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[–] 53 points 1 day ago (51 children)

Fast heating, wipe clean, works off clean electricity, roasts me less in the summer, doesn't care about the air coming from a window, starts the first time every time, what more could I ask for? I got this cheap plug in one and it dropkicks my installed gas stove in basically every metric.

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  • [–] 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

    The main downside is that your pots and pans need to be compatible. In particular we have a few nice small pans, like actually small, and they work exclusively on the front left burner, and need to be a bit off center. I imagine there's something wrong with the stove or the pans, but it's a class of issues you don't have with resistive or gas stoves.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 hours ago

    There are flat induction adapters for this very purpose, look 'em up, they're cheap. They heat from induction and then transfer the heat to anything that doesn't support induction itself, or is too small to work on a given burner.

    While it obviously defeats the efficiency gains of induction, it's otherwise workable and can help you with everything that can't be put straight on the stove.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 1 day ago (28 children)

    Yeah fast and easy to clean. What more can you want?

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  • [–] 22 points 1 day ago (15 children)

    Physical knobs to turn instead of the tests of the limits of my patience that are capacitive buttons on a cooking device.

    Please and thank you.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    Some induction stoves do have real knobs. Smeg makes one that I have not used so I can't say anything about the quality, but I'm just happy that they exist.

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  • [–] 6 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

    That's an unfortunate company name. Especially for one that makes kitchen appliances.

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  • [–] 5 points 23 hours ago* (3 children)

    It's an acronym for Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla ("Emilian Guastalla Metallurgical Enamelling Works" in Italian). They're actually a pretty high end brand, but yes, the name is amusing

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    Aaand actual temperature control. Not just on/off 100% power.

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  • [–] 1 point 18 hours ago (4 children)

    Temperature control seems to have so much delay that it seesaws wildly and isn't actually useful in practice. I couldn't get mine to boil eggs without it stopping the boil constantly, unless I set it to 160°+ IIRC.

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  • [–] 1 point 14 hours ago

    I've had trouble finding the right setting (particularly with rice in my case) because it does adjust the power output very rapidly and you don't have the temperature interia of a big ceramic pad in addition to your pan. Using cast iron on induction eliminates this problem. But I have a better way for eggs.

    Steam your eggs in a steamer basket. Then you don't have to worry about the water coming back to a boil after adding the eggs and the eggs don't bounce around inside the pot.

    1. Fill a pot to just under the level of the basket.
    2. Bring to a boil.
    3. Add as many eggs as you want or will fit. One egg? Six eggs? Doesn't matter steps are the same.
    4. Steam for about 7-10minutes depending on how you like your yolk. 7 minutes = gooey ramen soft boiled. 10 = fully cooked hard boiled.
    5. Remove eggs and shock in an ice bath to stop the eggs from continuing to cook from holdover heat. This also helps the peeling.
    6. If you want them peeled right away, give them some time to chill fully. Crack the shells throughly, lots of tiny cracks all over, no big in cracked sections. It helps to roll them around on a hard flat surface gently after getting some cracks going. Peel under cold running water, using the force of the water to get under the skin between the egg white and the hard shell.
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  • [–] 1 point 16 hours ago (2 children)

    Maybe not temp control, struggling to find a word, but a constant power flow instead of the on off duty cycle

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  • [–] 1 point 13 hours ago (1 child)

    I've never noticed a duty cycle with my induction, only conventional cooktops. Is that a problem with particularl makes, models, or price points?

    My induction just sets the power output to the level I choose and holds it there. It doesn't hold a temperature, just a power output, so I do have to watch it because setting it to medium will be very different on a hot pan vs a cold pan.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (11 children)

    i guess to be able to cook my food and keep me warm when the power goes out.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 hours ago (1 child)

    As a backup for the induction cooktop I have a propane camping stove and a full gas cylinder. Last power outage when I actually needed it was in 2021.

    Benefits of induction greatly outweigh the minute possibility of the power going out.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    In my life I don’t think I’ve seen a power outage longer than a couple hours, and that was maybe once? I don’t even remember the last time I’ve seen one. Maybe experienced 10-15 in my whole life, with most lasting minutes.

    Am I just really lucky in my area? Or is this the experience most people have?

    Texans need not answer, I already know.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    it happens to me about once a year, where i lose power for like 2 days due to a snow storm

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Where in the hell do you live to see a power outage? I live in the EU and the longest power outage was for three hours when I was a child. That was the only one in my life.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    what more could I ask for?

    Longevity. My first induction lasted 10 years. My second 3 years, my 3rd six months, my fourth weeks. I use a conventional glasstop electric now.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Interesting. Is everything alright with your wiring/electric source? Because them dying in progressively shorter time tells this way.

    Still, conventional electric is not bad.

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  • [–] 1 point 23 hours ago (1 child)

    If there was a problem with the wiring, wouldn't conventional electric also have issues?

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago

    Yes. But the issue was declining then shit quality of GE induction.

    My conventional is rocking it. I miss my original induction, but they just don't make em like they used to. When (if) I find the money, I'll take one more gamble on induction and try a miele.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (11 children)

    I got this cheap plug in one and it dropkicks my installed gas stove in basically every metric.

    like a hot plate?

    which one my hot plate is too shitty to use my moka pot on but i have zero problems using the moka pot over gas

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago (10 children)

    Probably because your moka pot is aluminum (or otherwise non-magnetic) so induction can't heat it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    oh, my shitty hot plate is one of those coils. it's really shitty.

    its problem is that it only has two settings, on and off, and it reaches the desired temperature by cycling between those. and full blast hot boils the water too fast.

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