Tell me about your induction stove!

KennyG · Dec 10, 2024

Our Kitchenaid induction cooktop is absolutely silent. Sometimes I think a little feedback to tell it's on might be nice.

Mtsoxfan · Dec 10, 2024

I had a Samsung induction cooktop. If it hummed, I never noticed. As a retired chef, after learning the temp settings (vs looking at flame height) I prefer the induction. I've had previous experience with induction, which is why we went with it. We did have solar, so it made sense to go all electric for house. Even though power outages were rare, we had a generator as back up. Now that hummed..,.

etpm · Dec 10, 2024

Though I love my Wolf gas cooktop I am considering a change. My wife bought a single "burner" 120 volt induction cooker for outside use and I really love it. It is used similar to a hot plate but it cooks stuff faster and is easy to set at a very low temperature to just keep stuff warm. We use mostly cast iron cookware for frying and the like. I do have several enameled cast iron pots I could use instead of the stainless I use now. But I still need a good flame for wok use. I have seen induction wok cookers but that would entail buying a new wok too. So I have been thinking about a 4 station induction cooktop and a big gas flame for wok cooking.
Eric

rontaki · Mar 16, 2025

ultrarunner said:
War on gas is real… nearby city had a ballot measure to add $3 per therm tax on gas saying we need to get fossil gas out of buildings since the outright ban proposed in 2019 failed…

Was that the formerly great city of Berzerkeley?

ultrarunner · Mar 16, 2025

rontaki said:
Was that the formerly great city of Berzerkeley?

Yes… measure GG

rontaki · Mar 17, 2025

When we moved into my current house, it had an electric cooktop (non induction) that had horrible touch controls embedded in the glass cooktop surface (we use cast iron and prefer iron grates, never have to be delicate with them). We put a Wolf propane cooktop in it's place, and haven't looked back. Love it! Once in a while it comes in handy for heating other stuff, where an induction stove would not work. It still worked when power was out, a real plus when all other methods of cooking are electric.