No, the photons emitted by an electric stove when it is turned on are not moving at the speed of light. The heating elements in an electric stove generate heat through the flow of electric current, which results in the release of infrared radiation. This radiation, in the form of photons, carries energy and transfers heat to the surrounding environment.
While photons themselves travel at the speed of light in a vacuum, their speed can be significantly reduced when they interact with matter. In the case of the photons emitted by an electric stove, they are not moving at the speed of light because they are interacting with the surrounding air and other materials in the stove.
The speed at which the stove heats up is determined by the efficiency of heat transfer from the heating elements to the surrounding environment, rather than the speed of individual photons. The heating process involves conduction, convection, and radiation, where the emitted photons play a role in transferring heat energy through radiation. However, the photons themselves do not need to move at the speed of light for this heat transfer to occur.