New build - no permission for gas hob

consumers_revenge

dont worry about induction - its fantastic.

wouldnt have gas or electric hob ever again.

goldfinches

deannagone said:

Problem with an induction hob, is it will also cut out every time a splash of water hit the hob from a boiling pot.  Can be very very irritating to find your boiling veg aren't hot at all and have to get the tea towel out on wipe down duty yet again.  With a family of four, and the small pots you can often buy nowadays, its a constant problem for me.  I wish I didn't have an induction hob. I have to use a humungous stock pot to boil potatoes in now, and still have to be careful of splashes;.

Yes its easier to clean.., also have to be very careful of scratching the surface of the induction hob too.., no sliding of pots allowed.  Pots have to be spotless underneath to help prevent this.  I have a heart attack if my 24 year old cooks on it because he always gets pots grimy underneath.  Its caused a few 'don't you care about this precious pot/hob' arguments as I picture me trying to smooth /clean the bottom of the pots again - very bad if he fries stuff as he likes to do.

A couple of suggestions that might be helpful to you are buying a petal steamer insert like this Vegetable Steamer Basket,Vicloon Stainless Steel Adjustable Collapsible Steamer Instant Pot and Pressure Cooker Accessories : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen which fits a range of pan sizes.
Steamed potatoes taste just as good as boiled IMHO and aren't so waterlogged so make better roasties, mash etc. I find.
Charity shops are a good source of large pans and most of the ones I see are suitable for induction hobs and are a fraction of the new price, well worth popping in whenever you are on your way past.

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greensalad

I'm the opposite. I have induction and hate it, can't wait to get back to gas in our new place. Plus it means I can use a pressure canner without fear of the glass cracking under the weight!

FreeBear

deannagone said: Problem with an induction hob, is it will also cut out every time a splash of water hit the hob from a boiling pot.

Have had an occasional splash of water over the control panel causing a power down, but splashes elsewhere, my hob just keeps going. And even although mine is a cheap one (paid £90 in a half price sale at B&Q), I can't fault it. The only downside is having to be a little more selective when shopping for new pans.

deannagone

Perhaps that's my problem, I went a bit OTT and came across a new Neff one at a good price.  I so wish I'd gone for a gas hob.  Particularly as it means my prized collection of 10 Costco saucepans that cost £180 and were large enough for me to use easily, (could cook anything with them) wouldn't work on the induction hob.  

No longer a member of Costco so even though they now have induction friendly sets, I can't get them grrr!  I'm now stuck with a set of three almost as expensive saucepans that are good (I had a cheap small set before this to replace the costco set) there just aren't enough of them lolol.

To have the hob cut out so much is a continual reminder of my stupid decision lol.  Looks nice, not as user friendly as I'd like. When my oh so distractable son uses it and leaves something on .., the fire alarm goes off before the hob cuts out due to overheating of the hob.  Yes I have on occasions banned him from cooking lol.

I had a new kitchen put in.., all looks very pretty and I put some expensive appliances in it.  Which I now rue..,, expensive samsung microwave with all sorts of special heating ways.., I don't use any of them.., all they do is dry the food out (its supposed to be an oven and other things as well).  I'd have been just as good with a basic microwave that cost a quarter of the price.  Same with my expensive washing machine (Samsung again).  It has mini doors you can put the odd forgotten sock in.., what the manual doesn't tell you is it flops open when you close the door, or tap the machine when you go near it .., trying to close a door without another one flopping open is almost impossible lol.  Again, would have been just as good with a washing machine for half the price.  I have yet to get it to actually put any conditioner in a washload.  No idea why it won't.  I only use a couple of wash programmes in it.  No idea why I thought either of these appliances were necessary now lol.

First world problems though.  But also makes me laugh at my stupid idea of the kitchen I wanted.., really was a bit of a waste of money.  Good job I appreciate irony ha ha. It was supposed to make life easier with disabilities with less bending, kneeling and standing.. not quite worked out as I imagined as I stand guard over boiling potatoes to make sure they stay boiling.

Slithery

deannagone said:

Problem with an induction hob, is it will also cut out every time a splash of water hit the hob from a boiling pot.

You need a better hob.

Mine has never done that and it has splashes on it all the time.

SameOldRoundabout

My Neff never cut out with splashes, not once. I’d query it with Neff tbh. 

I’m another induction convert. It takes a few weeks to adjust your cooking style but life is so much easier! So clean, so easy to control and there’s even a pause function and child lock. 

We had induction on our old house and loved it. Moved here and there was only gas, I’ve lost count of how many times we burnt ourselves on hot handles, that doesn’t happen with induction. Its hot to touch but not burning hot. And if you spill or overflow you can lift the pan, wipe with kitchen roll and carry on!

Doozergirl

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Ridiculous that they are still installing gas central heating. Down the road someone, you if you stay there, is going to have to shell out of a lot of money to get it replaced with a heat pump. Much cheaper to just install one now.

It really isn't.  We've set up
our UFH and can run a 22mm pipe to outside for a heat pump, but no way was I paying £12k to install a heat pump that still would still cost twice as much to run as a boiler.  I'll wait, thanks.  

Doozergirl

Slithery said:

deannagone said:

Problem with an induction hob, is it will also cut out every time a splash of water hit the hob from a boiling pot.

You need a better hob.

Mine has never done that and it has splashes on it all the time.

It's just the control panel on ours, it beeps angrily and turns off it if gets deluged or if someone puts a hot pan on it.  It makes sense that something that reacts to the touch of a finger isn't going to be delighted by getting very hot.   The rings don't react at all though, and it's rare - once we worked out to leave the control area well alone.  

The hobs are so responsive, overspills shouldn't happen. Putting the ring on level 7 won't see a pan overflow, but 9 would as it's hard boil.    It's a lack of cooking ability causing it - doesn't stop it from being frustrating if it happens regularly.