My Kitchen is too HOT to Cook In!   

yeah small hot places are hard to be in when its the summer. you could try to find a cheap air conditioner. that could help.

Hi Shellyann!

Fridges give out heat, that is how they work. Unless you are telling me your last one was faulty and gave out more heat.

I think it is the time of year to look to salads, which require no cooking, or alternatively cook outdoors on a barbie.....and to use an old adage:

If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen

Normally my kitchen isn't too bad, but we're in the middle of a heat wave and my entire house is way too hot to do much of anything.

We've been living on leftovers that I can just throw into the microwave and heat up and even then it's not until 9 at night or so by the time it's cool enough to actually eat.

Thankfully I've got lots of leftovers. We just had a big grad dinner for both of my sisters-in-law and I brought home almost everything that was left so we should be good for a couple more days yet before I actually have to turn on my stove and cook a meal.

Yes, I have been to hot to cook many many times. I live in Florida and sit and suffer the heat because most days we can't afford to have the AC on. On thoe days I don't try to do much.

Here in Oklahoma, the hottest part of the day is between 5 and 7 pm, just when you would normally be cooking. Our A/C works fine, but cooking still heats up the house too much. During the summer, I use my crockpot more, and of course we cook out and eat a lot of salads. When I do have to cook. I try to do it early in the morning, and then we reheat in the microwave at meal time.

I know EXACTLY how you feel!

We were living in a place that had a window unit in the dining room. I had to put a fan on the table in front of it so cool air was blown into the kitchen.

You might think about using a crock pot. That helps keep the heat down. And using an electric skillet. I use mine alot and it helps not heat the place up quite so much.

i use a condicionier sometimes when is too hot and is no choice to open a window. Most time i am cooking with open a window.

My In-Laws house! OMG! They have a tiny house and the oven is sooo hot when it's on! We hate when they want us to have Thanksgiving or whatever holiday even if it's the dead of winter you still want to have the doors open. It's like what are you cooking? The turkey? or your guests???

Otherwise I'd recommend getting a george foreman grill & a crock pot that way it won't contribute to making your house any hotter. Or you could grill outside alot too ;)

Hi shellyann.....
firstly congratulation for your new house.......since your kitchen is small you should install a good exhaust system......this will help in throwing the hot gas and steam generated while cooking......an A/C doesn't work well in a kitchen.....it gradually effect your A/c also.....you can install a chimney which will extract all the hot gases and smoke which come out while cooking........these chimneys are fitted right on top of your cooking range and will not have any effect on your A/C......you can just try this out as i have myself used to face this same problem.......