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I'm not saying induction can't replace gas for most applications, but they do gloss over some inconvenient things about gas stoves when they talk about boiling

I'm not saying induction can't replace gas for most applications, but they do gloss over some inconvenient things about gas stoves when they talk about boiling water 10x faster. Gas stoves in the US have restrictions on their BTU outputs, even "high end" home models. These restrictions have been in place for a long time now. Once burner output starting being "eco friendly" this really killed the usefulness of gas in a home kitchen. It's a fashion statement and has been for a long time. Not put it up against commercial gas appliances.. like the specifically mentioned using a wok.... Well they mention boiling water but totally neglected to advertise a BTU output. A high-end induction top is 40000-50000. Which is 3-5x of a home gas burner. Boiling water with the right pan you can get optimum heat transfer which, with the higher BTU explains the 10x speed up. Getting back to a wok, a gas wok burner will be 80000-120000 BTU. Yes, enough to heat an average sized house is what wok burners toss out. Because how you cook in a wok an induction can never achieve optimal heat transfer. Using the wok as a example, is a very poor one. Almost nobody is really cooking with a wok at home because you need to exhaust that much heat as well. Over all I would agree, home gas stove are for posers.

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lost_tourist 4y ago
or you know people who have gas and bought their house with a perfectly adequate gas stove. It has never failed me. I guess I'm a poser though because I don't want to spend $1500 on a new induction stove. Not everyone uses a wok; I'd be willing to bet that 90% of households here in the USA don't even have a wok.
- elmerfud 4y ago
  It's like you read my comment but didn't read the article thus are missing important context on what comment was saying. There's a reason builders and remodelers choose to put gas appliances into homes. It's exactly for the posers. It increases profits. So while you personally may not have made that specific selection it was made with the idea of what sells best in mind not what is best for cooking at this price level. So of course if you ignore the entire environmental factors and the home air quality factors that come along with gas and the fact that no residential kitchen exhaust system is designed to deal with those then I guess it's perfectly adequate on the same scale as breathing in second hand smoke is. As for the wok thing that only came up because it is specifically mentioned in the article. And my point was it was a silly thing to bring up because, I don't know that I buy your 90% argument people have lots of kitchen utensils here but, almost nobody will have a real wok burner in their house. Those that do have them probably aren't in their house due to the massive heat output. Instead they use them outside similar to how people use grills and hibachis.

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lost_tourist 4y ago

or you know people who have gas and bought their house with a perfectly adequate gas stove. It has never failed me. I guess I'm a poser though because I don't want to spend $1500 on a new induction stove. Not everyone uses a wok; I'd be willing to bet that 90% of households here in the USA don't even have a wok.

elmerfud 4y ago
It's like you read my comment but didn't read the article thus are missing important context on what comment was saying. There's a reason builders and remodelers choose to put gas appliances into homes. It's exactly for the posers. It increases profits. So while you personally may not have made that specific selection it was made with the idea of what sells best in mind not what is best for cooking at this price level. So of course if you ignore the entire environmental factors and the home air quality factors that come along with gas and the fact that no residential kitchen exhaust system is designed to deal with those then I guess it's perfectly adequate on the same scale as breathing in second hand smoke is. As for the wok thing that only came up because it is specifically mentioned in the article. And my point was it was a silly thing to bring up because, I don't know that I buy your 90% argument people have lots of kitchen utensils here but, almost nobody will have a real wok burner in their house. Those that do have them probably aren't in their house due to the massive heat output. Instead they use them outside similar to how people use grills and hibachis.