates and prices per BTU. While the advantage is only slight, the exponential summation of the costs for a larger commercial kitchen can be substantially different between gas and electric rate costs.
l Efficiency
Electric appliances tend to be more efficient, as gas-powered equipment will lose some of its energy as vapors escape. With electricity, all energy is converted directly to heat. This results in your ventilation and air conditioning setup working harder to cool it, therefore bumping up your utility costs.
l Heating speed and Heating controls
Gas appliances heat much faster and can reach much hotter temperatures. The knobs on a gas-powered appliance mean you can control the intensity of the heat as well, making for a more accurate cooking control. The flame lights immediately, so there’s no waiting time to heat up the coils as you would have to with an electric appliance. On the other hand, the cooling speed for gas appliances is quicker as well, as when you dial the appliance to ‘off’, the flame is immediately extinguished. For electric counterparts, the coils need to cool, making for a hotter ambient temperature over a longer period of time.
No matter what type of equipment you select to expand your kitchens
You'll find components of Alpha Brass inside every type of cooking appliance as the safest and most secure anchor to back up you.
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