Our old cooker had an induction hob. The rings would annoyingly turn themselves down when they deemed themselves hot enough, which meant that things I wanted to stay boiling would go off the boil. I longed for a gas hob again, so when we had the kitchen redone I had a gas job and fan electric oven. That goes down to 80 which is what I'm assuming I would cook meringue at. As someone said, just remember to take off 20 degrees when baking to a recipe (unless it gives the fan heat in the recipe of course). We have a small grill/top oven and warm the plates in that - the heat from the main oven does the job nicely. It wasn't until after we'd had the gas hob fitted that I started reading how bad they are for the planet. But we have gas central heating so it made sense to me to take the pipe into the new kitchen while we had the chance.
Ours does seem to be miserly with the electricity. Hob and small oven use quite a bit when heating up and then it goes right down to practically nothing unless you open the door. Haven't used big oven yet. It has an A rating. Not sure but I think that's not too bad🤔
AH yes I had forgotten that they turn themselves down, terrible if you want to do a stirfry. or boil a large pan. I have a gas hob that is in use right now as electric is to expensive, the electric hob/oven has been thrown into the utility room for the moment, I also have a large 6 ring induction that lives in the barn, it's not wired in at the moment but it comes from the place I volanteer so I have plenty of experience with it, it's also one that will switch off at the slightest thing, if you try to shake a pan it will turn off, turn a pan round to fast and it turns off, put something down somewhere else on it, BEEP BEEP BEEP. The most annoying thing is that it turns off when you lift the pan and doesn't turn back on again when you set it down again, so if you are doing pancakes you have to turn the hob back on after every single pancake which gets old very fast.
All of these issues are software issues when it's working it works fine.
My daughter had an induction hob. I hated it as it wouldn't respond to my fingers. You had to press the glass to turn it on and off and heat up and down but nothing happened when I did it. I like gas hobs, instantly responsive and you can see what's going on. My 13kg gas cylinder lasts about 9 months. I have an electric oven which I like better than my old gas oven, heats more evenly.
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I don't know about gas hobs being bad for the planet, but changing to an induction hob would definitely be bad for my wallet. Apart from the cost of the new hob, most of our pans, obviously the most expensive ones, wouldn't work on one.
I must be lucky - I've never had half of these problems! the rings on my hob never cut out, and when we had a new kitchen done at the last house, we put in an induction hob, and it was very similar, although much quicker in reaction time compared to this one, as this is older. I'd never have a gas hob again, even without the eco issues.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm with @fairygirl - I love my induction hob. It's so responsive. I can defrost frrozen soup in a pan on setting 1 Very gentle heat for basmati rice - 2 Gentle simmer - 3 Bring a pan of cold water to the boil quickly - P Rolling boil 8-9 An average boil - 7 e.g. for pasta
Now I've used it enough to know the settings I think it's great. It's also just a sheet of glass that is mostly cool, so really easy to clean as nothing burns on.
Useless for sauteeing though as soon as the pan is lifted it cools. I have a solo gas wok burner for saute, stir fries etc. Makes a perfect combination
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My induction hob is very forgiving as far as lifting pans off for pancakes. As soon as I put the pan back, the ring powers up again. I’ve not had any cutting out problems. It took a little while to learn how to use it, and best setting for frying eggs for instance, but I’m quite confident now. Particularly like the timer, which I can set for each individual ring if needed. No more boiling eggs dry, and there is an audible warning when the time is up and the heat goes off.
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It wasn't until after we'd had the gas hob fitted that I started reading how bad they are for the planet. But we have gas central heating so it made sense to me to take the pipe into the new kitchen while we had the chance.
It has an A rating. Not sure but I think that's not too bad🤔
the rings on my hob never cut out, and when we had a new kitchen done at the last house, we put in an induction hob, and it was very similar, although much quicker in reaction time compared to this one, as this is older. I'd never have a gas hob again, even without the eco issues.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's so responsive.
I can defrost frrozen soup in a pan on setting 1
Very gentle heat for basmati rice - 2
Gentle simmer - 3
Bring a pan of cold water to the boil quickly - P
Rolling boil 8-9
An average boil - 7 e.g. for pasta
Now I've used it enough to know the settings I think it's great.
It's also just a sheet of glass that is mostly cool, so really easy to clean as nothing burns on.
Useless for sauteeing though as soon as the pan is lifted it cools.
I have a solo gas wok burner for saute, stir fries etc.
Makes a perfect combination
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.