Australian Politics Forum - Induction cookers.

Gordon Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21833 Gordon Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #15 - May 23^rd, 2023 at 4:10pm What I like most about the induction is how bloody fast it can heat up something like huge pot of water. My stove is also 2 meters from my sliding door so I can't cook with gas with the door open when it's windy Also with the induction hot plate I'm confident to leave it on low power unattended, which I'd never do with gas.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56772 Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #16 - May 23^rd, 2023 at 4:46pm Don't you have to have 'specialised' pots n' pans for Induction?
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #17 - May 23^rd, 2023 at 5:01pm You can buy a steel plate, put that on the induction cooker, put your non-magnetic pan on the plate. You lose a bit of efficiency. The saucepans I have have a copper disc in the base and they do not work with the induction plate.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #18 - Jun 10^th, 2023 at 6:53pm I have a Le Creuset saucepan that I had forgotten about. That works fine. Boiled some spuds in it—the induction plate had the water boiling in an incredibly short time! Shallow fried the boiled spud in my cast iron frypan, went fine (OK little bit burned, learning curve.)
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Re: Induction cookers.
Reply #19 - Jun 10^th, 2023 at 8:27pm

Captain Nemo wrote on May 23^rd, 2023 at 3:08pm:

Captain Nemo wrote on May 21^st, 2023 at 10:41am:

I would like to get an induction cooktop and I was happy to learn that all the Master Chef cookware from Coles is induction friendly.

Much of our old cookware would have to go though.

Mind you, many induction cooktops are quite expensive to buy. I suppose over time they will save money on electricity.

Speaking of energy efficiency ... we are having our old Gas storage hot water system replaced with an electric Heat Pump storage hot water system this Tuesday. Cool

Woot, the plumbers turned up on time, did a neat job and tidied up after themselves. Cool

A thing of beauty and a joy forever:

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Please excuse the crappy grass, that is next on my reno list. Grin

Awesome!!!

I’ve been dying to know IF the change over is worth the trouble. What/where are the benefits wrt $$$ savings?

Note : Our electricity and gas bills are outta control here 😩

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Lisa Jones Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 39047 Sydney Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #20 - Jun 10^th, 2023 at 8:33pm Jasin wrote on May 23^rd, 2023 at 4:46pm: Don't you have to have 'specialised' pots n' pans for Induction? Yes you do. It’s a bit of a bugger too. Nothing beats a gas stove cooktop IMO.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #21 - Jun 11^th, 2023 at 7:51am Induction reaches boiling temperature much faster than gas! Cheaper too.
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Re: Induction cookers.
Reply #22 - Jun 11^th, 2023 at 11:30am

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 10^th, 2023 at 8:27pm:

Captain Nemo wrote on May 23^rd, 2023 at 3:08pm:

Captain Nemo wrote on May 21^st, 2023 at 10:41am:

I would like to get an induction cooktop and I was happy to learn that all the Master Chef cookware from Coles is induction friendly.

Much of our old cookware would have to go though.

Mind you, many induction cooktops are quite expensive to buy. I suppose over time they will save money on electricity.

Speaking of energy efficiency ... we are having our old Gas storage hot water system replaced with an electric Heat Pump storage hot water system this Tuesday. Cool

Woot, the plumbers turned up on time, did a neat job and tidied up after themselves. Cool

A thing of beauty and a joy forever:

https://i.imgur.com/ynViQ7q.jpg

Please excuse the crappy grass, that is next on my reno list. Grin

Awesome!!!

I’ve been dying to know IF the change over is worth the trouble. What/where are the benefits wrt $$$ savings?

Note : Our electricity and gas bills are outta control here 😩

Too soon to tell how the bills will work out plus I have the added difficulty of comparing prior bills because we also had a reverse-cycle air conditioner put in around the same time. Cheesy

We used to rely solely on a gas wall furnace for heating.

My hope is that the gas bill will drop in proportion to the increase in the electricity bill. Time will tell.

However, the up-front cost of the heat pump is quite large, so this is more about the long term benefit from consuming less energy since the heat-pump is the most efficient method for heating the water.

Will be interesting to see how the gas bill and electricity bill track though.

Into the mix will be that horrible 20 - 30% increase in electricity prices later this year. Angry

Things should improve once our bigger Solar panel array and battery are installed ... hopefully by August / September.

I have a bit of a pipeline of work that is being held up by the replacement and extension of the carport. That has still not commenced and the roof restoration has to follow that, then finally the new Solar system.

They say patience is a virtue. Undecided

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #23 - Jun 11^th, 2023 at 2:59pm I have a long, narrow shed running roughly north-south. I reckon getting some of the smaller, secondhand solar panels and putting them on the roof of that shed will give a nice burst of power in the morning and again in the afternoon, assuming it an be married to the big new panels.
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Reply #24 - Jun 11^th, 2023 at 7:31pm

Lisa Jones wrote on Jun 10^th, 2023 at 8:33pm:

Jasin wrote on May 23^rd, 2023 at 4:46pm:

Don't you have to have 'specialised' pots n' pans for Induction?

Yes you do.

It’s a bit of a bugger too.

Nothing beats a gas stove cooktop IMO.

Yes gas is the best. Haven't tried induction but thinking about getting a portable induction cook plate.

Last time we replaced the oven we had to swap to electric from gas as we couldn't get a gas replacement. Electric oven is absolute crap. Just about to replace it in about a week.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #25 - Jun 12^th, 2023 at 4:24pm Food idea, DNA. Induction heats faster than gas BTW.
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Reply #26 - Jun 15^th, 2023 at 8:14pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 11^th, 2023 at 7:51am:

Induction reaches boiling temperature much faster than gas! Cheaper too.

Not in MY kitchen, it doesn't.
When we designed and built the new kitchen, we were determined the best looking - and best operating, "made to measure" kitchen" that money could buy.

But why stop there, we thought.
We also added the top-of-the-range Scanpan copper cookware - and a full contingent of Japanese knives.

With solar power, low star rated appliances, heat-pump hot water, washing machine and clothes dryer - and fully electric car.

The only remaining "relic" from the fossil fuel age is the hot plates on the stove, fed by a small barbecue gas bottle - so I was looking forward to the swap to induction plates.

Alas, no chance.

The Scanpan cookware set I have, is "incompatible" with the induction plate system - as their copper content is too high.
I don't want to ditch a few thousand dollars' worth of the best cookware I've ever used, so I've got quite a lot of weighing up 'pros and cons' to do.

https://www.whirlpool.com/blog/kitchen/induction-cookware-guide.html

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #27 - Jun 15^th, 2023 at 10:02pm Yup there are pans—and a pressure canner—that I can’t use on the induction plate because of copper in their bases. The pans I can use—induction is fantastic, fast heating and energy efficiency.
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Reply #28 - Jun 16^th, 2023 at 12:12pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Jun 15^th, 2023 at 10:02pm:

I can’t use on the induction plate because of copper in their bases.

This is the issue.
We have a LARGE Scanpan (10 litre, I'd guess) pot which contains no copper for simmering stock, all day
I bought a stand-alone hot plate for this very purpose, not realising was an induction plate.

It works a dream.
Even better than gas.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Induction cookers. Reply #29 - Jun 16^th, 2023 at 1:42pm I got one of those and a 5L stockpot all ScanPan. I have one of Mum’s 3L pans should work
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