I have a sister in law who insists on eating all organic food because it's healthier... but also insists on cooking with gas instead of induction for reasons.
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I worked in a restaurant, loved the responsiveness of gas, and was dead set on replacing the old coil stove in my house with gas. But after some research, I took the leap on induction and was blown away.
A full kettle starts boiling in like two minutes tops. No residual heat sweating up the kitchen. I can even shut the element off right before taking the lid off the pot and I don't get blasted with steam. It's more responsive than gas, more consistent, and I don't need crazy ventilation. And cleanup is as simple as it could possibly be, I can even just lift up the pan and give a quick wipe during cooking because the cooking surface itself doesn't actually get hot (except from the heat of the pan, but that's negligible for a quick wipe).
I think the only reason your SIL insists on gas is because she's never actually used induction, or maybe she's just a weird luddite. As a long time gas-supremacist, induction is just better all around.
Working in a very tiny restaurant, using an induction plate is what convinced me it's better than gas AND regular electric.
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That’s like using not hitting your head against a wall to treat headaches.
That's an apt comparison
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Cool research. I've known for a while that electric stoves are better for air quality but I recently learned that they can still be harmful.
I bought a fancier air filter as a family member with respiratory issues may be staying with us soon. This one has a sensor that reads the level of particulates in the room and I was surprised to learn that when I cook it was dramatically worsening our air quality, even though we use electric. Pan-frying on high heat can cause smoke particles that are hardly visible to be emitted and apparently in a small home it can make things quite bad. But I learned that it's dramatically reduced by cooking on lower heat, so that's what I plan to do going forward.
Especially if you are using a coated pan.
Never again, man. That shit is especially bad for you.
It's not any easier to care for, either. Teflon pans need to be handled with kid gloves or they get all scratched up and that shit gets into your food.
Also if you overheat Teflon it releases toxic fumes. You probably won't get it hot enough by cooking, but if you accidentally left an empty pan on a lit stove it could get hot enough.
Yeah, I hand wash non-stick and hand wash cast iron, and the food usually leaves the cast iron cleaner (not to mention the induction only making a humming noise with the non-stick). I've been using cast iron a lot more lately.
I'm learning as I get older that many of the "better, newer" alternatives just straight up suck, and we just expect them to be better because that's what we grew up accustomed to.
Teflon pans and cartridge razors are the two best examples.
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Who knew that an appliance we have been using since the 19th century would be a dumb mistake. 🤷🏾♂️
Who would've thought using an open fire indoors isn't healthy?
Properly vented-to-outside exhaust hoods (not the stupid kind that are built into microwaves and just shoot you in the top of the head with the air) should be required by building codes regardless of range type.
I agree but pretty much all microwaves can have their fan rotated to exhaust external also. It would go a long way to just mandate the required venting to support the orientation.
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Well, sure. If you put someone with asthma in an electric stove set to 450 for several hours, they will never have asthma issues again. But I imagine a gas stove would work just as well.
Is there a link to the research? Can't find it
There's a link at the very top of the article, if you click on it, you will get another article and there you can find many links that take you to the relevant studies
Ah didn't expect it to include the particular one it talked about. Thanks!
No shit, Sherlock. There are tons of different causes for asthma. But yeah: daily inhaling half-burned hydrocarbons is likely one of them.
So what's the next approach of the Captain Obvious institute? Healing asthma by getting patients to quit smoking? Would probably work in a lot of cases... nicotine addiction is still common. I wouldn't call it research though.
Not sure if a poorly conducted study, or just a poorly written one side of the dodgy duopoly fanboy article.
I don't doubt that burning gas is a health hazard in the home, but a longer term, larger based study seems like something that should have happened years ago.
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I've been thinking about buying a hot plate for a while now, this has pushed me to get one. And wow, less than $20 is pretty awesome for 1000W. I rent, and never want to turn my gas stove on again.
Push it to ~$40 and get a decent portable induction. Anything is better than burning fuel in your face, but induction can burn a lot less cooking grease and food too. Proper venting is still important and some level of recirculated air filter goes a long way. Every step helps. Ouch, my lungs!
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