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Most Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stoves (grist.org)
submitted 1 year ago by RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works to c/climate
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[–] SpaghettiYeti@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Weirdly, I'm in the opposite boat. I have solar, I grew up with an electric oven/stovetop and my previous house had an induction stovetop. I hate, and I mean hate induction and electric for stovetops.

My new house has gas and it is just the best. I love cooking on my wok, my pans heat up in no time, and I feel like I can gauge and control the heat better.

Yes, air flow, exhaust, and air purifying is taken into account to use it safely too in my home.

[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If your pans are taking time to heat up, you probably had resistive plates, not induction. Induction is FAST - fast to heat up, but also fast to cool down. It's very similar to cooking on gas.

[–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They probably had glass-ceramic. A lot of people confuse those for induction, since they basically look the same when it's off: a black glass plate.

When it's on, the glass-ceramic lights up and becomes red or purple, while induction stays black.

Induction is faster than gas. I have never met anyone who prefers gas to induction after using induction for a while.

[–] SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Buying an induction cooker has made cooking in apartments with shitty coils so much better, I don't even want gas in the future anymore. We're considering getting a cover for the range and just buying 2 more induction tops

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Try curved induction plate. Wok doesn’t work with flat induction plates because the moment you start moving it, you’re not heating it anymore.

Induction is objectively superior in heating speed and heat control. But if your cooking technique doesn’t work with it, the previous statement is meaningless.

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If your cooking technique involves flipping rice past the flame so oil catches fire a little, then gas is the only option.

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, firewood too :)

[–] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Now I want to try smoky fried rice.