Which hob do I want??

[Mrspimplepopper]

Bit of a boring one but anyway..

Finally having kitchen renovated, had my heart set on am induction hob. After have a huge chunky pain in the ass to clean gas one.

Now hubby is saying the induction hob will use too much electric (cost too much compared to gas or normal electric) and I'm feeling confused.

I wanted the induction because it's mega easy to clean, very responsive heat control ( I've had both gas and normal electric in the past)

Anyone have any advice or know of any easy yo clean gas hobs???

Thanks for reading

I have gas after having old stylee electric and induction in the past. I wouldn't want electric again, and certainly not now, but yes, gas hob isn't as easy to clean. That said, I rarely do more than wipe mine down. 'Proper' clean doesn't need to happen that often. What you can't do is leave stuff to burn on, but we don't do that anyway.

Induction is terrible for EMF and can cause you to become unwell if you are sensitive. They now carry health warnings

We have induction now. I had gas and normal electric ones over the years (30 years cooking on my own) as well.

Normal electric takes ages to heat up, you need to really know your hob to know when to turn it up or down.

Gas is great but the hob is not easy to clean.

I love that my induction hob means it heats up very quick, I can use it as an addition to the worktop and that's vital as we have a tiny kitchen.

If I had my old huge family style kitchen with lots of space I may have stayed wiht gas.

I have induction and wouldn't go back. Responsive as gas and cleaning it is just giving it a wipe alongside the worktop. I've no idea of the maths on the electricity usage but I would imagine it needs less as it only heats the pan, not the surrounding area.

I'd have gas if you can. We have induction and it's good, but tbh it's only because there's no mains gas where we live.

There's various things onine to buy or youtube tutorials to watch that make the cleaning easier. Or hob covers for when you just need to hide your dirty gas hob and come back to it later!

www.amazon.co.uk/WENKO-DIE-BESSERE-IDEE-53901100/dp/B084HZ2R67/ref=sr_1_2?crid=MW448H9UAK74&keywords=gas%2Bhob%2Bcovers%2Bmarble&qid=1662319878&sprefix=gas%2Bhob%2Bcovers%2Bmarble%2Caps%2C63&sr=8-2&th=1

(they also increase your worktop space)

I was thinking of changing to induction but I'm now sticking with gas. I've had two gas hobs - both Neff - both very easy to clean. One was 'gas on glass', current one is stainless steel base. Both have shiny easy to clean stands, and can be scrubbed if needs be but I just wipe down daily usually. If there's been a spillage I spray with kitchen spray, leave for 5 mins, and it wipes off easily.

The main thing that has decided me on sticking with gas was a recent power cut when I was still able to cook.

Induction appears expensive because if it were on full power continually it would use a lot of electricity. But - even on 9 - which I only ever use to heat up the power comes in pulses once up to temp.

Because it heats the pan not the surface (directly) or the air (like gas does) it actually uses very little power in use.

I had an induction hob, I changed my kitchen and, because I live alone, I don't have a fixed hob at all now. I have a single, plug in induction hob (less than £50 from IKEA). If you go for a gas hob I would suggest you get one of these too. Water boils in about 1/3 of the time of a gas hob (as an example). It's clean, quick, and really doesn't use much power in use.