Thursday, April 28, 2011

Your Questions About Gas And Electric Stove

Nancy asks…How do I compare cooking power of gas and electric stoves?Gas stove burners are rated in BTU; electric burners in W. I can convert watts to BTU/hr, or BTU to kWh. They have different dimensions.

When they tell me a burner is 10,000 BTU, I wonder - is that if it's left on for an hour? That seems to be the only way to make the units match.dude17111 answers:1 BTU = 1 055.05585 joules


1Watt = 1joule/s


Therefore 1BTU/hr=1 055.05585joule/hr = 29307.1Watt

I suppose that the

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