Save some time and electricity...
Just so you know, I'm pretty sure that though you may save electricity, you are not likely to save $$.
From what I've read, although propane has many advantages, the energy cost balance is significantly in favour of electric.
JQ
I may be completely wrong, which is possible as it's kinda my job to know this but I haven't needed to know in quite a while ...but I don't think that's correct. It's much cheaper to heat this base with oil than with electricity (right now we're using NG)
while you probably don't want to heat your house this winter with propane I think you're better off money-wise boiling 5 gallons of wort on a propane burner than on your stovetop.
here's some figures:
1 gallon of propane = 27 Kwh electricity
$/KwH X 27 = $/equivalent gallon
20lb tank = about 4.5 gallons propane
I'm hearing rumours that Costco fills a 20lb tank for just over 10 bucks?
I only know what the federal gubment is paying for electricity this year ...someone who's at home take a look at your last power bill and post what they're paying per KwH, I'm going to guess 12-15 cents ..if that's the case then that's an equivalent $18.23 a gallon against $10 for propane
Add to this the fact that the stove runs much longer than the propane does to get the liquid to boil ..particularly on a flat top stove. And that exhaust hood is not running for free either.