Induction hob V gas

suki1964

Professional kitchens are indeed moving to them, have been the past 5 years

I cook Indian and Chinese a lot at home on an induction hob, and yes, I often now burn the rice using the conventional absorption method. Mind my last induction hob I never did have a problem so Im guessing not all hobs are equal

Slithery

I've always done a lot of cooking and used to swear that I'd only ever use gas for 20 years or so because of the poor performance of ceramic hobs.

But for the last few since years I fitted a new kitchen (gas wasn't a viable option) modern induction hobs have been a revelation...

More power output, much finer control, but the killer unique selling point for me is the cleaning. One wipe and your done rather than hours of painful scrubbing - who hasn't ripped their finger open on the little spark-thingy when attempting to scrub a gas hob?

Alan2020

AH1509 wrote: »

Hi all,
Im back with more confusion.
I am currently looking to buy a house as a single applicant and am finding it hard to decide.
I have always cooked with a gas cooker, asian cooking and chappattis and rice cook best on it so I have been told.
I am viewing a house with a brand new kitchen relaced and I guess my question is i’is an induction hob easy to cook on, how is it different to Gas, would i need new appliances and can anyone give own experiences?

Is it a dealbreaker?

Simple MSE tip, stop eating all those Chappattis and Warm food. Eat raw vegetables and cold food, you live longer and save money to fund your longer life :rotfl:

ibizafan_2

We had our kitchen refitted last year and replaced the gas hob with an induction one. After years of only cooking with gas, I wasn’t convinced at first, thinking it would be like electric cookers years ago and not instantly controllable. What a revelation! As a previous poster says, the cleaning is so simple. It’s almost worth it for that alone.

G_M

If you cook a lot of rice, get a rice cooker!

ToasterScheme

adindas wrote: »

If you are cooking a lot you should also take energy cost into account. In term if energy cost, gas hob is generally cheaper.

Not sure that's a major factor. Induction hobs are so much more efficient than other electric hobs that the gas/electric difference is way less than it used to be in this situation.

No flames up the side of the pan which ultimately just heat the air. [Of course heating the air may allow you to turn down the CH]

In any case, the hob element of cooking costs is probably a very small % of the amount you use for space heating.

martindow

There does seem to be an issue with air pollution from gas cooking and especially high levels of particulates in the air. Here is a Guardian article which references the research


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/17/cooking-sunday-roast-causes-indoor-pollution-worse-than-delhi

ToasterScheme

bouicca21 wrote: »

I've been impressed by how much more controllable induction hobs are, and would love to have one. Sadly I don't have a powerful enough circuit.

You can get induction hobs that run off a standard 13A socket. They are slightly compromised because they have to be limited to 3kW - i.e. the four ring one we have limits the total setting to 12 (each ring can go to 10 if the others aren't on).
So not for professional cooks, or really even for keen amateurs. But fine for everyday family use.

We get on fine with it.

Would echo the comment about checking out the lowest setting. Can me hard to do e.g. pancakes cause the hob keeps cycling on and off rather than running at a constant low heat.

s_glover

We have recently moved to a property with an induction hob (no mains gas), having previously had gas. I can honestly say the induction hob is just as controllable as the gas, if not more so and so easy to clean, a definite plus for me. If I ever chose a hob, even with the option of gas, I'd choose induction.

OldMusicGuy

Seems like Ken Hom was right then......;)