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Gas stoves fill the air in your home with particulate matter (pm), which has been found to increase cancer risk in the long term.

So next time you buy a stove, consider choosing an induction stove.

Btw, gas stoves being better or faster than induction is a myth. They have certain specific advantages, but they are actually slower.

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[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I've always cooked on radiant electric (not induction) stoves, but gas stoves are amazing. Literal fire just works like nothing else. Faster cooking != Better cooking, why are you conflating them?

I've never lived in a closed up efficient new house either, those seem like anything you cook would be problematic. All cooking releases something.

Will almost certainly stick with electric personally (whole house is electric only) but if I had an unlimited budget it would be gas stove, big whomping vent fan, and ovens with both steam and fan.

Induction worries me because we had an induction plate and it made a terrifying shrill noise, I worry that the high end ones do the same but we can't hear it. Which seems awful for the dogs and cats.

[–] CodeHead@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've got a gas stove and a highly inefficient house. I recently got an air quality detector and yeah, it goes off every time I cook anything on the stove. Not so much if I use the oven.

I'm pretty sure the premise is correct... though unsure as to the degree. I would get an induction stove in a heart beat. Just... you know... cost and all. (Buy the stove, update my wiring to not suck where the stove would go, things like that)

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 22 hours ago

Your data is only half the story though. What would your air quality meter be reading if you were cooking with an electric stove?

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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (5 children)

The only thing I know gas stoves to be better at than other methods is traditional wok. But that's hardly a reason to jeopardize your health for.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You can actually get induction wok thingys.

The induction magnet is bowl shaped, so that when placed in it, the wok is heated all over.

They work, but apparently the really good ones are priced for business kitchens.

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[–] Oberyn@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world -1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

What doesn't?

Even tea causes cancer

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Next time you buy a stove, consider a scheffler dish

We really shouldn't be using electricity for applications like that

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

gas stoves being better or faster than induction is a myth. They have certain specific advantages, but they are actually slower.

If you have 380/400V 16A induction, it's not even close.
But be careful, if you have ceramic coated pans for instance, and you use the high power settings to heat it up, your pans won't last long, as the ceramic may crack because of the fast heat up. We lost 2 pans that way. 😋
We also had a cheap cooking pot, where it developed a crack between the main pot and the apparently cheaply attached heat spreading bottom.
This made the pot sputter because water was collected in the crack when washed.
When I boil eggs, i time it from the moment the water is boiling. But with out new stove, the water boils so fast, I've had to add 2 minutes to the time they boil!!

Our electric kettle is 2.2 kW. But boiling a liter of water on the stove is still more than twice as fast!! Meaning the stove must be putting more than 4.4 kW to the pot, on the smallest cooking spot!!

Obviously that is only possible for 1 spot at a time, I figure the max must be around 6kW combined.

They have certain specific advantages, but they are actually slower.

I can't think of any advantages, gas stoves are slower, they are harder to clean, they give off an insane amount of wasted heat, which is uncomfortable in hot weather, and they noticeably degrade air quality unless you have very good ventilation.

The only possible advantage I can think of, is that you can use cheaper equipment on gas. but not always, because non metal handles tend to get ruined on gas stoves.

All in all induction is superior. 😎

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