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From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Electric vs Gas
Message-ID: <1366@utah-gr.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 03:11:02 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  5 03:11:02 1985
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Summary: Ovens are hot


In article <1377@orca.UUCP> richp@orca.UUCP (Richard Philofsky) writes:
>Also, I like gadgets and looked for ovens which offer microprocessor
>control. Something with the intelligence of my $12.00 digital wrist
>alarm watch. THERE WAS NOTHING!!! In fact I could not find one which used
>a digital clock. All used the wheels of digits you only see in reruns
>of Star Trek. Time to market for ovens must be several years.

Did you ever consider the fact that it tends to get quite hot in the
immediate vicinity of an oven?  The self-cleaning cycle would probably
fry a "chip" if it was sitting where stove clocks sit.  I'm sure there's
a good reason they stick with the "old reliable" mechanical methods,
after all, microwave ovens certainly have gone the micro route, so it's
not like stove manufacturers don't use them where they can.

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