Let’s start by saying the thing nobody who loves cooking wants to hear:<\/p>\n
Gas stoves are bad for the environment and for humans in the kitchen and we should stop using them.<\/p>\n
Yes, I know they are magic tools for controlling fire.\u00a0 For decades I’ve passed on renting an apartment or a house simply because it didn’t have a gas stove.\u00a0 Cooking on electric stoves is a pain.\u00a0 Many induction stoves won’t make a wok “f’n hot”.<\/p>\n
I’m talking about residential gas stoves, not the stoves used in professional kitchens.\u00a0 Unlike residences, professional kitchens do<\/strong> have codes for ventilation, fire control, and a other things related to workplace safety.<\/p>\n A couple of weeks ago I gave myself a severe CO headache after putting a gas stove on self clean.\u00a0 It’s usually not a problem, I just open all the windows, but the day I did it the outside temp was in the mid-30s.\u00a0 “I’ll just turn on the exhaust fan, it will be fine.”<\/p>\n It wasn’t.<\/p>\n I started doing some research about what happens when you use a natural gas stove and was surprised at how unregulated these appliances are in the US:<\/p>\n