[Greenbuilding] Induction cooking

[elitalking]

I recommend induction range (no oven), Brevell Oven (smaller electric oven 
with precise temp and time controls) and microwave.  This covers all our 
cooking needs, even roasting the holiday turkey, although cut in half.  This 
combination greatly reduces electric load for cooking, making grid tied 
photovoltaic array smaller and still achieve net zero.  It also reduces heat 
dumped into the house.  Waste heat can be a benefit in the winter, but a 
liability for comfort in the summer and an
additional energy cost above the heat dumped if cooled to comfort.  The
reduced dumped heat in the winter can be duplicated with a simple heat
element heater to match the efficiency of normally inefficient cooking
ranges.

Eli

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin Pratt" <benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com>
To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Induction cooking


If one is set up for a typical "stove" with a cooktop and oven, and
wants induction, is one forced to go with an electric oven--not gas?
Ben

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Matt Dirksen <dirksengreen at gmail.com>
wrote:
> As far as pots and pans, there are tons of good choices out there for
> induction. There are high end choices and very affordable choices.
> Frankly,
> we have been quite happy with the pots we got from Ikea (Ikea 360 series).
> And for the "exceptions", we have a flat metal plate which we place in
> between the burner and a non ferrous pot. We put away the electric tea
> kettle because it takes two minutes to boil our coffee water in the
> morning
> on the range when the electric tea kettle took six to seven. I figure that
> particular daily routine adds up considerably over a year.
> What is truly cool is to pick up a cast iron pan with boiling water in it,
> and the handle hasn't even warmed up yet.. on those rare occasions that we
> need to do some deep cleaning.
>
> Matt
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Clarke Olsen <colsen at fairpoint.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, kind of like congress's rejection of the metric system in 1852, on
>> the grounds that it would be too expensive to re-tool!
>> Clarke Olsen
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 28, 2011, at 2:57 AM, Leslie Moyer wrote:
>>
>> > ....If we wanted to make the switch (as a country), it wouldn't be
>> > difficult. And thinking about this very small consumer change as a
>> > hurdle
>> > is one example of the ridiculous excuses we use not to make easy
>> > changes.
>> > Some environmental changes take behavior changes--this one only takes
>> > minor
>> > purchasing changes. Even Calphalon, for example--I know they would and
>> > could
>> > make changes to accommodate this consumer choice (induction) if there
>> > was a
>> > market for it.
>> >
>> > --Leslie
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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