Ovens etc

This time of year, option b. Gas, for the ability to finely control the burners under skillets. sauces, and soup pans. And it's what I'm most familiar with.

I insist on having an oven to make holiday cookies, cakes and breads. These just can't be done well in a microwave or in sufficient quantities in a smaller countertop toaster oven/convection oven.
If the timing were to be in June/July/August, I'd be more likely to take option d, since summertime heat means I do mostly stovetop and microwave cooking anyway here.

A new cooker will have more re-sale value when you have the money and decisiveness to get the stove of your dreams. It will, I presume, come with a warranty that will last until you re-sell it, saving your peace of mind if there are difficulties with it. The warranty may even transfer to the new owner (another re-sale boost) if you make up your mind early.

I had a vaguely similar situation. I moved in to an apartment still under construction. A homeowner. was converting her second floor into an apartment. I forget what the problem was, but it took a couple of weeks for a stove to show up. I had a microwave and was able to cope with just that just fine.

I didn't do as much complicated cooking then as I do now, so I didn't miss having an oven or a burner (what you call a hob) for slow cooking ro for baking. I had a toaster, so that was taken care of.

So I'd go with the microwave & single burner and save up for a decent stove.

My ideal would be gas burners & an electric oven. Easier to quickly change the heat on a gas burner. Electric ovens just seem to work better.

For many years I have been using an electric oven and gas burners. However, we just bought an apartment and renovated the kitchen. Given the layout and the way we set it up, it wasn't practical to put in gas burners, although that was the original plan. I bought an induction cooktop and it is wonderful.

Just as responsive as gas when you turn it up or down, and much easier to clean. You just wipe off the surface. The only downside is that you need stainless steel pots. I discovered that the new frying pan I had bought was in fact Teflon-coated aluminum and it didn't work.

While we were working on the kitchen I used the microwave, but that quickly palled as a cooking experience. Ended up using a camping gas burner.

And if we're talking dream layouts here, let's make that a double oven, side-by-side in a wall with countertop on either side of it, microwave above one about chest-high (so easy to get food in/out), smaller convection/toaster oven combo above the other, both on sliding roller shelving so it's easy to clean behind/around them and there's plenty of ventilation. Nothing over what you call the hob/burners, other than a superb outside-venting fan.

If money is an issue I would get (as I have) a toaster oven that also bakes, broils, etc. And a butane stove. They're small, portable stoves with one burner. Although they might not be all that good for everyday use if you're going to use them a lot. My oven died years ago and with our propane grill and toaster oven we've been fine.

Of course for a dream kitchen I like Midwesterner's plan but I would make the ovens one on top of the other and the microwave and toaster oven next to the ovens and the ovens/stoves would be gas.

I moved in to an apartment still under construction

A hypothetical apartment, then? :)

Hee hee

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