Gas or Induction hob in new kitchen ?

marmitepotato

Induction for me every time. I'd go for gas if you like to spend time cleaning fiddly bits of the the gas burner, surround, and trivet. With induction, one wipe to wash, one wipe to polish, job done.

GlynD

jack0212 wrote: »

It's induction all the way for me. In fact, I loved my induction hob so much that when we moved I took it with us!

Induction hobs work using a magnetic field so that the pan heats only when it comes into contact with the hob itself. Certain hobs come with a boost facility which means that it can almost be as quick as a kettle when bringing stuff to the boil which makes it economical too. They are more controllable than gas. You can even melt chocolate in the pan because they can be used as a really gentle heat. As for cleaning, they are so much easier than a traditional ceramic hob ( I have cooked with both) because the surface doesn't retain the heat the same especially when switched off. I clean my hob using an ecloth and polishing cloth with just plain old soapy water. It comes up like new every time. Yes you do get scratches in the glass but you get that with a normal ceramic hob too. They are not suitable for use by people who have a pacemaker fitted.

When we put our new kitchen in earlier this year we actually asked for an induction hob but there was a deal on for an entire package of goods from Samsung with an infra red ceramic hob which was too good to pass up. That's why we finished up with the hob we have. We're very happy with it and the ease of cleaning is tremendous.

If you're advising the OP that the induction hob is even better to work with and easier to clean than ours then the OP should go for it.

Lady_Tara

Another vote for induction! I had a Neff one that I left when I sold my house last year and I miss it soooo much. It was super fast to heat up, very controllable and fast to respond to lowering or raising the temperature. I'm now in a house with a ceramic one, which in comparison is much slower to respond. I love the ease of cleaning with induction hobs as I hated getting burnt stuff off all the fiddly gas ring bits (as you can see I'm not the best at stopping stuff from boiling over lol).

richardw

Some gas hobs can only be lit with the electric ignition, no good in a power cut, so if this is important to you perhaps double check this aspect.

GlynD

richardw wrote: »

Some gas hobs can only be lit with the electric ignition, no good in a power cut, so if this is important to you perhaps double check this aspect.

Not a problem really because you can still light the rings with matches.

What nobody has mentioned yet, which might be a help to anyone getting any kind of electric hob is that they're just one ceramic sheet now. No knobs, no protrusions, nothing. That's why they're so easy to clean. I think what OP is saying too is that an induction hob doesn't hold the heat so much either so nothing bakes onto the surface.

That's what does it for us. When the cooking is finished and the ceramic is cool all you have to do is wipe it down. No nooks and crannies to clean.

morganlefay

Justamum wrote: »

At the moment we've got an oil-fired range, and it's like cooking with a tealight which has just blown out! Utter rubbish. We're using a camping gas stove at the moment perched on top of the switched off huge lump of waste metal which passes for a cooker , along with an electric steamer and a table top halogen oven so the work tops are very cluttered.

I feel for you ! We have been cooking in the small oven, of which the bottom half - the big oven - has only two settings apparently - off and incandescent. The oven came with the house and we are due to have the kitchen refitted any minute now so in the meantime did not replace the oven. But a couple of weeks ago a kind friend came to visit bearing supper (because I have just had a knee replacement op) and somehow wrenched the little oven door off, making it unusable. She had no idea that she had prevented us having anything oven cooked, so I smiled bravely and said that it didn't matter at all. I am now cooking in my Remoska, my pressure cooker and my SC, that is until the gas hob packs up, I suppose ! But today we ordered a new oven for the new kitchen, and that felt brilliant !

Justamum

morganlefay wrote: »

The oven came with the house and we are due to have the kitchen refitted any minute now so in the meantime did not replace the oven.

I've had three people in to do quotes for kitchens. I'm sort of dreading seeing how much it will cost :eek: but it needs doing and hopefully will last me for many years so should be money well spent.

A local scrap metal dealer will come and take the range away so that's one worry out of the way. It's going to be into late January/February before a new kitchen can be fitted. Luckily we're getting a new boiler at the end of this month so at least we'll be able to have some heating - it's getting cold in the evenings, and the house didn't come with any curtains, or even any evidence they'd ever had curtains (no tracks, no marks where curtain rails would have been. Very odd. So that's something else we've got to sort out (after deciding on a colour scheme)

jackyann

Love my induction hob!
True, you have to sort out what pans to use, and woks are an issue (personally, I never got on with a real wok anyway)
I have a good range of heat, so I can boil something very quickly, or turn right down for a slow cook.

Justamum

jackyann wrote: »

Love my induction hob!
True, you have to sort out what pans to use, and woks are an issue (personally, I never got on with a real wok anyway)
I have a good range of heat, so I can boil something very quickly, or turn right down for a slow cook.

Why won't woks work? I've checked mine and it's magnetic.

flubberyzing

My mum has an Aga, and also a "normal" modern oven with an induction hob. She hates the induction hob. She describes it as a "right pain" because it takes so long to change the temperature, which you want to do quickly when you've boiled something, and not want it just to simmer.
She's planning to replace the kitchen in the new year or so and says "I'm going back to gas!" Which is what she had at the old house.