Is Induction Cooking Ready to Go Mainstream?

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Post by bigwill » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 10:11 AM UTC

Is Induction Cooking Ready to Go Mainstream?
nytimes.com

Re: Is Induction Cooking Ready to Go Mainstream?

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Post by haydenchambers » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 10:53 AM UTC

"in the US" should be added to this title

Re: Is Induction Cooking Ready to Go Mainstream?

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Post by JulianMorrison » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:07 AM UTC

It's all fun and games until somebody sticks their hand in the field while wearing a steel watch.

Re: Is Induction Cooking Ready to Go Mainstream?

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Post by ErrantX » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:13 AM UTC

Ugh, I hate induction for cooking. We have one at home (UK) and it is a pain - you have to be on the ball all the time when making a meal.

I prefer gas or standard electric hobs personally; more fine grained control and actually a little more predictable in my experience.

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Post by hackermom » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:21 AM UTC

Interesting fact: induction heater plates are pretty much standard here today in Sweden when buying a new kitchen - you just won't find any kitchen appliance reseller in the country featuring the normal conductive hot plate stove as the major presence in their full kitchen kits. Conductive hot plate stoves are still the standard presence in normal rental apartments, though.

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Post by stck » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:22 AM UTC

I didn't realise they still make non-induction stoves. I haven't heard that anyone that I know of has bought an old-tech electric cooktop in the past five years. But this is scandinavia, so I guess it's like living in the future.

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Post by hackermom » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:23 AM UTC

JulianMorrison wrote: post #3

It's all fun and games until somebody sticks their hand in the field while wearing a steel watch.

It's just as if you'd have your hand hover over a normal hot plate when messing around at the stove. Things get warmer gradually, you notice it at once, and you pull your hand away.

Re: Is Induction Cooking Ready to Go Mainstream?

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Post by mixmax » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:36 AM UTC

stck wrote: post #6

I didn't realise they still make non-induction stoves. I haven't heard that anyone that I know of has bought an old-tech electric cooktop in the past five years. But this is scandinavia, so I guess it's like living in the future.

That was my reaction too, I'm from Scandinavia as well.

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Post by roel_v » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:56 AM UTC

JulianMorrison wrote: post #3

It's all fun and games until somebody sticks their hand in the field while wearing a steel watch.

Actually, I have an RFID tag implanted in my hand, and I was rather worried that it would blow up or something when I would put my hand on our stove. Turns out it's no problem at all, I have tried everything possible to get a tag to explode, break, get warm or even just stop working, but I haven't been able to find a way.

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Post by roel_v » Wed, Apr 07, 2010, 11:58 AM UTC

stck wrote: post #6

I didn't realise they still make non-induction stoves. I haven't heard that anyone that I know of has bought an old-tech electric cooktop in the past five years. But this is scandinavia, so I guess it's like living in the future.

Here in Belgium & the Netherlands all new kitchens in the medium to upper price class (read: non-rentals) are sold with induction plates, too. I love ours, perfect control over pot/pan temperature, warms up really quick, cools down very fast too, easy to clean.