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Furries · 2023-08-16T12:19:07+00:00

A family member may be moving into a property that doesn’t have gas. I’ve only ever had gas hobs, so have no experience of induction or electric. Would be grateful for any feedback, pros/cons etc from those that have them.

Idk about just hobs that are fixed into the side with a separate oven. I've only had electric or induction cookers or ranges.

The 90cm range electric (ceramic) hob was pretty fast and efficient, even though the cooker was 10 plus years old. It's because they require more powerful wiring (something like 35 instead of 13 on a 90cm vs 60cm cooker).

The 90cm induction range was twice as quick as the ceramic range. I know, because I'm pedantic enough to have timed it.

My 60cm fully electric cooker with a ceramic range is hateful, slow, and you have to take pans physically off 'rings' in order to stop things overcooking. That's definitely 13w (or amp? I forget) and I'm sure that plays a pretty key part.

If I owned my own house and only had enough space for 60cm cooker, I'd get a hole drilled in the wall and have a cooker adapted to run off bottled gas. My mum did that, it worked well for her, although she did say she never quite got as much power in the gas oven part than she was used to (I'd get a gas hob/electric oven, I'd only set things on fire in a gas oven).