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Induction maaaan! Switched from gas to induction and love it. I miss my stove every time i have to cook elsewhere. Mine is pretty much the cheapest induction

Induction maaaan! Switched from gas to induction and love it. I miss my stove every time i have to cook elsewhere. Mine is pretty much the cheapest induction range on the market (and i bought it used). Heats up way faster than gas (WAY FASTER, will get cast iron glowing if i leave an empty cast iron on the stove for a while at the highest setting), low/medium control is excellent and precise, and i really appreciate the lack of waste heat (pot handles don't overheat, kitchen doesn't quickly heat up from cooking - small kitchen). The fact that the stove is more expensive is really the only downside. Not being able to use fabulous copper pans seems like the only meaningful downside but I'm not rich enough for that anyways.

_puk 4y ago
The Induction Industry Is Paying HN Influencers to Gush over Induction Stoves (2023) Tongue in cheek, but nowadays it's so hard to establish what is a genuine appraisal and what isn't..
- kelipso 4y ago
  Yeah really, that's why the smart thing to do is to attack the other side first haha. Also the anti gas stove thing feels like the most blatantly astroturfed indoctrination project in quite a while.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
    Still can't understand the OUTRAGE. And I'm no-ones shill. Just happy to have them, because once you've tried them(good ones, with appropriate electrical installation) you're hooked, and don't want to go back, ever. Maybe it's a cultural thing, Wild West, Cowboys, camp fire, which turned into phrases like 'Now you are cooking with gas!'. From the outside it just looks like slum, favela, ghetto-style, third-world. Uncivilized. Like much of your electrical installations, no matter if on the in- or outside :-)
    - pandaman 4y ago
      What is there to understand? Tastes differ, your tastes in particular differ from some other people. Forcing your tastes on other people is as same as forcing other people's tastes on you. What would you say if your induction was to be banned?
      - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
        Probably shrugging it off, and getting the next better thing, which would be the reason for the ban, I guess? Edit: Optionally crying out loud in public on all available channels for being victimized, and insisting on subsidies for the next better thing!
        pandaman 4y ago
        So this >From the outside it just looks like slum, favela, ghetto-style, third-world. Uncivilized. means you'd be fine with gas stove if electric had been banned by the government? Could have fooled me.
        LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
        > and getting the next better thing... Implying an improvement, like phased array semiconductor microwaves, or something like that. Edit: Don't laugh, that actually was 'on the radar' about 10 years ago. IIRC the availability of the parts went away because the producing company has been bought by another, shifted goals, whatnot else. Anyways, no Sci-Fi: https://patents.google.com/patent/CN202733981U/en https://patents.google.com/patent/CN202733981U/en https://reviewed.usatoday.com/ovens/news/freescale-semiconductor-sage-appliance-concept-could-replace-microwave-ovens https://reviewed.usatoday.com/ovens/news/freescale-semicondu... Edit: https://www.microwaves101.com/encyclopedias/solid-state-microave-ovens https://www.microwaves101.com/encyclopedias/solid-state-micr... https://www.comsol.com/blogs/optimizing-microwave-ovens-with-solid-state-rf-cooking/ https://www.comsol.com/blogs/optimizing-microwave-ovens-with... https://community.nxp.com/t5/NXP-Designs-Knowledge-Base/Solid-State-Microwave-Oven-using-RF-Technology/ta-p/1122475 https://community.nxp.com/t5/NXP-Designs-Knowledge-Base/Soli... https://www.nxp.com/company/blog/how-to-build-a-better-microwave-oven-using-solid-state-rf:BL-HOW-TO-BUILD-BETTER-MICROWAVE-OVEN-RF https://www.nxp.com/company/blog/how-to-build-a-better-micro... https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/the-future-of-microwave-cooking-is-solid-state-2016-01/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/the-future-of-...
- ryandrake 4y ago
  Definitely tongue in cheek, but it's almost halfway believable. For every commenter here who talks about how they prefer their gas stove for [attribute A], [attribute B] and [attribute C], a commenter jumps in like clockwork to reply with the same "Have you tried induction, bro?" comment. Eerie...
  - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
    That's because induction is magic, which the owners enjoy, and like to share their enjoyment. giggle
thedougd 4y ago
I have envy. I'm only one year into my second home with a gas range and I'm over it. It has excellent control (compared to traditional electric), however I find the rest of it frustrating. Any grease splatter and I'm removing and cleaning grates, surfaces, and caps. There are burners that are slower to light than others, so I'm regularly fiddling with cleaning out the orifices. I'll consider moving to induction after I get my electrical panel upgraded.
- illegalsmile 4y ago
  I remodeled my house and put in a gas line but also upgraded the electrical to the stove outlet so it would take any modern range. I went with gas because induction was relatively new, relatively expensive and I had never used it. Then youtubers started using induction hot plates, then my neighbors bought an induction stove and I was sold. You mentioned the biggest downside for me and that's the cleaning aspect with the grates. My grates are some sort of rugged cast steel so they tear up my scrubby pads, they don't fit in my sink well and all it takes is a couple days of cooking to create a mess on all surfaces of the range. Just this morning I was making tea, looking at the stove and thinking to myself "gdi I have to clean this thing again." Even when I stay on top of it the ease of cleaning is nothing like wiping down a flat glass surface.
wink 4y ago
I've not had one myself but all my friends are so hung up on some annoying details of most induction stoves that I am kinda ok with my old normal electric one (never had gas, it's not very common around here). Details include: The touch screen not reacting well, esp if you spilled something, a magnetic fob to enable it and no way to properly store it, insane cost should you drop something and damage it (ok, that one's far-fetched)...
MDWolinski 4y ago
To use copper pans (or any non-induction pan) is to use a transfer plate, which allows the induction to work and heats up in a traditional electric way.
punyearthling 4y ago
I imagine as more people adopt induction it'll get cheaper. I think most folks just assume it's an over-priced electric stove, so there's a learning curve to adoption. Anecdotally, I love my induction. It saves me so much time! When I first bought it a few years back, I was razzed quite a bit by co-workers whose only personality trait was they liked food. "You can't char peppers!" they'd exclaim. It's so funny to me to see so much passion for gas stoves.
- tomatotomato37 4y ago
  That's something that could happen. What could also happen is that builders and landlords use it as an excuse to cheap out on kitchen appliances even further while charging the same, the majority of potential gas stoves gets replaced with cheap underpowered coil ones, and the quality of life of the lower 95% degrades even further
- basch 4y ago
  Ikea has theirs priced under $1000. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/saerdrag-induction-cooktop-black-80462068/ https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/saerdrag-induction-cooktop-blac... I have their portable, which I think cost me $40 at the time, up to $70 now. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tillreda-portable-induction-cooktop-1-zone-black-30546508/ https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tillreda-portable-induction-coo... It's well worth trying a portable one, especially if you don't have a slow cooker or pressure cooker already.
  - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
    39,90EUR in white, 49,90EUR in black in Germany, right now(including sales tax). I wonder why the difference is so wide, and if that applies to other induction cooking appliances in the US-market, too?

_puk 4y ago

The Induction Industry Is Paying HN Influencers to Gush over Induction Stoves (2023) Tongue in cheek, but nowadays it's so hard to establish what is a genuine appraisal and what isn't..

kelipso 4y ago
Yeah really, that's why the smart thing to do is to attack the other side first haha. Also the anti gas stove thing feels like the most blatantly astroturfed indoctrination project in quite a while.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
  Still can't understand the OUTRAGE. And I'm no-ones shill. Just happy to have them, because once you've tried them(good ones, with appropriate electrical installation) you're hooked, and don't want to go back, ever. Maybe it's a cultural thing, Wild West, Cowboys, camp fire, which turned into phrases like 'Now you are cooking with gas!'. From the outside it just looks like slum, favela, ghetto-style, third-world. Uncivilized. Like much of your electrical installations, no matter if on the in- or outside :-)
  - pandaman 4y ago
    What is there to understand? Tastes differ, your tastes in particular differ from some other people. Forcing your tastes on other people is as same as forcing other people's tastes on you. What would you say if your induction was to be banned?
    - LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
      Probably shrugging it off, and getting the next better thing, which would be the reason for the ban, I guess? Edit: Optionally crying out loud in public on all available channels for being victimized, and insisting on subsidies for the next better thing!
      - pandaman 4y ago
        So this >From the outside it just looks like slum, favela, ghetto-style, third-world. Uncivilized. means you'd be fine with gas stove if electric had been banned by the government? Could have fooled me.
        LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
        > and getting the next better thing... Implying an improvement, like phased array semiconductor microwaves, or something like that. Edit: Don't laugh, that actually was 'on the radar' about 10 years ago. IIRC the availability of the parts went away because the producing company has been bought by another, shifted goals, whatnot else. Anyways, no Sci-Fi: https://patents.google.com/patent/CN202733981U/en https://patents.google.com/patent/CN202733981U/en https://reviewed.usatoday.com/ovens/news/freescale-semiconductor-sage-appliance-concept-could-replace-microwave-ovens https://reviewed.usatoday.com/ovens/news/freescale-semicondu... Edit: https://www.microwaves101.com/encyclopedias/solid-state-microave-ovens https://www.microwaves101.com/encyclopedias/solid-state-micr... https://www.comsol.com/blogs/optimizing-microwave-ovens-with-solid-state-rf-cooking/ https://www.comsol.com/blogs/optimizing-microwave-ovens-with... https://community.nxp.com/t5/NXP-Designs-Knowledge-Base/Solid-State-Microwave-Oven-using-RF-Technology/ta-p/1122475 https://community.nxp.com/t5/NXP-Designs-Knowledge-Base/Soli... https://www.nxp.com/company/blog/how-to-build-a-better-microwave-oven-using-solid-state-rf:BL-HOW-TO-BUILD-BETTER-MICROWAVE-OVEN-RF https://www.nxp.com/company/blog/how-to-build-a-better-micro... https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/the-future-of-microwave-cooking-is-solid-state-2016-01/ https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/design/the-future-of-...
ryandrake 4y ago
Definitely tongue in cheek, but it's almost halfway believable. For every commenter here who talks about how they prefer their gas stove for [attribute A], [attribute B] and [attribute C], a commenter jumps in like clockwork to reply with the same "Have you tried induction, bro?" comment. Eerie...
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
  That's because induction is magic, which the owners enjoy, and like to share their enjoyment. giggle

thedougd 4y ago

I have envy. I'm only one year into my second home with a gas range and I'm over it. It has excellent control (compared to traditional electric), however I find the rest of it frustrating. Any grease splatter and I'm removing and cleaning grates, surfaces, and caps. There are burners that are slower to light than others, so I'm regularly fiddling with cleaning out the orifices. I'll consider moving to induction after I get my electrical panel upgraded.

illegalsmile 4y ago
I remodeled my house and put in a gas line but also upgraded the electrical to the stove outlet so it would take any modern range. I went with gas because induction was relatively new, relatively expensive and I had never used it. Then youtubers started using induction hot plates, then my neighbors bought an induction stove and I was sold. You mentioned the biggest downside for me and that's the cleaning aspect with the grates. My grates are some sort of rugged cast steel so they tear up my scrubby pads, they don't fit in my sink well and all it takes is a couple days of cooking to create a mess on all surfaces of the range. Just this morning I was making tea, looking at the stove and thinking to myself "gdi I have to clean this thing again." Even when I stay on top of it the ease of cleaning is nothing like wiping down a flat glass surface.

wink 4y ago

I've not had one myself but all my friends are so hung up on some annoying details of most induction stoves that I am kinda ok with my old normal electric one (never had gas, it's not very common around here). Details include: The touch screen not reacting well, esp if you spilled something, a magnetic fob to enable it and no way to properly store it, insane cost should you drop something and damage it (ok, that one's far-fetched)...

MDWolinski 4y ago

To use copper pans (or any non-induction pan) is to use a transfer plate, which allows the induction to work and heats up in a traditional electric way.

punyearthling 4y ago

I imagine as more people adopt induction it'll get cheaper. I think most folks just assume it's an over-priced electric stove, so there's a learning curve to adoption. Anecdotally, I love my induction. It saves me so much time! When I first bought it a few years back, I was razzed quite a bit by co-workers whose only personality trait was they liked food. "You can't char peppers!" they'd exclaim. It's so funny to me to see so much passion for gas stoves.

tomatotomato37 4y ago
That's something that could happen. What could also happen is that builders and landlords use it as an excuse to cheap out on kitchen appliances even further while charging the same, the majority of potential gas stoves gets replaced with cheap underpowered coil ones, and the quality of life of the lower 95% degrades even further
basch 4y ago
Ikea has theirs priced under $1000. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/saerdrag-induction-cooktop-black-80462068/ https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/saerdrag-induction-cooktop-blac... I have their portable, which I think cost me $40 at the time, up to $70 now. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tillreda-portable-induction-cooktop-1-zone-black-30546508/ https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tillreda-portable-induction-coo... It's well worth trying a portable one, especially if you don't have a slow cooker or pressure cooker already.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
  39,90EUR in white, 49,90EUR in black in Germany, right now(including sales tax). I wonder why the difference is so wide, and if that applies to other induction cooking appliances in the US-market, too?