Have them in my condo, I find the work fine for the cooking that I do- I cook most days, but it's not high end gormet cooking. The size of both the condo and kitchen is a bit of an adjustment from Mongolia.
^ At least you're closer to the shitter and the cat food
We have outside with gas, great for fish and 12 chilli really aromatic
When refitting kitchen looked at induction but none of my copper faves would work
To be honest its salads these days partner cooks 3 days, i do one and restaurants.
If I was starting from scratch induction is good esp if not set in ways , if need $600 of new pans would take a lifetime on my power use to break even same solar.
Its 38 outside, soon be able to cook eggs on the pick up or as Malteser gourmet OliverReed90 might say
onnit like car bonnet
If you want to test what cookware will work on induction just place a magnet on the pot. If the magnet sticks to the bottom it will work. Cast iron and steel pots work. Aluminium stainless steel and copper do not. Induction stoves are much easier to clean and have many safety features on the better ones such as auto off on boil overs. Some even turn off if the pot boils dry. I have used one for literally years and it has made little affect on my electric Bill. I will put one in my new house when it's finished. They are clean maintenance free and safe. As the glass is not heated by the induction coils (they heat the pot directly) the glass only gets hot from the pot so you can touch the glass 50mm (2") from the pot and it is relatively cool to the touch and spills tend to not bake on and can be wiped off quite easily.
I have both an induction and gas stove, ideal for regular power outages and your induction won’t work.
Fair play like for us 2st world dwellers, aside from Portugal and UK 3 day 1974? week I can never remeber a power outage in USa or many places I jave lived and worked, water yes once in Spain but electric no.
I do remeneber poor folks in UK had slot meters that could be 'wired" so they bought a plstic usb llke thoing an old pal with too many kids would ask me to drive her to some SWEB electric store pre internet to top up.
Of course as we all slow bale and soon be able fry eggs on our tits salads canned abalone and no added heat balcony BBQ de rigeur.
I read its like a Mongolian hot pot over in 40+Isaan and Pajama gals are junping in pools waiting to fished out by hansum man with big rod......................... A refreshing 38 in the tub
^ I think he's referring to Mendy's waist size, although I could be wrong
It needs to be magnetic steel. Many old stainless pots will not work. New ones almost certainly will. If a magnet sticks to the pot, it will work with induction. Aluminium does not work, unless they have put a magnetic steel plate in the sandwich bottom.
For frying pans I prefer forged steel. The type that is almost indestructible. Your children can hand them to your grandchildren, when they are old. I have one hand produced in a hammer mill, where they drive the hammer from a wooden wheel in a small river. The workshop was founded around the time when Magellan reached the Philippines. It has worked using similar methods from then until now. Those pans are very fast and efficient.
My wife prefers non stick, which is less fast.
I would not recommend the adapter steel plate unless you have a very strong reason to use the ceramic. I heard of a woman cooking salves and potions in glass. She used the adapter plate for this.
We both would not change back from induction to conventional stoves. Though my wife says, some things taste better on gas.
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@hugh cow & takeovers - thnx for the tip about using magnets. I used a fridge magnet to test my cookware - some are magnetic, some not.
Can you "decrease the heat" in an induction stove? Example, in a gas stove, you can make the flames smaller. I've used a ceramic stove (it was built-in in the apt - in another country). I burnt stuff on it since I couldn't "decrease the flame" (or maybe I just didn't know how).
Most of the ppl that I know (in PH) use gas stoves. Some of them are mommies w/ lots of family to feed. I think most haven't switched to induction because of cost and gas is "the devil you know".
Where do I get an air quality meter? I need convincing cooking with gas in a well ventilated kitchen is so bad I need to change.
Air quality in NE is not as bad as it is in CM.
Our outside kitchen has gas and charcoal fire stoves. My kitchen is a gas hob and electric oven. I use a metal stand for my moka pot and a disperse plate for simmering.
I've never used an induction hob and am not convinced I need to switch.
Katie, yes. Most people who are used to gas or particularly ceramic electric hobs always turn the heat up high as it takes time for the pan to heat up before heating the food. Induction reduces the time significantly and thats why people end up buring stuff. Induction hobs are no different from other electric hobs in that you can control the power levels and therefore the heat. Just takes a little of getting used to
^^David44 bought one on Lazada or Shoppee recently. I just use the one on my air purifier.
What Science Says About the Health Risks of Gas Stoves | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Troy, those little charcoal stoves a lot of women here in Thailand use cause problems, too. My friend’s mother, after a lifetime of squatting on the floor next to her little charcoal stove , started coughing up blood. Turned out not to be a serious condition but the doctors told her to give up the charcoal cooker as it was causing irritation to her lungs. The charcoal stoves are a big factor in COPD.
^my mom uses an electric-coil stove but uses firewood (outdoors) as backup if there's no power. Prior to the coil stove, she used a gas stove for many years. When it went kaput, we decided that it's better for her to use electric because of the danger of leaks & gas explosions (which sometimes happens here in PH).
I've read the article abt air pollution & gas stoves - very interesting, so thnx for that. The kitchen in my parents' house is well ventilated, so I think the pollution levels are low (but there's no range hood or exhaust fan). In some homes (like my sister's now) - they put the gas tank outside & drilled a hole in the wall for the tube/connector. I think having the gas tank outside would be safer.
However, for those who live in flats or homes wherein the kitchen isn't well-ventilated (and there's no exhaust fan/ range hood), then I can see where pollution from the gas stove may cause problems.
People in PH use similar charcoal stoves, esp in the provinces where outdoor kitchens are still common.
all i can say is its a good job no one on here does a lot of charcoal cooking
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