• Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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    1 year ago

    Even then induction is faster and cooks more even, maybe restaurants need open flame, but yeah I don’t think anyone at home needs gas anymore. If you don’t care how you cook you can go electric. If you really care in many ways induction is better than gas.

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      1 year ago

      Really, the only thing you can’t do on an electric range that you can do on a typical gas cooker is, for example, directly fire a pepper.

      And you really don’t need to do that. You can just do it under the broiler, for example. I also don’t even insist on induction. A mid-range radiant top is STILL better than gas, in my opinion, though the induction is worth it if you can afford it.

      People will bring up woks a lot, but a gas range also can’t draw out the real advantages of a wok and you’re better off with an outdoor chimney cooker or a dedicated wok burner (induction with a small torch or gas bottle) if that’s what you really care about.

      Plus, I must again point out how fucking AWFUL it is to clean a gas cooktop compared to how trivially easy it is to clean a glass-top electric cooker. The time saved cleaning more than makes up for the advantages people list with gas even if we grant those advantages exist. Which I clearly don’t.

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        1 year ago

        many people just have a lil’ torch for when they need flame, presumably vastly more efficient than turning on an entire burner just to scorch a chili

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      1 year ago

      restaurants need open flame

      They don’t; not from gas. The obscene heat it generates in the kitchen alone is horrible for everyone working there.