| Oh yeah, you betcha. The gas range was the greatest thing that ever happened to the southern cook, for that reason. Finally the kitchen could be in the house instead of in the lean-to or seperate shed. My grandad has a wood cookstove in north florida; he doesn't use it anymore but it is tolerable for a least half the year.
Even up here in mass my wood cookstove is too warm for five or six months; also it drafts very poorly in the warm months. So to me it's worth having one for the cold season only. | 
