Robert thank you for these tips! That's so nice of you to take the time to respond with such helpful info. Definitely will use the fan, thank you so much. My husband was on the same page - he bought a hot plate that we can use for one pot dishes, coffee, etc. As you said, that is actually most of what we need and we'll just use the gas stove for the other 20% of cooking. The new gas stove arrived today. :) What a fiasco!