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<DIV>Typo of one letter and the meainng of the sentence is completely
opposite. Corrected sentence is, "My wife started out a little
skeptical, but is <FONT color=#ff0000>NOW</FONT> a believer.</DIV>
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<DIV>From: "elitalking" <<A
href="mailto:elitalking@rockbridge.net">elitalking@rockbridge.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "Green Building" <<A
href="mailto:greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org">greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 10:23 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Induction cooking</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> Induction stoves are great. I learned about them from
this list. My wife <BR>> started out a little skeptical, but is <FONT
color=#ff0000>now</FONT> a believer. We are moving <BR>> towards grid
tied photovoltaic. The most efficient cooking is microwave. It <BR>>
heats the water first which is the food. The ceramic or glass container is
<BR>> heated by conduction from the food. We do not use
plastic. However, some <BR>> foods like stir fried vegetables, boiled
foods or some bread baking do not <BR>> work in microwave. Foods that
require a lot of boiling or frying go to <BR>> induction stove top.
Foods that require baking go to Brevell Oven. This <BR>> used a typical
heat element, but it is smaller than typical oven. The <BR>> controls
are very precise for heating temp and time. It is big enough for <BR>>
almost all we cook. The big Thanksgiving Turkey is the only dinner event
it <BR>> could not handle. However, we discovered that we cut the
Turkey up and it <BR>> is able to cook half the Turkey which is more than
enough for our <BR>> traditionally glutinous meal. It is the least
efficient of three. However, <BR>> it's smaller size and superior
control makes it far more efficient than the <BR>> traditional range, gas or
electric.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Benjamin Pratt writes:<BR>>
<BR>> In my case, with a house that I've tried to tighten-up, but which
is<BR>> still somewhat leaky--I don't exhaust any of the heat from my
gas<BR>> stove. So it's very efficient--any energy that does not cook the
food,<BR>> helps to heat the house.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> My
comment:<BR>> <BR>> The inefficient appliance that produces waste heat is
only a benefit during <BR>> the heating season. In the summer it is an
additional liability for comfort <BR>> or cooling cost of removing that
heat.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Eli<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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