Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
Let me get into this fray from a different perspective: cooking.
I like to cook and, for range top cooking, it's LPG for me, hands down. I find LPG much easier to control than electricity. I look at the flame, turn the knob until it's the right size and cook. I also like the instant heat of a flame as opposed to waiting for the coil to heat up. I find LPG just much more convenient and controllable.
Now, that's for the cooking range. When it comes to the oven, I prefer electric. I feel confident that the thermostat of the oven can regulate more effectively the heat than LPG. So it's electric for me when I bake or roast. But whenever I can, charcoal is best.
For water heating, nothing beats the electric pot. In fact, when I cook something soupy, I heat up water in the electric pot which is what I use in adjusting water in what i'm cooking. Fast.
BTW, I have three LPG tanks at home: 2 duty and 1 standby, so we never run out.
yep. i agree with sir balarila. this should also be looked from the side of cooking. the ease of cooking.
i also prefer electric oven over gas oven. madaling icontrol ang temp. sa gas kasi, minsan hindi pantay ang luto ko.
and syempre mas madaling mag-init ng food sa microwave oven kesa sa kalan. mas madali ding magluto ng personal pizzas in an oven toaster kesa sa gas oven. i'm fond of making pizzas from leftover bread and meat dishes. plus spaghetti sauce at quick melt cheese lang, pizza in just a few minutes. 🙂
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
Let me get into this fray from a different perspective: cooking.
I like to cook and, for range top cooking, it's LPG for me, hands down. I find LPG much easier to control than electricity. I look at the flame, turn the knob until it's the right size and cook. I also like the instant heat of a flame as opposed to waiting for the coil to heat up. I find LPG just much more convenient and controllable.
Now, that's for the cooking range. When it comes to the oven, I prefer electric. I feel confident that the thermostat of the oven can regulate more effectively the heat than LPG. So it's electric for me when I bake or roast. But whenever I can, charcoal is best.
For water heating, nothing beats the electric pot. In fact, when I cook something soupy, I heat up water in the electric pot which is what I use in adjusting water in what i'm cooking. Fast.
BTW, I have three LPG tanks at home: 2 duty and 1 standby, so we never run out.
Amen to this, same same same preference!
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
[HTML]BTW, I have three LPG tanks at home: 2 duty and 1 standby, so we never run out.
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there must be a lot of heads within the household i guess...hehe..i only have one on duty and another on standby..why is it that shellane costs more than the regular ones..i havent really checked but someone told me the tank of shellane is a lot bigger than island gas or another...a tank i remember cost me 780p...agh!
i was actually intending to add an induction cooktop but most of our pots
have rounded bottoms...upgrading kaserolas for this purpose is also expensive kasi.
perhaps never will come a time for the philippines to have a centralized gas supply..metered.
the two cents is...get the best of all worlds of induction, electric and gas.
:p
....thanks for the computation btw..i never checked it though..i am simply dumb in math. 🙁
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Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
...but most of our pots
have rounded bottoms...upgrading kaserolas for this purpose is also expensive kasi.
My cooktop came with an "adapter" to prevent round-bottomed pans from rolling/tilting. The real problem is not the shape but the material the pots/pans are made of. Most of the cookware sold locally are made of aluminum. To work with induction the cookware has to be ferromagnetic (dapat dumidikit ang magnet) which aluminum is not. 🙁
You can opt for an interface disc to be able to use your legacy cookware:
http://www.amazon.com/Max-Burton-6010-Induction-Heat-Proof/dp/B00213L3PK
Medyo mahal sa Amazon. Maybe the bakal boys know where to source something like this inexpensively. The downside of an interface disc is the inefficient heat transfer from the disc to the cookware. Baka mas mainam pa kung conventional electric cooktop na lang.
....thanks for the computation btw..i never checked it though..i am simply dumb in math. 🙁
no prob. 😉
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
Kung cost ang pag uusapan mas tipid ung lpg. Mejo mataas kasi ung singil ng kuryente ngaun.
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Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
they use gas in iron chef...
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Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
I'd prefer LPG for cooking. Ako personally, i use a high pressure stove for special cooking.
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
Sa LPG ako. Kasi mababa ngayon..
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
Electricity using induction stove :
Studies shows 85% of electrica; energy were converted to heat using induction thus 85% effeciency
whereas for LPG only 40% generated were converted into heat thus loss of 60%...therefore consumption cost would be offset by effeciency itself.:thanks:
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
Can I use my existing cooking utensils (pots, pans, woks) or do I have to buy another that is suited for an induction cooker?:confused:
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
Can I use my existing cooking utensils (pots, pans, woks) or do I have to buy another that is suited for an induction cooker?:confused:
Aluminum and copper pans won't work with induction. It has to be ferromagnetic. Stainless steel is good.
You can use a magnet to check. If a magnet sticks to the bottom of the pot/pan, then you're good.
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
Aluminum and copper pans won't work with induction. It has to be ferromagnetic. Stainless steel is good.
You can use a magnet to check. If a magnet sticks to the bottom of the pot/pan, then you're good.
The "stickier" the magnet, the better. IMHO, there are stainless steel pots etc that are "weak" sa magnet.
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
The "stickier" the magnet, the better. IMHO, there are stainless steel pots etc that are "weak" sa magnet.
Agree! This is an indication of how much is the iron content of the cookware.
To be more exact, it is not really the magnetic property of the pot or pan that is important. The induction stove produces a magnetic field that oscillates at 24kHz. This alternating magnetic field induces an "eddy current" on the metal cookware, whether its stainless steel or aluminum.
Now the eddy currents encounters electrical resistance in the metal, thereby producing heat. The electrical resistance of aluminum is too low to produce significant heat for cooking, unlike iron.
This problem with aluminum can be overcome by increasing the frequency of the magnetic field to several megahertz. However, this is too expensive to economically implement using today's technology.
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
based on experience. teflon coated pans will not work on induction
Re: Electricity or LPG for Cooking - Which is better?
based on experience. teflon coated pans will not work on induction
Most teflon-coated pans are made of aluminum. I searched far and wide to find one with a stainless-steel base.
Now that pan is under lock and key. No one else uses it but me. 😎
