To not change from a gas hob to conduction

[TangerineDr3am]

Potentially having a new kitchen and currently have gas. An induction hob would be more expensive, involve the added expense of a new fuse box and potentially be trickier to use but would be cleaner. Will we regret not changing to conduction further down the line?

Love my induction hob and would not go back to gas. Not tricky, easy to use and clean and definitely hasn't ruined any pans!!

I considered but stuck with gas because you can't cook something without a flame eg roti

Will you have to buy new induction friendly pans?

Plug in induction hobs can be limited in power if you have more than one ring on. Things to consider, the size if your usual pans. The induction rings can be small and if you put a larger pan on then the edges won't have direct heat and you are relying on the inner part of the pan to heat the food there and stir that to the edges and bring the non-heated food in.

My induction hob allows me to combined cooking areas meaning I can use a larger pan and it is on the cooker ring circuit. My oven is plugged in to a normal socket but my induction hob is powerful so on the 32 amp supply.

If you spill you can easily wipe it up, if water boils over, you simply remove the pan, wipe up the water and put the pan back on the ring. Mine cost £850 a decade ago and it does say do not use cast iron casserole dishes on it but considering I would only need my cast iron casserole dish around 5 times a year this is not an issue for me. Mine looks brand new, so easy to clean.

I would always recommend induction but in your case cost may factor in with the extra electrical work.

Don't know about fuse box but when we replaced our gas cooker I originally wanted gas hob and electric oven, but as I wanted a separate grill as well it would have meant having a separate cooker switch put in which I couldn't be arsed to organise and didn't want to pay for.

I know. They took us through it in several stores and I don’t want the limited plug in variety as it would drive me nuts so yes would need the more powerful 32 amp variety- at added expense.😫

Fo they crack easily and can you still not use Le Cruset on them? I use my casserole daily.

Yes you can use Le Creuset on them. Just made a casserole in mine this afternoon. And despite very heavy use the hob has never cracked in 12 years!

I think my manufacturer was just over cautious, as I said it was a decade ago. Curset say yes, so check with the manufacturer when you go to buy. Could you not put the induction onto the 32 amp oven circuit or do you have a gas oven too so no 32 amp at all? My oven is a plug in as are lots these days. It is a Hotpoint which is the same as Whirlpool which also plugged in.

I love our induction hob and would never go back to gas for all the reasons above.

The only downside of induction that I can think of is that it can interfere with heart pacemakers. If you have anyone in your family with a pacemaker they should make sure they are 60cm away from the hob when it’s switched on.

No 32 amp at all

Have used induction for 15 years, they are as responsive as gas, easier to clean and I’ve never burnt a pan with mine.

I think those who are evangelical about induction hobs are focussing on the easy clean aspect.
Gas is better for proper cooking

I loooooove my gas hob, induction seems so much slower to me. I'd not be without it by choice.

Yes you should swap. No you will not regret. Went from gas to induction when renovating our last home. We have now moved to an older home with a gas hob again and I hate it.

Hate my induction one. House had a gas one when I viewed it. Would definitely prefer gas.

We moved into a house with an induction hob and only had to replace one saucepan and a tiny frying pan. We actually used my old le crueset stuff now which we rarely used in the old house. My husband did manage to crack it after he dropped a cast iron casserole dish on it. I don't even know how he did that. I really like it but I do miss gas for being able to char peppers. To be honest I probably only used to do that every couple of months so it's not a big loss. I do feel it's the only part of our house that is vaguely future proof.

I am so confused by the love for induction. Can you even use a wok on them?

No induction hobs do not “plug in” FFS. They draw a big current and they need a dedicated 6mm cable direct from the consumer unit (fuse boxes are so 1954).

allow about £350 for the electricians time and materials for the induction hob connection

if your electrics aren’t up to date to allow the hob to be wired in, you need to upgrade your installation anyway. If the kitchen is being redone the extra cost is in the noise.

It's probably worth getting a new fuse box anyway, in case you need any other electrical work doing in the future, some things might not be able to be done if the box isn't modern enough, we had to have a new one just to have more sockets but ours was from the late 80s.

You may well need a new fuse box if you've been using gas - potentially a significant extra electric load. The other potential faff is making all your aluminium pots redundant.

I’d never switch, I hate induction.
we have a nice gas gaggeneau hob which you can control the temp easily (like the majority of decent UK restaurants.)

I was nervous of changing from my familiar gas hob but I adore my induction now I'm used to it. I was worried it would be fragile and it really isn't. Very energy efficient.

I hadn't decided before we had our kitchen done so we ended up keeping gas but having the electrics sorted so that we could switch in the future if needed.

Also went for a thicker 3cm worktop as I think a lot of induction hobs need more space under them.

This! We've got a lovely gas range cooker but planning to sell it and get an induction one for this reason. V bad for health.

I had the choice last year and stuck with gas.