It’s the best, got one not too long ago, and same, I’ll never go back. Immediate temperature control.
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AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Induction is the best, I’ll never go back
GreenSofaBed@feddit.is 1 month ago
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean, you have immediate temp control with gas too?
tychosmoose@lemm.ee 1 month ago
It’s significantly immediate-er with induction - particularly going from cool to hot. Boil water in 2 minutes and handles don’t get hot in the process. And since nothing is heating except the metal of the base of the pan there is no residual heat from the cooktop parts or the sides of the pan when you turn it off. The temperature drops much faster.
I went back to gas after 5 years cooking on induction and miss it a lot. Cooking something like pasta that requires boiling a sizeable quantity of water takes 2x or 3x longer on gas, even with a very powerful burner.
FleetingTit@feddit.org 1 month ago
They probably had a non-induction electric stovetop before.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yes, but we’re talking gas vs induction, right?
twistypencil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not quite as immediate! You’d be surprised at the difference
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
With free cancer!
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Don’t forget your aluminium hat against the 3G
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve never seen a gas stove with temp control. I’m not even sure how that would work. Controlling the amount of gas, sure, but not the temperature. In an induction stove, you can set it to 150 degrees, and it will hold that.
fishpen0@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Unless it costs you $15k+ to upgrade your house to 220 :/. Ask me how I know
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 month ago
Ouch
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I cannot wait to finish uni and move to a place without a gas stove. The thing is they renoveated the kitchen just before I moved in but they decided to put in a gas stove for whatever reason.
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Induction is best in theory, however in practice it’s unfortunately often paired with these shitty buttonless capacitive controls that are harder to decipher that hieroglyphics as well as “”“smart”“” features
They do still sell induction stoves with classic dumb buttons but they are either hard to come buy or aimed at professional chefs, which instantly adds two zeros to their price
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Mine has simple capacitive controls. Turn it on, higher number is more hotter. Very simple.
Apparently it has other features, not bothered with them.
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
My stove apparently has wifi. But why I would put that thing on my network is beyond me.
CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
wireless house fire
SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 month ago
Tbf the flat buttonless style makes them really easy to clean.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
The interfaces are usually really bad, yes. The technology itself still makes up for this particular shortcoming, but they need to step up their game.
BertramDitore@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yeah, I hate the interfaces, but especially the super-loud non-mutable beeps which seem to be common on every model I’ve seen. My two-burner induction setup has analog knobs for temp control, which is awesome, but it stills beep when you turn them, with every single temperature increase. Drives me crazy.
I’ll never go back to gas though. My new apartment came with a gorgeous brand new gas range, and it absolutely sucks compared to my $50 countertop induction.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I have a regular flat top glass stove WITH KNOBS that works with ALL PANS, not just magnetic… then I have a standalone induction unit for when I need to really crank up the heat.
Works a dream!
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 month ago
That one that works with all pans is an electric resistance coil. It’s slow as molasses. But hey, more power to you if you can use it well. I have a standalone induction unit as well and it’s amazing how little I have to use anything else.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
It’s slower than induction, but not bad at all for most things! When I’m too lazy to pull out the induction burner and need to boil water, I just use my electric kettle to boil it while heating up a little bit on the stove.
I need to get some more pans that work with my induction burner.
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Induction also doesn’t work with aluminum items like a moka pot without an “induction adapter” which is just a steel plate.
superkret@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Aluminum doesn’t belong anywhere near food. Get a stainless moka pot!
CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Tell that to my aluminum foil.