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Gas vs Induction
This has been discussed before. Here's my do your own research take.
Fire is pretty but I'm looking strictly for heat when cooking. In indoors home cooking induction has a much precise heat control, output and efficiency.
Gas BTU: 20,000
Induction BTU: 40,000
And with induction there's almost no heat loss.
Induction is able to deliver roughly 80% to 90% of its electromagnetic energy to the food in the pan. Compare that to gas, which converts a mere 38% of its energy, and electric, which can only manage roughly 70%.If you wanna build a fire pit, get a top of the line barbecue or an outdoor wok burner that's good. As a far as I can tell, indoors induction is king.
Discuss.- Can't say I disagree with any of this.
There's also the small matter of the release of indoor air pollutants with gas stoves, like NO2.Continuity - Yes induction, except those hobs beep at you constantly and are fussy about the type of pan you use. Gas = your wonky carbon steel pan is no problem.shapesalad
- You get a drop of water or misplace a pan on an induction hob and the thing is bloody beeping at you. Worth thinking about.shapesalad
- I've been forced to change from 10 of my better cooking years with induction to gas since I've moved and I'm eager to go back home.palimpsest
- LOL, shapesalad.
Why are you dropping water on your induction stove and why don't you have a wipe cloth at hand when cooking?palimpsest - If I'm dumb enough to put a lid on a pot while cooking pasta the overflow of water will kill the gas flame. I just turn it back on, gas is not at fault.palimpsest
- the only thing gas is better is the initial heating speed. otherwise induction out performs in every aspectspango
- wait... carbon steel should be fine with induction. did you get a cheap one mixed in with aluminium?pango
- Thanks for that info, pango. Carbon steel is compatible with induction, unless you got it from a Happy Meal™.palimpsest
- compatible with induction = carbon steel, cast-iron, stainless steel, enamel cast-iron, enamel carbon steel.pango
- not compatible with induction = aluminium,
aluminium none stick, *ceramic none stick, copper, glass.pango - Not compatible with induction: Aluminium, glass, solid copper, Play-Doh.palimpsest
- did you just "umm actually" me?pango
- I did not, how do you reckon that? Was it mean adding Play-Doh to the list?
I'm here for you, your opinion counts.palimpsest - https://i.imgur.com/…pango
- Did I get your pronouns wrong?palimpsest
- I'm interested in learning about how this has become about me offending you.palimpsest
- My input: Induction for indoors, charcoal to cook meat or fish on the grill, and wood for paellasOBBTKN
- @OBBTKN
Yep, that's why I made that distinction.palimpsest - lol i was just messing aroundpango
- Just a prank, bro.palimpsest
- what was the prank?pango
- Exactly.palimpsest
- We have both gas and induction. Gas one is a single burner mostly Wok cooking. Fire does Wok cooking better.microkorg
- yeepango
- @pango
Yep, that's I thought.palimpsest - RE Carbon steel - the pan over time warps, and isn't super flat, no problem for gas. To flatten it out, you need to hammer it = very noisy.shapesalad
- @shapesalad
Fair enough.palimpsest - Wood fire makes the tastiest food.pablo28
- Gas tastes better in the oven. Gas is faster on the stovetop. I have induction now and prefer my old gas stove.imbecile
- If you can’t taste the difference, you’re not cooking anything that matters.imbecile
- OK, chief!palimpsest
- No one here mentioned HOW you cook where induction fails miserably, I am always flipping and slamming heavy pans, they wear out, glass would shatterprophetone
- Shrek has entered the chat.palimpsest
- To me induction is great if you would like to calmly bring a Consommé to a boil while sipping a cab sav, listening to Wagnerprophetone
- I can continue happily using gas or i can spend thousands tearing out my walls, redesigning and replacing my existing electrical system and buying a new stovescarabin
- It sounds like a pain in the arsescarabin
- Induction sure looks sexy thoughscarabin
- so easy to fuck up the Induction cooker and that constant fear of breaking the glass, eh idk, i'm not a fan.sted
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We've seen those guns, understandable.palimpsest - I have a new induction top, and I hate it. If you have one, get some of the mats so your pots don't spin all over the galaxy.garbage
- Imbecile. I'm not sure how to compare gas oven with induction oven...pango
- Pablo. Fuck yeah woodfire stove top. Now we're talking.pango
- I think it's the same logic with car engines. If you have a functional gas engine, don't just throw it out and get a new electric one.pango
- I'm building at the moment and went for AEG induction. I also plan to get a single 65k BTU gas bottle powered burner for using a wok.BuddhaHat
- It will live by my pizza oven outside.BuddhaHat
- ^ gas should always go out sidepango
- Can't say I disagree with any of this.