Tell me about your induction stove!

[HawkinsHollow]

We're going all electric for the new house and wanted to do induction. We got an induction hot plate to try it out. It works pretty well! Boils water faster than the big burner on the gas stove and will go really low too.

There's been enough studies out that show that gas stoves pollute that I believe it, even if my cheap air quality meter can't see it. Burning an open flame is about the worst kind of combustion possible. There is always going to be areas of the flame that are too rich and areas that are too lean, and both will result in incomplete combustion and extra pollutants.

Yeah, I think you posted this in another thread and that might have been why I started doing research on it. And I am glad I did. My wife has respiratory issues, we have a child, etc. It just doesn't seem like the risk is worth the reward. Also it sounds like an induction stove is superior in many ways. It kind of sucks because I paid to have the gas line run to the stove location already. But a small price to pay for the benefits

 

[FullMetalBucket]

I do use a cast iron skillet. Stainless steel also works well.

We bought some new pots and pans but I still like cast iron for most stuff other than boiling water. Mine are nicely seasoned and are super easy clean up.

 

[FullMetalBucket]

Yeah we have been needing new pots and pans.

Do you use cast iron on yours?

@FullMetalBucket I am leaning towards the LG. CR rates them very high and a lot of people seem to like them. Also I like the manual knobs. LOTS of induction ranges have a touch control that I am not super excited about.

It seems to be the general consensus, once you go Induction you don't go back. Very excited to try it out.

The knobs were one of the things we liked as well. I do use cast iron, always have. Just have to be a little careful on glastops with it.

I am an induction convert, I’ll never go back.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

We bought some new pots and pans but I still like cast iron for most stuff other than boiling water. Mine are nicely seasoned and are super easy clean up.

I love my cast iron! My wife not so much. I plan to flatten and polish the bottom of my 2 or 3 most used cast iron pans to use on the induction top. Some things I have read says it helps. I also plan on doing a full re-seasoning of them. But my wife has never really got proficient at cooking with cast iron, so she will be happier with a non-stick set. Need to do more research on these ceramic pans. No PFAS PFOAs

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Ok, now that we have established induction cooking this the way of the future give me some tips on cooking with them!

This is what I have gathered thus far.
-I like the tip earlier about the settings being consistent every time, that is good info.
-Don't walk away from a pan on fast boil
-I read that is is possible to warp a pan while preheating, very short preheat times
-Careful with cast iron or heavier pans, it is a glass cooktop after all.

What else you got?

 

[jmc]

What else you got?

Well, as crude and imprecise and slow and polluting as gas stoves are, they sure are nice during a power outage, even if you do have to find the box of kitchen matches.

 

[RobertN]

Well, as crude and imprecise and slow and polluting as gas stoves are, they sure are nice during a power outage, even if you do have to find the box of kitchen matches.

Our house is all electric. Pain for us in power outages is we lose heating/cooling/stove, AND the well pump. No water is the worst part; once the pressure tank is low, it's hard to flush toilets etc

 

[LittleBill21]

Well, as crude and imprecise and slow and polluting as gas stoves are, they sure are nice during a power outage, even if you do have to find the box of kitchen matches.

thats what a grill is for. I would not buy a stove for the what maybe 1 time a year outage? I will take my wife out to dinner.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Well, as crude and imprecise and slow and polluting as gas stoves are, they sure are nice during a power outage, even if you do have to find the box of kitchen matches.

I have a really nice camp stove and grill. I ain't going hungry in a power outage.

 

[tomplum]

I was concerned about the cast iron, but no problems in the couple of years we have had our GE induction. What we do is, you can turn the burner to max, then click it down 2-3 notches. Stainless works well too if it is magnetic. Strangely, my wife has a set of Amway Queen - like who knows- 30-40 years old- and just the one skillet was non magnetic.
This is whole job with a convection oven- which is great too. BUT, it is also an air fryer. The air fryer oven isn't even close to a counter top job.
I had a smaller cast skillet that I screwed up trying to take a ridge off it. Never got it flat. Kept thinking a commercial grinder of some sorts would be needed. Ended up in the metal barrel.