Every elective stove I've used has sucked for controlling the temperature. I'll deal with a little air pollution to have my food actually come out how I want it. Maybe induction ones are better but those are expensive.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a skill issue.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, induction stoves are the solution. The way I went about it is I bought a secondhand hob for just $110. Works brilliantly, controls just as well as gas. As a bonus, pumping all the energy straight into the cookware makes it heat things up REAL fast.

Regular electric stove is very inert, making it straight up impossible to do a lot of stuff.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Never heard of these limitations. All I know is you can’t prep a tortilla the right way on gas stoves.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I know little of cooking tortillas, but to me the main limiter with gas cooking is that it cuts off at certain gas pressure, not allowing you to use it at very low heating.

Also, it mainly heats in a certain ring and not equally through the whole surface, which might probably be critical for tortillas unless you have a big cast iron pan.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

I think it might simply be a matter of getting used to it. For example, i can cook well enough with an electric (induction) furnace but it's difficult for me to use a gas stove without burning my food.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Either gross incompetence or lack of proper pans is at cause. Electric stoves are perfectly fine.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Curious how taking 20 minutes for a pot of water to boil could be "gross incompetence".

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago

Try: putting it on the highest setting, Use less water (10+liter is a lot and can happen quickly in big pots), Plug it into 3 phase power Make sure to use the highest power section

In a lot of cases ceran cooktops have higher power delivery to the pot than gas. Also read the manual for how much power each burner has.

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Bullshit