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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

We still use one at the Armadillo Ranch. I really prefer to cook on it as opposed to the new ceramic top range we have at home. It is however incredibly inefficient where most of the heat flows out around your cooking vessel.

Induction seems like it should be far more efficient than gas. We had a natural gas cooktop at our old house after having a couple of electric cooktops. The gas was nicer in some ways to cook with than electric, but a lot of the heat for the cooktop ends up heating the kitchen instead of the food.

The oven may be different.