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title: "The Newest Sustainability Practice: Restaurants Ridding Gas Stoves"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/079fe143-1cb3-47d1-9640-1c2c69f60863
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-newest-sustainability-practice-restaurants-ridding-gas-stoves-2711593
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2019-11-12T18:13:49.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:29:03.660Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/488adc8e3d346ccd85c7ebcc047d9504158.jpg
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# The Newest Sustainability Practice: Restaurants Ridding Gas Stoves

**TL;DR:** Restaurants are replacing gas stoves with electric ones due to consumer demand for sustainability. Cities in California have adopted strict building codes and policies to ban gas and encourage all-electric construction.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-11-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-newest-sustainability-practice-restaurants-ridding-gas-stoves-2711593).*

## Story

**Consumer trends focused on sustainability have been taking the world by storm. From retail shops making customers** **pay for plastic bags** **in an effort to reduce waste to companies** **launching innovative drinking stations** **to encourage reusable bottles, brands are serious about putting their greenest foot forward. According to** **Eater****, cities across the U.S. are becoming more climate-conscious, particularly thanks to the increasing number of restaurants replacing their’ gas stoves with ones that run electronically.**

**The state of California has been a leader in fighting the climate crisis. Thirteen cities and one county in California have recently adopted strict building codes and policies that ban gas and encourage all-electric construction. Berkley became the first to ban natural gas hookups for all new residential and commercial buildings, according to Eater.**

**When one thinks of a chef thriving in their kitchen, sizzling dishes prepared over flames often come to mind. So, how do restaurant chefs view this push toward banning electric stoves?**

**“Flames are at the heart of what makes cooking visceral and fun,” said Lantern Chef and Owner Andrea Reusing, according to a** **Mother Jones article****. “I’m attached to open flame in an emotional, almost biological way.”**

**On the other hand, many restaurants are working hard to operate as sustainably as possible.** **Pizza Hut** **recently adopted a new sustainable packaging design that incorporates a round design rather than a box shape.** **Starbucks** **is also dedicated to reducing its carbon footprint by investing in solar panel farms to power 360 Texas stores using solar energy.**

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- California (location)
- Starbucks (company)
- Pizza Hut (company)
- sustainability (topic)
- climate crisis (topic)
- electric stoves (topic)
- gas stoves (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-newest-sustainability-practice-restaurants-ridding-gas-stoves-2711593). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/079fe143-1cb3-47d1-9640-1c2c69f60863).