[Greenbuilding] Induction cooking

[Steven Tjiang]

They probably overwatered the plants.

---- Steve (KZ6LSD)


On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <
info at ecobrooklyn.com> wrote:

> Any thoughts out there about microwaves and radiation? Also I've seen those
> tests where plants watered with water that was first boiled in a microwave
> died. I've avoided microwaves for these reasons.
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
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> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:23 AM, elitalking <elitalking at rockbridge.net>wrote:
>
>> Induction stoves are great.  I learned about them from this list.  My wife
>> started out a little skeptical, but is not a believer.  We are moving
>> towards grid tied photovoltaic.  The most efficient cooking is microwave. It
>> heats the water first which is the food.  The ceramic or glass container is
>> heated by conduction from the food.   We do not use plastic.  However, some
>> foods like stir fried vegetables, boiled foods or some bread baking do not
>> work in microwave.  Foods that require a lot of boiling or frying go to
>> induction stove top.  Foods that require baking go to Brevell Oven.  This
>> used a typical heat element, but it is smaller than typical oven.  The
>> controls are very precise for heating temp and time.  It is big enough for
>> almost all we cook.  The big Thanksgiving Turkey is the only dinner event it
>> could not handle.  However, we discovered that we cut the Turkey up and it
>> is able to cook half the Turkey which is more than enough for our
>> traditionally glutinous meal.  It is the least efficient of three.  However,
>> it's smaller size and superior control makes it far more efficient than the
>> traditional range, gas or electric.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Benjamin Pratt writes:
>>
>> In my case, with a house that I've tried to tighten-up, but which is
>> still somewhat leaky--I don't exhaust any of the heat from my gas
>>
>> stove. So it's very efficient--any energy that does not cook the food,
>> helps to heat the house.
>>
>>
>>
>> My comment:
>>
>> The inefficient appliance that produces waste heat is only a benefit
>> during the heating season.  In the summer it is an additional liability for
>> comfort or cooling cost of removing that heat.
>>
>>
>> Eli
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