One of the most important things I do with my gas stoves is when adjusting the temperature I look at the flame. The knob is numbered from 1 to 10 but it seems there are near infinite settings between each number. I would estimate that I actually set it to hundredths of a digit, though it’s the flame height that I’m adjusting. I paid about $400 for the stove new about 20 years ago, it has 5 burners and an oven.
A relative has a electric stove, it has a similar set of numbers on each knob, but it’s manufactured so that the knob clicks into place on each number. There’s no ability to set it to 5.5, or 5.45, it’s either 5 or 6. It has 4 burners and no oven. I don’t know how much it cost, but I know I would not enjoy learning to use it. The heat is delayed, you set the knob and wait for several minutes for the burner to heat up.
Not long ago online someone online recommended a Breville “control freak” induction stove. It looks like it might actually be able to replace the controlability of the gas stove’s flame height with an intelligent electronic control. One burner costs roughly $1500. If I wanted 4 burners then I’d be looking at $6,000.
I’d love to have an electric induction stove, but I just can’t afford that upscale price. Alternatively, an electric stove like my relative has would never be a product I would choose to use.
The slow response stove you mention is a radiant electric stove, induction is much more instant action, and finding one with reasonable knobs is easy these days. (It’s also easy to find ones with digital controls that would confuse more people than it’s worth)
Induction works almost exactly like a wireless phone charger, except that the power (as heat) instead goes directly into your pan’s bottom.
One of the most important things I do with my gas stoves is when adjusting the temperature I look at the flame. The knob is numbered from 1 to 10 but it seems there are near infinite settings between each number. I would estimate that I actually set it to hundredths of a digit, though it’s the flame height that I’m adjusting. I paid about $400 for the stove new about 20 years ago, it has 5 burners and an oven.
A relative has a electric stove, it has a similar set of numbers on each knob, but it’s manufactured so that the knob clicks into place on each number. There’s no ability to set it to 5.5, or 5.45, it’s either 5 or 6. It has 4 burners and no oven. I don’t know how much it cost, but I know I would not enjoy learning to use it. The heat is delayed, you set the knob and wait for several minutes for the burner to heat up.
Not long ago online someone online recommended a Breville “control freak” induction stove. It looks like it might actually be able to replace the controlability of the gas stove’s flame height with an intelligent electronic control. One burner costs roughly $1500. If I wanted 4 burners then I’d be looking at $6,000.
I’d love to have an electric induction stove, but I just can’t afford that upscale price. Alternatively, an electric stove like my relative has would never be a product I would choose to use.
The slow response stove you mention is a radiant electric stove, induction is much more instant action, and finding one with reasonable knobs is easy these days. (It’s also easy to find ones with digital controls that would confuse more people than it’s worth)
Induction works almost exactly like a wireless phone charger, except that the power (as heat) instead goes directly into your pan’s bottom.