2026-10-21 06:00 UTC
BUT [gas] heats 10 times faster
Everything I have seen has said that induction is the fastest, followed by traditional electric, and then gas is the slowest.
I’m also dubious about this “instant control of heat”. Why wouldn’t turning an induction stove off be the same thing? They both stop heating the pan, and then the only heat left is what’s in the pan. The big difference being that the gas option has heated up the room as well, because it shoots heat all over the place, while the induction stove only heats the pan directly. Electric I get, it’s going to hold some heat in the coil, but I don’t see how induction differs from gas in this regard.
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@stickyprimer@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 17:07
I have induction at home and it is fast but not faster than gas. They are comparable. What gas has is a better visual cue for how much power you’re putting out. With induction it’s all invisible and you have to get to know your stove dials, and even then the performance is partly determined by the pan itself so there is a little more guesswork. We got induction because it’s better for indoor air quality, the stovetop is glass and easy to clean, and it’s electrically powered so in theory our solar panels can offset some of it.