On Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:25:38 AM UTC-10, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 6/15/2021 3:11 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Monday, June 14, 2021 at 6:40:50 PM UTC-10, Michael Trew wrote:
> >> On 6/14/2021 3:45 PM, cshenk wrote:
> >>> Michael Trew wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 6/13/2021 1:26 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> >>>>> On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 11:29:00 PM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:
> >>>>>> I'm not sure what recently compelled me to make a double recipe
> >>>>>> of toll house cookies, but it somehow came out to be about 9
> >>>>>> dozen cookies. In a house without A/C on a near 90 degree day,
> >>>>>> that wasn't my smartest idea.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I decided to turn off the the pilot lights on my stove to save on
> >>>>>> heat in the kitchen, and supper was just a cold chipped chopped
> >>>>>> ham and provolone sandwich. The humidity has my fridge
> >>>>>> desperately needing defrosted as well. I suppose it's all better
> >>>>>> than snow, however.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I turn of my stove's pilot light permanently! I went all ELECTRIC!
> >>>>> And I have my gas company come and pull their gas meter from my
> >>>>> house!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
> >>>>
> >>>> Natural gas is dirt cheap around here, I'll keep my stove. I don't
> >>>> care about the oven, other than the cost, but I hate cooking on an
> >>>> electric stove top.
> >>>
> >>> Same here but it's all in what you are used to. Gas is far more
> >>> flexible than electric or induction.
> >> I'd never want induction. If my cast iron pans don't work, it's a
> >> useless stove to me.
> >
> > Cast iron works great with induction. My guess is that an induction range works faster than gas because you're not heating the pan by conduction. The pan actually acts as a heating element. These days there's no need to use cast iron. Carbon steel pans are lighter and bear a cooking surface uncannily similar to cast iron.
> I like my cast iron pans.
>
> I head that they did not work with induction, but to be fair, I can't
> say that I've ever tested it. There was a pan that did not work with
> induction stoves at all. Was it aluminum? Maybe just my old enamel
> pots (which I do still use)?
>
> Cast iron and any glass top stove are not a good combination. I
> wouldn't want a glass top stove; far too easy to scratch with any pan or
> while cleaning.

Cast iron works well with an induction range. The problem, as you say, is you shouldn't use it on a glass top. Some people will disagree with me but that's just my particular feeling on the matter. It just ain't right. I didn't have any problem with carbon steel pans on the glass top. As it goes, if a pan is not magnetic, it won't work at all. Some pans will work better on an induction range than others. I have a pan that won't get hot enough on the range. That's too bad because it's a beautiful pan. I was seduced by its good looks in the store, but mostly, it was a dud. I think it has something to do with a pan's intrinsic property i.e., its magnetic permeability.