Did anyone have to run new power to switch? Our kitchen is far from the electrical panel and our gas range just has a normal plug. I’m worried it will cost >$1k just to get ready for induction between the electrical and the drywall repair.

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Anonymous wrote:The only drawback I had going to induction is I can't cook when the power is out like I could with gas.

That’s what I’m worried about - especially in winter.
I’m not investing in a gas generator.

I’m 44 and have literally never used my gas stove in a power outage.

DP. I have before at a previous house but if I were really desperate, I could use the grill.

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Anonymous wrote:Any concerns about pans “humming” or electromagnetic radiation (especially using the stove while pregnant)? How about ease of use?

Have you already removed or blocked the other all-day electromagnetic radiation sources from your house?
Lightbulbs, the sun, cell phone, etc?

Personally, I live in a Faraday cage. Just in case.

Any recommendations for a reasonably priced induction range with knobs?

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Anonymous wrote:The only drawback I had going to induction is I can't cook when the power is out like I could with gas.

That’s what I’m worried about - especially in winter.
I’m not investing in a gas generator.

I’m 44 and have literally never used my gas stove in a power outage.

My cousin has the touch buttons and I hate it. When I convert our gas to induction I will definitely be getting knobs, not touch.

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Anonymous wrote:The only drawback I had going to induction is I can't cook when the power is out like I could with gas.

That’s what I’m worried about - especially in winter.
I’m not investing in a gas generator.

I have a couple of portable camping stoves that we use if the power goes out.

We have had ours for about four weeks. I’m loving it. I hear humming for first 30 seconds, but then goes away. I also smelled gas with gas stove when starting so I guess there’s always something.

Wouldn’t go back. We were able to keep some pans and buy a few new ones. It’s sooo easy to clean. Love that aspect.

Anonymous wrote:The only drawback I had going to induction is I can't cook when the power is out like I could with gas.

That’s what I’m worried about - especially in winter.
I’m not investing in a gas generator.

Another vote for the Thermador Freedom. You can set a pan down anywhere on the surface and not worry about rings or zones. You can move pans around and your temp settings will ‘follow’ them.

Anonymous wrote:Any concerns about pans “humming” or electromagnetic radiation (especially using the stove while pregnant)? How about ease of use?

Have you already removed or blocked the other all-day electromagnetic radiation sources from your house?
Lightbulbs, the sun, cell phone, etc?

Anonymous wrote:What induction stoves do y’all like??

Thermador Freedom.

We’ve had induction in three different houses in 13 years (we’ve had to move a lot for work). We love it. Never going back. We never had to buy special cookware because we’d gotten a nice set of all clad when we married a million years ago, and it was fully compatible. Nonstick is more of an issue but more and more options are out now and I don’t think we have the same limitations as 10 years ago.

We’ve always had the Bosch cooktop and nothing but good things to say. My parents last year got the LG range and dh and I do not love it. Overall, it is a much cheaper appliance (issues totally unrelated to the induction) and it does buzz noticeably, which the Bosch doesn’t do. Also, the induction pulses and only connects around a limited ring, so you can actually see a halo of bubbles pulse on and off when you’re cooking. I don’t like that feature for precise cooking, and dh (also a cook) separately complained about it. The Bosch cooks consistently and across the whole element.

We have the ge cafe cooktop 36” one for the past 2 years and I love it.

Separate kitchen aid wall oven.