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Does anyone cook here? I love gas ranges and I'm getting sick of the war on gas. Cooking on electric sucks.

matwood 6y ago
Agreed. I run the vent and usually crack a window when cooking just so food smells don't permeate the house forever. I also have a gas line on the patio so my grill never runs out of fuel.
OldHand2018 6y ago
I have a traditional electric stove and, yes, it is not good compared to gas. But I've heard claims that induction is better than both. Have you tried that?
- zaphoyd 6y ago
  We primarily cook on induction and (for us) it solves all of the issues with traditional electric and all the issues we have with gas. It can really be the best of most worlds (efficient, fast, precise, easy to clean). I do understand that there are a few edge cases that induction doesn't handle (legacy or specialty cookware, recipes that need a literal open flame).
  - OldHand2018 6y ago
    That's nice to hear. At some point I will likely upgrade. My cooktop and oven are on different circuits and my cooktop is currently on a 10 Amp circuit. Every induction cooktop I've seen so far demands either a 15 or 20 Amp circuit, so the upgrade isn't going to be as simple as I'd wish.
- justinzollars 6y ago
  Yes, chefs I know use this. But I prefer gas because I cook on cast iron.
  - hrydgard 6y ago
    Cast iron works perfect on induction. Just don't use the boost mode.
nsm 6y ago
I agree. Also, there are certain things that simply cannot be cooked on non-gas because they require the food to be cooked directly on the flame. For example Indian rotis - https://youtu.be/ZckBv7JR__0?t=241 https://youtu.be/ZckBv7JR__0?t=241 - need to go directly on the gas for a few seconds. Until there is a viable solution to that, I don't see Indians (and by extension, an Indian like me who were overjoyed to find a rental unit in the US that had a gas stove!) switching away from gas any time soon. FWIW, ventilation is generally excellent in tropical countries (above a certain standard of living) because the warm weather means large windows and exhaust fans/vents are very common. I'd like to see an experiment controlling for that.

Agreed. I run the vent and usually crack a window when cooking just so food smells don't permeate the house forever. I also have a gas line on the patio so my grill never runs out of fuel.

OldHand2018 6y ago

I have a traditional electric stove and, yes, it is not good compared to gas. But I've heard claims that induction is better than both. Have you tried that?

zaphoyd 6y ago
We primarily cook on induction and (for us) it solves all of the issues with traditional electric and all the issues we have with gas. It can really be the best of most worlds (efficient, fast, precise, easy to clean). I do understand that there are a few edge cases that induction doesn't handle (legacy or specialty cookware, recipes that need a literal open flame).
- OldHand2018 6y ago
  That's nice to hear. At some point I will likely upgrade. My cooktop and oven are on different circuits and my cooktop is currently on a 10 Amp circuit. Every induction cooktop I've seen so far demands either a 15 or 20 Amp circuit, so the upgrade isn't going to be as simple as I'd wish.
justinzollars 6y ago
Yes, chefs I know use this. But I prefer gas because I cook on cast iron.
- hrydgard 6y ago
  Cast iron works perfect on induction. Just don't use the boost mode.

nsm 6y ago

I agree. Also, there are certain things that simply cannot be cooked on non-gas because they require the food to be cooked directly on the flame. For example Indian rotis - https://youtu.be/ZckBv7JR__0?t=241 https://youtu.be/ZckBv7JR__0?t=241 - need to go directly on the gas for a few seconds. Until there is a viable solution to that, I don't see Indians (and by extension, an Indian like me who were overjoyed to find a rental unit in the US that had a gas stove!) switching away from gas any time soon. FWIW, ventilation is generally excellent in tropical countries (above a certain standard of living) because the warm weather means large windows and exhaust fans/vents are very common. I'd like to see an experiment controlling for that.