Electric vs. Propane Stove/Oven

[Barry Cohen]

I would appreciate anyone weighing in on the pros and cons.

 

[Irish Mist]

propane is quieter when you are on the hook, as you do not need a generator, but you need to deal with the propane tank, the nice lockers they are putting on the swim platforms do a nice job for that though. If I had a choice I would go propane, but in my boat the orginal owner had it changed over to an electric stove.

 

[pugtug613]

IMO, propane is the best. As long as it's hooked up properly with an alarm and a vented storage box. Electric, you have to be plugged in or use the genny. Plus, just like at home, cooking with gas is better than cooking with electric.

 

[LADYBUG TOO]

Here is another opinion: I love electric! That being said, Ladybug, Too came with a microwave convection oven. I hate it. I would love an electric oven and would gladly trade the microwave convection oven.

Pat
Ladybug, Too

 

[coreychamness]

Our R-31 came with the microwave convection oven and I have cooked with it - even using the inverter vice firing up the generator but it is power hungry. I would much have preferred propane even though I have an extra cabinet where the micro would have been

 

[knotflying]

Here is my twist. I have the propane stove with oven. In retrospect I would have preferred Propane stove top, no oven and storage below stove top. I like the propane, as others have said, because no genset and quiet. We do not use the oven. We grill or microwave.

Mike Rizzo

 

[Hydraulicjump]

We chartered a R-29 with an electric stove before buying our R-27. After dealing with the embarrassing noisemaker in an otherwise silent, glassy morning anchorage we swore off ever having an electric again. Our R-27 has propane.

And we are with Mike. Would rather have storage than an oven. So naturally, the oven has become storage. And here's a cool tip related to an earlier thread: the stainless, nesting Magma cook set fits perfectly in the oven. The cook set is fantastic and I thank the Tugnut crowd for pointing it out.

Jeff

 

[Irish Mist]

One thing I can say about the generator.. It seems a lot noisier when you're on the boat worrying about the noise then it actually is. It is way quieter then the Hondas.. We use our oven a lot But then again we are full time on the boat..If I had a pure sine inverter I could manage mornings without the generator (Tassimo) . There is a third option .. The diesel stove/ heater option.. Others have said it works very well to cook and eliminates propane.. I

 

[Scuffy]

The diesel cooktop heaters usually a Wallas are great when they work but they have a tendency to warm up the cabin a bunch. Great in the winter maybe not so much in the summer. People with a Wallas often carry a portable butane stove to use during the summer time. It's probably faster and they are cheaper than dirt. So if you had electric stove. I think a small portable butane stove would be quiet and fill in when you did not want to fire up the generator. It also would come in handy for attending potluck affairs if you were going to offer a hot dish. You could store it in the oven. I was really hoping for some muffins from Mike's oven. I don't think it's happening. I don't think he wants to get it dirty. :lol:
D.D.

 

[Automaticman865]

I had some of the same concerns and went in another direction. I had the Origo 6000 oven with stove installed on my Cutwater when it was being built. Its alcohol and doesnt need electrical or propane plumbing. And it has so few moving parts, so less to go wrong with it. I didn't want to deal with propane and also wanted to lighten the load on the generator.
Stuart

 

[John Shea Jr.]

Barry, I converted our R25 from electric to propane. I just installed a two burner stove top. It works very well and I don't have to worry about a gen. set and associated maintenance and noise. propane works at the dock and when you are on a hook. Hardest part was running the innerduct . I'm sure Peter H. @WIYY can help you out. Next time you are on the Cape or, better yet, at the rendezvous in August, you can check out the work.