we made some wonderful scallops in this pan
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but here again a wonderful pan and so versatile and so responsive to heat on the flame
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well it will definitely not work on an induction range that is a glass material and glass is definitely not magnetic
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so what's my problem with these and why don't they fit my particular needs well it comes down to two words cookware compatibility
Cites induction compatible (against)
I love cooking with gas because well it is just immediate there is so much Precision you can dial it down or turn it up as much as you need and you know exactly how much heat is being output because well it's highly visible you never need to worry about leg time or latency issues with gas stoves because well when you…
Cites heat control, heating speed
I am dreaming of replacing it with a wolf when I remodel my kitchen
my range really is on its last legs it's 40 years old and dying quickly
Owned 40 years
now these don't cost very much I bought this one new in the box many years ago at the thrift store but getting something like this and just dipping your toe in the induction Waters can save you a whole lot of money and headaches and let you kind of test things out before you go full boat and get a whole induction…
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here's my advice before you go out and spend thousands of dollars uh get one of these this is just a little induction stove just a portable burner these plug into a wall they're just electric they don't require any like special voltage you can just plug them into a wall outlet
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there's also another aspect of gas ranges that I utilize guys and that is charring you might have remember when we toasted those tortillas where we just held those tortillas directly over the flame no cookware needed that is a special application that you could do with gas but you couldn't do with an electric stove
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there's also the broiler element as well if you're into broiling and you really want that flame Char there again a gas range is going to give you that
well this would be a nogo on induction
Cites induction compatible (against)
it's got this nice stainless steel interior but the outside well this is aluminum and that means that this would not work on an induction stove
Cites induction compatible (against)
it only requires a feris magnetic material something like cast iron which is well it could be centuries old can work on an induction burner
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we used some lovely wolf ranges commercial of course and those things were wonderful
I see a lot of like nonstick pans that are all scratched up and they just they're really janky pass on those you're not going to want to cook on those nor are you going to want those in your house
Two judgements rest on this sentence:
- recommendation about Non-Stick Cookware
- durability about Non-Stick Cookware cites coating (against)
and you can kind of get a feel for what it would be like to cook on an induction range
but in the end for me I just love gas ranges now I know they have their downsides and I made a video on that that I'll link to in the description below but the upsides outweigh the downsides for me
this wouldn't be the issue with standard electric ranges something with that heating element underneath all of the cookware would work on it because well you're simply putting cookware on top of a hot surface
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but well it works great on gas
this little pot this whereever I bought it for $3 at a thrift shop in Texas and I just get so much enjoyment cooking with this
I have a lot of vintage Corning wear that wonderful pyrro ceramic cookware that I made an entire video about well I use that stuff every single day
but with an induction burner like this once you cut the heat uh these get cold really fast there might be some residual heat just on the surface but because you're only heating the cook wear and not an element underneath well you don't have to worry about combustion issues should something like fall on that burner…
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if you had one of these these electric type uh stoves and you put your hand on the element after you turn it off well it is very hot and it could burn you
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the issue with most electric ranges is that well there's lag times and latency issues unlike a flame that's either on or off uh the element is still going to stay hot so that means if you're trying to let's say turn down the heat quickly well the pan or the pot or whatever you're using to cook with it just won't do…
Cites heat control (against)
and this is a especially true when you are working with highly conductive cookware such as copper where the reaction is immediate
Cites heat conduction
cooking via induction is pretty rad
Cites heating speed, speed and efficiency
well induction stoves although they are part of the electric stove family they're different and because they are different and the way they work that solves a lot of the usual problems that you get with an electric stove
if you turn up the temperature the cookware immediately gets hotter and then if you turn it down the cookware immediately loses heat it's pretty cool
there's other benefits to induction over Standard Electric and one of them is they're usually more efficient they usually just use less energy and that can mean a lower utility bill
but at the thrift store maybe they just aren't really priced that competitively in fact I've seen Lodge cookware that's pretty beat up at the thrift store that cost just as much or nearly as much as what I could buy new
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Lodge makes great cast iron pants they're made in America you can get them really cheap new
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- performance about Lodge cast iron skillet cites country of manufacture
- value about Lodge cast iron skillet cites price
when I got this pan it was pretty pretty bad at the bottom but I was able to clean it up and I thought it was worth it because this is a $130 pan that I got for $5
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this is a great Soup pot that I bought not so long ago and it's wonderful I make soup in it I make oatmeal
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- performance about Calphalon Soup pot Owns it cites build quality
- use-case fit about Calphalon Soup pot Owns it cites versatility
they do work quite well
although they won't have the power of you know a standard induction stove
Cites power and output (against)
I have heard there are like plates you can put on induction ranges that will help kind of you know transfer that heat but I really have my doubts of how well they would work especially if you wanted to do high heat cooking like searing
Cites heat conduction (against)
this is my copper clad stainless steel pan this is the one that I scored on the cheap I made a whole video about it
same goes for non-stick cookware I have some that does work and some that doesn't
Cites induction compatible
something like stainless steel well some stainless steel cookware will work and some won't just depending on if the manufacturer has made it compatible with an induction range
Cites induction compatible
they're really coming down in price they started maybe several hundred so there's a cost benefit there as well
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this rever Weare I don't know this is probably from like the 70s or 80s I use it every week
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these pans are vintage this has got to be probably 50 or 60 years old and yet it still works great
Cites durability
so like this all clad pan this is made in America it's really nice quality so is this Calon and heck so is this rever wear
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- performance about Revere Ware pan Owns it cites country of manufacture
- performance about Calphalon cookware Owns it cites country of manufacture
- performance about All-Clad pan Owns it cites country of manufacture
like this all clad pan this feels really solid
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this pot by the way is an old Desco wear this is an Amed cast iron pot it's made in Belgium vintage great pot
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I see a lot of great Calon cookware at the thrift store and it's often really cheap
Cites price, build quality
and even some restaurants along the domain of the flame even they are going with induction stoves as well
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I've been using this Innovative method off and on for more than a decade on a portable induction burner
I bought this one new in the box many years ago at the thrift store
this is an old rever wear pan that again you know if you like this brand and you see it at the thrift store then buy another one