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Do you use your oven in the summer?

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Contributor: bog bog
Whether cookies, roasted veggies, cakes, ribs, pasta bakes, casseroles, baked chicken, fresh bread, or frozen fish sticks, does the season affect how often you use your oven?

I rarely bake from April to September; it's just too darn hot!
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I use my oven less in the summer.
27  (47%)
I use my oven just as often all year round.
29  (51%)
I don't ever use my oven, no matter what time of year.
1  (2%)
Total votes: 57
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Contributor: falalena falalena
Quote:
Originally posted by bog
Whether cookies, roasted veggies, cakes, ribs, pasta bakes, casseroles, baked chicken, fresh bread, or frozen fish sticks, does the season affect how often you use your oven?

I rarely bake from April to September; it's just too darn hot!
I use my crockpot a little more, but if I need to bake something I try to bake multiple things I will need so I only need to heat the oven once.
04/06/2013
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
We use it a lot less often and grill more if possible.
04/06/2013
Contributor: KinkyKatieJames KinkyKatieJames
The house is always cold, so using the oven is fine. We cook just as often all year round.
04/06/2013
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
I don't use the oven on the few hottest days.
04/06/2013
Contributor: gsfanatic gsfanatic
Quite a bit less, but I still do from time to time
04/06/2013
Contributor: Gunsmoke Gunsmoke
We BBQ more in the summer - so yes we use the oven less.
04/06/2013
Contributor: Leather & Lace Leather & Lace
I use it less but sometimes I will bake something..
04/07/2013
Contributor: Lildrummrgurl7 Lildrummrgurl7
I use the oven fairly often. This summer though, I made the mistake of baking a batch of homemade cookies on a day when it was 105. I thought I was going to die in my kitchen.
04/07/2013
Contributor: GONE! GONE!
I don't use it unless I absolutely need to in the summer.
04/07/2013
Contributor: Martiniman Martiniman
Less oven and more grill during the warmer months.
04/07/2013
Contributor: lilyflower lilyflower
I know I should use it less in the summer, but I love baking. Usually I only refrain from using the oven if it's like 90+ degrees, which isn't too often here.
04/07/2013
Contributor: SourAppleMartini SourAppleMartini
Yes, why not. I hate heat, so my aircon is always on on hot days.
04/07/2013
Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
I use it about the same
04/07/2013
Contributor: woodsdragon woodsdragon
we use it about the same all year
04/07/2013
Contributor: Cosmonaut Cosmonaut
I use it whenever I want to make something. It doesn't matter what time of year it is.
04/07/2013
Contributor: joiedejouets joiedejouets
I use it less because I'd rather grill things!
04/07/2013
Contributor: chicmichiw chicmichiw
No AC, so definitely not!
04/07/2013
Contributor: rosythorn rosythorn
IMG I live in perpetual summer so I try not to use my oven or if I do I bake cooking thing. Long stove top cooking is also bad
04/07/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by bog
Whether cookies, roasted veggies, cakes, ribs, pasta bakes, casseroles, baked chicken, fresh bread, or frozen fish sticks, does the season affect how often you use your oven?

I rarely bake from April to September; it's just too darn hot!
I bake and cook, all year long. We live in a hot climate, but there is something called air conditioning that seems to keep my kitchen frosty cold, even with the oven on. Amazing device, honestly.
04/07/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by chicmichiw
No AC, so definitely not!
No AC? In 2013? I didn't know you could find places without it??? No kidding. I thought it was pretty much like running water now.
04/07/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by Martiniman
Less oven and more grill during the warmer months.
I agree with the grill part, but we have bugs here...big, nasty, biting bugs....so grilling is not all that much fun. I still use my stove and oven mostly, unless we have people over for a cook out.
04/07/2013
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by KinkyKatieJames
The house is always cold, so using the oven is fine. We cook just as often all year round.
Just doesn't happen here in the deep south.
04/07/2013
Contributor: ShadowedSeductress ShadowedSeductress
We live in an apartment and don't have a grill so we use the oven just as often in the summer.
04/07/2013
Contributor: bog bog
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
No AC? In 2013? I didn't know you could find places without it??? No kidding. I thought it was pretty much like running water now.
I haven't had AC most of my adult life! My place now has central air, and it's like a whole new world, both in terms of my comfort and the bills. The first time I saw an August electricity bill, I was like
04/07/2013
Contributor: sunkissedJess sunkissedJess
I use my oven just as often. Here in Florida AC is pretty much like running water just like Bignuf said.
04/07/2013
Contributor: quackbuster quackbuster
I try to conserve AC use since I live alone & am on a tight budget, so I VERY rarely cook with the oven in the summer.
04/07/2013
Contributor: Munko Munko
We mostly grill in the summer. Our house gets ridiculously hot even if it's not that hot outside. We're usually outside all day long anyways, so it makes sense for us to cook out there - and we LOVE BBQ anything, so I'd much rather grill all summer long than use my oven at all!
04/07/2013
Contributor: married with children married with children
we use it about the same.
04/07/2013
Contributor: bratcat bratcat
I dont often use the oven to begin with, but i dont seem to use the oven for cooking any more or less in the summer moths. Hopefully this year the summer will be spent grilling more though now that i have a grill.
04/07/2013