[Greenbuilding] Induction cooking

[Steven Tjiang]

One counterexample: Calphalon is high quality and aluminum and has no
ferrous disc on the bottom.

It's true however that cheap aluminum cookware is everywhere.

We'll stick to cast iron (very reasonably priced) and stainless steel. They
both work beautifully on induction.  And cast iron if seasoned properly is
also nonstick to boot.

---- Steve (KZ6LSD)


On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Leslie Moyer <unschooler at lrec.org> wrote:

> Most higher QUALITY aluminum pots have a disc on the bottom that contains
> ferrous metals to better evenly distribute the heat. Those that don't
> are--as I and others have pointed out--too cheap to waste your money on.
>  From a sustainability standpoint, they're a total waste of resources.  (And
> then there are the arguments against using aluminum which have also been
> pointed out.)
>
> Leslie Moyer
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2011, at 4:46 PM, Richard Garbary wrote:
>
> Aluminum bottom pans will not work.
>
>
>
> ==================================================================
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Richard Garbary <richard6 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes, absolutely correct! .087kwh and .150kwh.
>>
>> Thanks for the correction
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> =====================
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Bruno M. <brunom1 at telenet.be> wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>> hum,
>>> your off with your math by a factor thousand.
>>>
>>>
>>> 0,150 kWh
>>> 0,087 kWh
>>>
>>> There is hardly any energy efficiency benefit versus natural gas cooking.
>>>
>>> And for  induction cooking you need special pans .
>>>
>>>
>>> Grts
>>> Bruno M.
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> Op 25-9-2011 18:54, Richard Garbary schreef:
>>>
>>> Electric stovetop versus induction:
>>>
>>>  .5 litre  water to a boil.
>>>
>>>  Kenmore electric stove:
>>>
>>>  1200 watt element/60 minute * 7.5 minute = 150kwh
>>>
>>>  Salton model 1081 induction cooker from Costco ($65) :
>>>
>>>  1310 watt / 60 minute * 4 minute = 87 kwh
>>>
>>>  A great way to help flatten the curve.
>>>
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