to not get an induction hob?

[Heathofhares]

I need to get a new hob. I want gas. Everyone is telling me I need induction, mostly because "it's easy to clean". I have tried cooking on induction a few times on a few different cookers and have hated it every time. I am a keen (and to be truthful - a very good cook). My cooking is pretty instinctive - and I certainly don't want to program a cooker to decide what temperature to cook a steak at! I want a hob for cooking - not for cleaning so...please tell me why IABU...

Personally, I prefer induction.

You're not being unreasonable though. You have whatever you want and find easier/more pleasant to use!

I've had this smeg one, 90cm so good size. https://ao.com/product/sim693wldr-smeg-dolce-stil-novo-induction-hob-black-79211-39.aspx?utmmedium=affiliates&utmmsource=guenstiger.de+GmbH&utmcampaign=Price%20Comparison%7C331615&utmmcontent=0&svcampaignnid=331615&svtax1=affiliate&svvtax2=&svtax3=guenstiger.de+GmbH&svvtax4=0&svaffiliateeid=331615&awc=1952616243944855_31e135631509555a6f06ea1a6889c7b9

Most my pans / steamer stack are procook with Circulon for frying pans/ wok.

It is completely untrue to say they are not safe for children. The very nature of induction hobs means that they ONLY heat the correct pans, therefore they can not heat or burn anything else...the complete opposite to the open, naked flame of a gas burner

Why is an induction hob not safe for children to cook on?

I have just got one, I love it so far. Love the + feature for quick boil when I'm in a hurry. Easy to use, it has a normal dial and 1-9, no programmes.

@Caspianberg

You don’t have to program an induction to cook food. You just turn the heat up and down like you would on gas.

Induction is nothing like the old electric hobs

Agreed.

Fair enough if you prefer gas, but you don't appear to understand how cooking on an induction works.

Yes why not safe for children? What age children?

Have ceramic love it

Well I read up a bit about how induction works. And it's a really strong magnetic field that makes it work. Hence not safe for pacemakers. And it does seem more child friendly as the hob does not get hot. But radiation levels are safe for adult bodies, not children's littler bodies. It's all to do with your acceptance of risk, gas might not be safer for a house with clumsy children in it. I just mentioned it as no-one else had.

Hang on...

Radiation

Gas is going to be phased out over the next few years because of its impact on carbon emissions. How long do you want to have the oven/live in the hosue?

I prefer gas over even the most high tech expensive responsive induction hob. It.Is.Not.The.Same

When we redo our kitchen I am sticking with gas.

@ICanSmellSummerComing

Hang on...

Radiation

Agreed 🤣🤣🤣... the "radiation" hasn't killed either of my children in 12 years. But I am happy that from the age of 9/10 they could cook themselves a simple meal safely

I hate mine. You’ve done the right thing.

It's electromagnetic radiation, non-ionising. Said to be safe for the home environment. Apart from if you wear a pacemaker. Personally not something I would chose to install.

If you’re a properly good cook you won’t have a problem with Induction and may even prefer it. It’s more responsive to heat and so suffers fools less gladly than gas where most of the heat disipates away from the pan. Funnily enough cooking on Induction is much, much more similar to traditional cooking methods like cooking over hot coals on a stove than gas is.

May I ask about induction hobs?
(I think the place I’m buying has an induction hob thing because the top is flat and shiny) It could be a ceramic hob, which is basically an electric hob with a smooth easy to clean top.

1. How can I tell if it is definitely an induction hob? Put an aluminium pan on and see if it heats up.

2. Do I need special pots and pans that’ll work on an induction hob? You'll need pans with an iron base. My Le Creuset enamel pans work, as do my stainless still pans. I don't think copper bottomed pans work if the copper is too thick copper is non magnetic. The only thing I had to buy new was a frying pan and a preserving pan for making jams - my old aluminium ones didn't work.

3. Would the oven be an induction one (or is it just the hob)? Just the hob. Difficult to make the technology work for the all-round heat of an oven

4. What are the advantages of an induction hob? Very controllable, responds instantly. Easy to clean. If you accidentally leave the oven gloves on it, they won't burn even if you try to turn it on ... because it will only heat up if there's something iron on it. Boils water very quickly. Make scrambled eggs etc without burnt on pans - you turn the heat down as the contents thicken, so you match the heat input to the rate of dissipation through the eggs. And you can do this because of the instant response. (It doesn't switch off when you take the pan off, just stops generating heat - it goes instantly back to what it was as soon as you put the pan back)

5. What are the disadvantages of an induction hob? May not work with all your pans, interaction with pacemakers.

I just stayed in an air bnb that had an inductioN hob, we were there over a month and i never got used to it.
It was indeed very quick and boiled a pan of water in the same time that a kettle would.
But it was also fatally easy to burn things when frying , for example, an oinion/carrot/celery base for casseroles etc,
I also for the first time in my life, burned the sugar when making a creme caramel -- i took it off the hob but the mixture was so hot it carried on cooking and got way too dark.
So it's fast but not that easy to control IME. I prefer gas. (And DH cleans the hob anyway.)

Before the idiots scare anyone off remember that ionising radiation is found in all hairdryers, electric toothbrushes, shavers with an electric cord, large stereo sound speakers, and the chargers of ultrasonic toothbrushes. The advice is to keep all of these at least 16cm away from your pacemaker.

@Watchingyou2sleezes it wasn’t a Bora was it?

If you have a pacemaker you need to make sure it’s at least 60cm away from it. Which most hobs will be unless you’re really short

• doesn't everyone d turn the heat down for scrambled eggs?

@ICanSmellSummerComing

* doesn't everyone d turn the heat down for scrambled eggs?

I thought so

If you are going to get induction, get the best one you can afford. They are improving all the time and difference between a good one and a bad one is incredible.

We have an induction hob and I love it , cooks like a dream and really easy to keep clean. Can someone explain about having to program them as I never knew that was a thing.

Cheap induction hobs are little better than old electric hobs. Awful and gas is far better.

However, a decent induction hob is great.i have a NEFF, love it.