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[Risteard]

Not these days, induction hobs are far superior to gas for cooking on.

A couple of bad winters my gas tank outside froze, stopping me from cooking. So I ripped out the gas hob and changed it for induction a few years ago.

 

[davesparks]

Not these days, induction hobs are far superior to gas for cooking on.

Really? I've never cooked on an induction hob so can't really comment, but do they have the infinite adjustment and reaction speed of gas hobs?
I know a few chefs, including my sister, who all agree that electric hobs are inferior.

 

[EalingBadger]

Also, gas is about half the price of electricity KWh for KWh.

 

[Risteard]

Not these days, induction hobs are far superior to gas for cooking on.

A couple of bad winters my gas tank outside froze, stopping me from cooking. So I ripped out the gas hob and changed it for induction a few years ago.

Really? I've never cooked on an induction hob so can't really comment, but do they have the infinite adjustment and reaction speed of gas hobs?
I know a few chefs, including my sister, who all agree that electric hobs are inferior.

Induction is extremely responsive.

 

[static zap]

Induction is extremely responsive.

Has advantage of no flame as well ,
, re-heat a stainless tea pot - No problem !

 

[123]

Really? I've never cooked on an induction hob so can't really comment, but do they have the infinite adjustment and reaction speed of gas hobs?
I know a few chefs, including my sister, who all agree that electric hobs are inferior.

Induction is a lot quicker to heat things than gas, and a lot more controlled.

 

[123]

Has advantage of no flame as well ,
, re-heat a stainless tea pot - No problem !

Is a stainless steel tea pot magnetic? If not, an induction hob is unlikely to heat it at all.

 

[EalingBadger]

Is a stainless steel tea pot magnetic? If not, an induction hob is unlikely to heat it at all.

It's not about magnetism as such, but eddy currents.

Think of the pot as being a shorted turn on a transformer.

 

[static zap]

...a shorted turn on a transformer....

It actually likes a bit of resistance .
(Hence copper bottomed pans are a No No)
--and all that inertia spoils responsiveness--

 

[EalingBadger]

It actually likes a bit of resistance .
(Hence copper bottomed pans are a No No)
--and all that inertia spoils responsiveness--

Indeed.

Copper - too good a shorted turn (though even they have some resistance of course ).

 

[alasdairp]

Not these days, induction hobs are far superior to gas for cooking on.

I prefer to cook using a gas hob and an ordinary electric oven. Induction hobs are very energy efficient but the high-frequency EMFs around the hob that the cook is exposed to when it is in use can even exceed the very high ICNIRP maximum LF EMF exposure levels. Such exposure IS associated with the promotion and probably initiation (causal) of various cancers. I would not want any of my family regularly cooking with one.

(As well as being an electrical & electronics engineer, I am also a Trustee of Children with Cancer UK, the largest UK Charity for Child and Young Adult (to age 24) cancer - we research into the causes and treatment of cancer and also fund some welfare work).

 

[EalingBadger]

I prefer to cook using a gas hob and an ordinary electric oven. Induction hobs are very energy efficient but the high-frequency EMFs around the hob that the cook is exposed to when it is in use can even exceed the very high ICNIRP maximum LF EMF exposure levels. Such exposure IS associated with the promotion and probably initiation (causal) of various cancers. I would not want any of my family regularly cooking with one.

(As well as being an electrical & electronics engineer, I am also a Trustee of Children with Cancer UK, the largest UK Charity for Child and Young Adult (to age 24) cancer - we research into the causes and treatment of cancer and also fund some welfare work).

Interesting.

I have just been reading up on induction hobs as a result of my interest being piqued by this thread and it is claimed (of course!) that the hobs do not emit dangerous radiation.

 

[Bobster]

I prefer to cook using a gas hob and an ordinary electric oven. Induction hobs are very energy efficient but the high-frequency EMFs around the hob that the cook is exposed to when it is in use can even exceed the very high ICNIRP maximum LF EMF exposure levels. Such exposure IS associated with the promotion and probably initiation (causal) of various cancers. I would not want any of my family regularly cooking with one.

(As well as being an electrical & electronics engineer, I am also a Trustee of Children with Cancer UK, the largest UK Charity for Child and Young Adult (to age 24) cancer - we research into the causes and treatment of cancer and also fund some welfare work).

Could you please direct me to the research papers proving this?

I have read up a lot on the subject, and all evidence I can find is non conclusive or claiming the contrary.

I wasn't researching for the purpose of an induction cooker, but the principal of EMF is the same.

 

[davesparks]

but the high-frequency EMFs around the hob that the cook is exposed to when it is in use can even exceed the very high ICNIRP maximum LF EMF exposure levels. Such exposure IS associated with the promotion and probably initiation (causal) of various cancers.

This seems contradictory, you appear to be saying that the high frequency emissions exceed the low frequency (LF) limits?

'IS associated' is a bit of an odd phrase to choose, even if research proves that there isn't a link then it would still be associated with the subject, it would just be that the association is that it has been disproved.

 

[static zap]

...... high-frequency EMFs around the hob that the cook is exposed to when it is in use can even exceed the very high ICNIRP maximum LF EMF exposure levels.....

a) My parents have a similar suspicion of Microwaves
, but they struggle to penetrate human tissue as well .
(Eye cataracts are probably a legitimate worry)
b) Returning to induction , pan sizing must pay an important part in stray fields.
c) A little bit of distance soon diminishes risk.