Stoves: What do you like?

I much prefer a gas stove, but most of my life, I've been stuck with electric. We'll see what happens when I decamp to the north country.
 
Milo Maltbie said:
Induction is the best. It is the fastest to come up to temperature and it's temperature controlled so it is the easiest to cook with. It's also also the cleanest and safest. There's no carbon monoxide or chance of gas leaking in your house, it doesn't get hot if there's no pot on the stove and it's temperature controlled so it won't melt a pot even if you leave it on overmight, which could happen to anyone. IT also has the best temprature control. You can use cast iron pots but they will damage the surface if you don't put down paper first, which is a PITA.
Natural gas is better and safer than propane. Those electric resistance glass top stoves are the worst. The slowest and easily damaged, which defeats the whole purpose of the glass top.

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I find that with pots that are too small (some of my favorite pots, like for scrambling one or two eggs) the induction doesn't make sufficient contact and it shuts off.
 
Harvey said:
I find that with pots that are too small (some of my favorite pots, like for scrambling one or two eggs) the induction doesn't make sufficient contact and it shuts off.
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Mine wll work with pots down to about 6 inches in diameter, so that's not a problem for me. The glass top resisistance stove will shut down on small pots or any pot that doesn't make good contact, which is almost any cheap or dented pot.

Now for something completely different: has anyone tried to charge a cell phone on an induction stove? It should work but I'm afraid to try it.

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Brownski said:
Electric cooking is no problem. Electric heat is bullshit
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Yup Electric resistance heat is BS and is only 100% efficient. Horrible option and needs to go away. However heat pump technology is evolving rapidly. Some of the new mini split heat pumps for cold weather will be able to maintain the efficiency above 100% even at -15°F, 200% at 20F, 400% at 45F. I've seen some claiming -22 still at 100%. What is that going to look like in 2030?

While up front cost is currently more, in the long run it will be cheaper to operate than even gas furnaces.

As it is gas furnaces don't operate without electricity anyway.
Not sure why so much resistance to change and complaining from some?
 
Harvey said:
Everything I've read says getting the right size is key. It's not like a fuel furnace where too big is ok.

Maybe I will go with the floor heat. Just seems like an extra expense if you are going to do AC too. Maybe with a 70% open floor plan you don't need ducts. Maybe you could put vents or a fan in. My wife LOVES the idea of heat in the floors, but also wants AC. And if you are doing a heat pump, AC is basically included?

@Tjf1967 how do you do heat pump with floor heat? Our NJ house is Heat Pump with ducts, and it's pretty cheap to run. My insulation isn't killer either.

One thing about planning in advance... I got a different and IMO better garage design by listening to input here.

Probably time to break this out again.
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Harvey there's actually a whole bunch of YouTube covering this very topic of radiant floor heat with a heat pump.

Another thing about those mini splits, they are very quiet, so nice not to disturb those outdoor woodsy sounds.
 
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