Well since the kids have asthma and they are already slow and we are not addressing the root of the problems which is allergens and pollutants that spread all over those miserable homes. I propose a solution

First. Teach them how to clean their home properly
2nd. Get rid of pets. They are animals and they belong outside. That's the way it has
been for thousands of years. Or live with the consequences . Your choice
3rd. They can eat healthy allergen free microwave meals.


I'll keep my range.

My thought is that an air gap between a ferrous disk and a copper pot is not as efficient for heat transfer as 2 disks that are mechanically bonded to each other.
We had the metal disk on the bottom of a stainless pot separate from the pot. When it was still semi attached, we used it a little. When it completely detached, I used it once as an experiment. It didn't transfer heat as well (took forever to boil water).

Yes, you can sometimes get a buzz. In my experience, the buzz is usually worst in an empty or nearly empty pot or a light/crappy pot. Someone gave us a really cheap Al pot that's got a super thin ferous disk on the bottom. That one buzzs like a mofo. We've got some nice, thick, heavy pots, and they don't usually buzz at all that I can here.

Cast Iron and steel pots will hold a lot of heat, but the transfer rate is SLOOOOW. Copper conducts heat like a mofo so heats up and cools off fast by comparison. Aluminum is about in the middle of the two.

Induction is in my experience as fast as gas with some caveats.

It's politics and control

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Interesting question. I don't know. What I do know about the efficiency comparison.

electric - burner gets hot, heat transfers to pot and surroundings.
gas - fire is hot, fire heats the pot and runs up around the pot and heats the environment and the pot's handle.
induction - the "burner" which is a magnet doesn't get hot, but it does cause the pot to get hot. The surface of the stove might get hot, but it will cool really quickly. In my experience, you can usually touch the surface of the stove within seconds of moving the pot, and it's safe to touch. I suppose if you had a big heavy pot that heated for a long time, you might want to wait 1-2 mins.

There is actually someone out there trying to sell induction burners that get installed under your counter top so you could cook right on the counter.

This idiot is a perfect example of the old Reagan quote:
There is no settled science on gas and particulate pollution causing health issue. There IS scientific agreement on Radon.
If you give a rip out pollution look at what happens when the average housewife overheats a teflon pan trying to get it to heat up too quickly!

Freedom is "parfy"...doncha know?

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-administration-we-have-no-plans-to-ban-gas-stoves-173251111.html

Settle down everyone. :rolleyes:

Even if they did decide to ban them....how would they expect to rid the existing gas stoves/ranges??

I think that'd only be effective if the hood was setup to automatically come on any time the stove was on. The amount of time that I turn a vent hood on when cooking is probably less than 0.01% of the time. They mostly just make a lot of noise.

I think most of the nice AlClad stuff would probably work fine, although I'm sure there's variation depending upon what model you've got.

Just like the epa and current wood stoves.

Ban old models. Stop selling parts. Force the sale of new compliant appliances....

Like they did with R12 in cars and R22 in home AC systems.
Also, the comrades in Kalifornia have already started the process with new home construction.

There should be an exemption if a homeowner proves there are no children living there.

lol

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^^^ Just need the proper paperwork.:)

It's just a step up from hillbillies cooking on wood stoves.

It's not just SF - I believe the entire state has banned them starting in 2030 and a lot of city code already does so.. That said, I remember when PG&E blew up San Bruno with their gas pipeline (that was 10y before they decided to try grilling everyone with powerline fires instead)... Honestly I wouldn't mind if natural gas disappeared completely as a supply line to my hood. I was a cooking snob with gas too, but these days I don't even notice I'm using electric. It pollutes, it's expensive as hell when Russia goes to war (my bill tripled this winter gas wise), it blows up more spectacularly than electrical wires too ;-) Not sure everything is "political" vs the simply the march of progress... That said if the govt is gonna push us to all electric, they'd better invest in better grids with cleaner power generation (and stop closing nuclear plants).
I'm hoping to be gas free in a few months - still gotta price an electrical furnace (to use my solar credits). PG&E could still blow up my street though - they actually just retrofitted the line a year ago, bad vibes...

Why get concerned about gas stoves and cooktops right now.

Gawd, possible recession, covid, war in Europe, higher interest rates...

And someone has decided to get excited about gas cooking.

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I always have this...the Deion Sanders Hot Dog Machine!
Rollin...Rollin...Rollin.

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