[Stoves] Off-topic news: Smart cookstoves

[Nikhil Desai]

A WSJ story with a quote below.

These are in the $300-1.800 range, but non-smart electric induction
cookstoves sell for $30-50 range in India <http://www.amazon.in>. As
"cooking systems" go, they seem to be cost-effective and popular with
middle class Indian cooks (tariff at USc 6-10 per kWh) as a second stove
(to gas).

As electricity access expands, there is no reason to think that new
customers in household as well as commercial market would not switch to
toasters, kettles, beverage makers, grills and even induction stoves just
like they do for fans and small refrigerators.

Stack, stack, stack to your heart's content, subject to wallet and  kitchen
capacity and what is to be cooked (not aDALYs). No point bothering with
SDGs and WHO.

Rooftop PV or PV-diesel micro-grids with induction stoves?

Nikhil
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"Induction burners, which heat pans using an electromagnetic field, have
been around a long time. I’ve kept one next to my gas range for years,
mostly for rapidly boiling water or reducing wine or stock. But some new
models—the Hestan Cue, FirstBuild’s Paragon and the Control Freak from
Breville’s PolyScience division—recently got smart. Though differing in
approaches, each provides accuracy that lets you confidently sear steak,
melt chocolate, fry eggplant or achieve perfect brown butter sauce whether
you’re using their recipes or your own."


These New Smart Cooktops Will Up Your Home Cooking Game
<https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-new-smart-cooktops-will-up-your-home-cooking-game-1506705036>
Wilson
Rothman, Wall Street Journal 29 September 2017
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