What happens when the power goes out.
The kitchen that stops working
An electric stove, an electric oven, a microwave, and a refrigerator all go dark at the same moment. It happens during ice storms, hurricanes, wind events, and transformer failures, and it usually happens at a time nobody planned for. The household that has a backup heat source, the fuel to run it, and the cookware to use on it eats a hot meal. The household that does not opens a can of cold soup and waits.
Backup cooking is not survivalism
A propane camp stove on the patio, a charcoal grill, a gas stovetop that works without electricity, a fire pit with a grate, or even a small butane burner: any of these gives a household the ability to cook when the grid is down. The equipment does not need to be expensive or dramatic. What it needs to be is present, fueled, and familiar, because the middle of a power outage is the wrong time to learn how a camp stove works.
Cast iron fits here because it works on any heat source. A cast-iron skillet that has been seasoned and used is the one piece of cookware that moves from stovetop to campfire to grill without needing a different pan for each. Knowing how to use and care for it is a capability that transfers anywhere.
The question is not whether the power will go out. The question is whether you will eat hot food when it does.
Answer the question now
The action step asks you to name the heat source you would actually use if the electricity went out tonight. Not the one you wish you had, the one you have. Note the fuel it needs, how much is on hand, what cookware you would put on it, and one meal you could cook with all of it. If any of those answers is "I do not know" or "I do not have one," that is exactly the gap this module and the reading below help you close.
The reading for this module
Read as many as you need. The first one carries the module; the second covers the one piece of cookware that works everywhere.
Name your backup heat source.
Name the heat source you would cook on if the electricity went out tonight. Note what fuel it needs, how much you have on hand, what cookware you would use, and one meal you could cook with all of it.