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There's still a huge amount of energy that gets dumped out into the kitchen by any non-induction cooktop, no matter what pot you use.
by crooked-v 4y ago
There's still a huge amount of energy that gets dumped out into the kitchen by any non-induction cooktop, no matter what pot you use.
- nerdponx 4y agoI always wanted some kind of "collar" that I could put around a burner to try to direct that excess heat back into the pan/pot.
- socialismisok 4y agoThe problem is you need airflow or you generate carbon monoxide instead of carbon dioxide. So simple solutions can get more heat but also kill you.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agominor side effect
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoDeath only increases the amount of carbon emissions this method saves.
- socialismisok 4y agoLower carbon emissions with this one weird trick!
- Temporary_31337 4y agoProduct idea: a broken CO detector that saves up to 100% of person’s future emissions. Saves money in the future too.
- Tepix 4y agoBut your decomposing family will release CO2!
- paranoidrobot 4y agoIt's offset against the future CO2 emissions of the family and their descendants. (Gee, this thread got dark. Like carbon-black dark)
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- bch 4y agoThere used to be (still is?) a sort of vertical chute/collar available to put around camp pots. Think mountaineering applications. The idea was that they would capture heat energy escaping off the bottom of the pot that would rise/disperse into the environment, and channel it close to the side of the pot where it would heat the vessel as it rose. Think of wrapping a section of corrugated cardboard around the outside wall of a pot. Now a birds-eye view down the cardboard should reveal the energy capturing channels that will allow the sides of your pot to heat the pot contents. Adjust your material and tune the sizing and you’ve got a camping gadget.
- thebiss 4y agoTypically, those collars are used as a wind screen. https://www.rei.com/product/139472/toaks-titanium-windscreen https://www.rei.com/product/139472/toaks-titanium-windscreen
- bch 4y agoNo - found a reference: https://www.msrgear.com/stoves/stove-accessories/heat-exchanger/321105.html https://www.msrgear.com/stoves/stove-accessories/heat-exchan...
- amluto 4y agoThis is maybe useful for boiling water but not so great for cooking. You want your pot to have a relatively uniform temperature, and gas burns very hot. This means that, especially if the walls of the pan are thin, any part of the wall that has good thermal contact with combustion products and poor contact with food will get extremely hot, with various unfortunate consequences. Also the handles will get hot.
- nerdponx 4y agoWell it takes absolutely forever to boil water on a camp stove, so I"ll take it.
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- AdamN 4y agoOld cast iron skillets had a collar under them to better fit on the pot belly stovetop.