I don't really use my cooktop for too much other than boiling pasta or making soup or the odd grilled cheese sandwich or fried eggs! Even for things like bacon, I normally bake it in the oven. I actually bake most things. We have a natural gas grill out on the deck where we cook things like burgers and steaks. Even when I had range hoods in past houses (with electric ranges) I rarely used them. My mom rarely uses hers at home.
I think my main worry would be carbon monoxide, but I could always buy another carbon monoxide detector and put it in the kitchen, and that might ease my fears a little. We have two gas furnaces and a gas water heater in our basement, and that's just normal for around here so it's never been a conern for me. We do have a CO detector near those, just in case. Our house is pretty well sealed and not drafty, so a buildup of toxins in the air would be my biggest concern, especially in the winter.
I do really love the look of gas cooktops and I think it would add more value to our house if we went that way.
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