On 6/15/2021 2:16 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> 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.

Ah, yes. No aluminum pans.