Induction hob V gas

greenbee

suki1964 wrote: »

You need to look at your kitchen set up before deciding as tbh, when my last hob went kaput, I thought Id go gas (cylinder) but the kitchen was already fitted with the splash backs and hood and closet cabinet in place which ruled out gas

Kitchen has walls, floor, doors, window and ceiling.... and electricity. Water pipes run through it, but there’s currently no sink (or drainpipe). There is a smoke alarm. Otherwise it’s pretty much a blank canvas, and electricity gives me much more flexibility in terms of hob position.

FreeBear

rosie383 wrote: »

The induction hob is 2.5 years old and still like brand new. I'd hate to go back to cleaning a conventional cooker again. I love my induction hob!

I've only had my induction hob for just over a year now. Love it, so easy to clean, even the pans stay clean. The hob surface never gets dangerously hot, so minimal risk of burns. If cooking something that spits & splatters, a sheet of newspaper can be put on the hob and then the pan on top.

pinkpiglit

coffeehound wrote: »

Do you cook rice the Indian way though? It calls for a very low flame

We do! The lowest setting on our induction hob has less heat than the smallest flame we could get out of our old gas hob. Works perfectly for Indian style rice cooking (it's the only way I cook my rice).

At the other end of the heat range we have a "P" setting (can't think what it stands for) and a decent sized saucepan of water comes to the boil in about 2 mins, whereas on the gas hob it would take anywhere from 5-8 mins.

Slithery

pinkpiglit wrote: »

At the other end of the heat range we have a "P" setting (can't think what it stands for)

It stood for 'full Power' on my old Smeg.

It was brilliant in combination with my boiling water tap - I could have a pan of filtered water on a rolling boil within seconds of having the pan out of the cupboard.

Unfortunately I'm stuck with old electric hobs in my current place, it takes about 20 minutes to get a pan simmering

Slithery

greenbee wrote: »

Kitchen has walls, floor, doors, window and ceiling.... and electricity. Water pipes run through it, but there’s currently no sink (or drainpipe). There is a smoke alarm. Otherwise it’s pretty much a blank canvas, and electricity gives me much more flexibility in terms of hob position.

Bear in mind if you go for a proper fitted induction hob/oven it will need it's own dedicated circuit - standard circuits and even old ceramic hob circuits probably won't meet the requirements. The distance and ease of routing from your consumer unit to the kitchen will have a massive impact on how easy (or not) this will be. Luckily for me my CU was only 2m away and the cable run was going to be under new tiles so making good was easy.

Rodders53

suki1964 wrote: »

If you use stainless steel [STRIKE]or cast iron [/STRIKE]already, you are elected - they work

Mine didn't... They are non-magnetic stainless steel with copper core bases... Going to give to a charity shop for someone else to use. Probably 30 year old, but were a sound investment.

Slithery wrote: »

Bear in mind if you go for a proper fitted induction hob/oven it will need it's own dedicated circuit - standard circuits and even old ceramic hob circuits probably won't meet the requirements.

Never heard of Diversity in the IET regs for domestic cooking appliances?
A single 32A MCB cooker circuit can feed both hob and double oven. It's almost unheard of for all rings and oven elements to be ON at full at the same time.

Best practice is to have the two appliances on separate circuits but it's not always easy to do so. In which case if it is permissible then why not? :T

Slithery

Rodders53 wrote: »

A single 32A MCB cooker circuit can feed both hob and double oven. It's almost unheard of for all rings and oven elements to be ON at full at the same time.

You'd think so, but the last cooker I fitted when redoing my mums kitchen needed a 40A circuit, the existing 32A wasn't up to spec. This was a 5-hob 4-oven beast though

knightstyle

Make sure you get a full power induction hob, not a low power one....https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5983696

When we built our kitchen in France 12 years ago we had a dual hob fitted, 2 induction and 2 halogen, best of both worlds.

Rodders53

Slithery wrote: »

You'd think so, but the last cooker I fitted when redoing my mums kitchen needed a 40A circuit, the existing 32A wasn't up to spec. This was a 5-hob 4-oven beast though

So > 20kW total load (80 Amps+) --- the sums for diversity would suggest?

Murphybear

I cook pancakes frequently and they are perfect on an induction hob.

They are safer than a gas hob because a) they will cut out if you leave something on the hob and b) The hob itself doesn’t get very hot