Electric or gas hob

Patchwork1602

With rising gas bills shod I change to an electric hob (not induction).  Thanks 

oldagetraveller1

Gas is still cheaper than electricity. A gas hob is more controllable too. Instant heat and instant off.

Although an electric hob could be with a heating element or halogen

The advice always used to be a gas hob and electric oven.

Gas hob all the way for me.

MattMattMattUK

From a cost perspective gas is somewhat cheaper, gas is considerably cheaper per kWh but a gas hob is a less efficient than an electric hob. 

However from a user perspective I would say neither, get an induction hob, they are powered by electricity, but good ones have a response times that matches gas, they are far easier to clean as well as being safer. 

gefnew

Have a read of this may help.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/energy_saving_tips#xtor=CS8-1000-[Discovery_Cards]-[Multi_Site]-[GR07]-[PS_FOOD~N~~P_HowMuchMoneyCanYouSaveByNotUsingYourOven]

cjeb1

We changed from gas to electric in October when we had our new kitchen put in. It's a multi function oven so can be fan, convection, traditional non fan etc etc. And we got an indiction hob. Our aim is to eventually remove all gas appliances from our home.

I actually think it's cheaper to cook this way, but then I had a very old and probably not very efficient oven which is probably what's making some of the difference.

The induction hob heats up extremely quickly, you're literally only heating the bottom of the pan unlike a gas hob where the heat fans outwards as well as up so it has to be more efficient... and you can feel a little better about your existence knowing you're not using fossil fuels if you're on a green energy tariff

Section62

Patchwork1602 said:

With rising gas bills shod I change to an electric hob (not induction).  Thanks 

If you use gas for other things like fires or boilers then it probably won't make any significant difference in terms of running cost (+/-).

If the only gas appliance is the hob then it might be worth thinking about getting the gas supply disconnected and going electric only.

Ultrasonic

Stick with gas. Whilst gas prices have gone up a bit it is still less than a third of the price of electricity for the same amount of energy (kWh). Even if they were the same price it would still cost a lot to replace the current hob.

The only way it may make financial sense to swap is if the hob is your only gas appliance, but not if you'd still be using gas for heating and hot water.

gefnew

Also if you have a gas hob, you can still cook and keep warm when you have a power cut in your area.
When every body has gone electric what will the back up be, are yes some form of mobile generator using fossil fuel maybe.
Just pondering.

Section62

gefnew said:

Also if you have a gas hob, you can still cook and keep warm when you have a power cut in your area.
When every body has gone electric what will the back up be, are yes some form of mobile generator using fossil fuel maybe.
Just pondering.

One of these...
https://www.campingaz.com/uk/c-595-stoves.aspx

...already used as a backup by many people living in areas of the UK that don't have mains gas.

gefnew

Not for your fridge or freezers or pond pumps medical equipment etc etc etc.
Batteries can only last so long, look at northern power grid when a  big storm hit north east of the United Kingdom.
Power down for days even weeks in some cases.

Section62

gefnew said:

Not for your fridge or freezers or pond pumps medical equipment etc etc etc.

Well, yes.  But then a (mains) gas hob isn't going to be much use for those situations either.

gefnew said:

Batteries can only last so long, look at northern power grid when a  big storm hit north east of the United Kingdom.
Power down for days even weeks in some cases.

It happens.  More often in rural areas where there are fewer customers and more infrastructure exposed to the effects of weather.  Many of the people living in those areas will be aware of the risk and have backup plans in place already.  And furthermore many of those areas don't have mains gas, so the phasing out of gas won't have an impact on them.  Other than perhaps if having more electric-only homes in the more urban areas leads to further demotion of sparsely populated rural areas in the energy company's priority order.