The Peerless Premier Stove company is the result of two compananies in partnership merging, both founded long ago – 1912, and 1928. One was a stove company, the other a porcelain company. Joining forces, they moved on to become a wholely American company controlling all aspects of manufacturing high quality gas and electric stoves under one roof. The age of the company, and the fact that it is dedicated to making beautiful all American made stoves is compelling, but it isn’t even why the Solar BiZ has chosen to market and carry these particular stoves in our product listing. We here at Solar BiZ have conservation and efficiency always on our minds! These stoves are particularly special in this regard. Let us explain. When going completely off the grid, while it is not at impossible to run electric appliances – it will be more expensive. Especially, electric appliances that produce any kind of heat source whatsoever because these types of loads particularly use quite a bit of electricity. Most gas stoves that are available for purchase conventionally, are not insulated very well. As a result, even though the appliance is gas, it still uses electricity for glow plugs installed in the oven to ensure that the baking process happens uniformally. Many people don’t even know about this extra load on thier electric bill or solar electric system. Peerless-Premier stove company’s gas ranges are so well insulated, they have no need for glow-plugs. In fact, they bake more uniformally than most any other conventional gas stove on the market. They truly do hold there own against any gas stove with glow-plugs installed when baking those perfect cookies. All the while, using zero electricity. We also like the sealed aspect of the porcelain stove top making clean up a breeze. This is truly a Chef’s dream stove, all while being completely perfect for true off-Grid living.