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I just got an induction cook top and it’s amazing. WAY more efficient than alternatives, better indoor air quality as compared to gas. One problem: can’t cook if the power is out. Good ideas all around.
There are lots of things you can't do without power, how bad is your power grid that you need to plan everyday life around powercuts?
I'm seeing a lot of derogatory comments exactly like this shitting on the power grid. Either there's a bunch of southwestern kids on here who never sat through a storm in their lives and can't imagine weather which impacts infrastructure, or the mockery bots are in play.
This Copper model (and also the cooktop that Impulse makes) has enough battery to do some cooking even in a power outage.
Some gas stoves require electricity to continue operating due to electric safety sensors that shut the stove gas off if the flame goes out. They too would be useless in a power outage because the valves would not open. So it’s not just electric stoves that would be out of luck.
If you have room to store one, a used camp stove and gas cylinder are fine for basics. No need to buy a fancy new one. Or even a gas bbq grill.
Don't forget about the electric ventilation being out if theres a power outage. You don't want to cook with a gas stove indoors with that off.
Regulations in my country require that the ventilation doesn't rely on any device, it must be some hatch you can't close. I'm pretty sure it's the same elsewhere in the world, it's too dangerous otherwise.
I mean sure... but without the fan it's not going to work nearly as well.
It doesn't even work WITH the fan as we're now finding out it's still creating toxic air in homes.
You peoplr are nuts. You need everything, PPE's, Ventilation, a central AC unti, or you would just sit and wait to die, because nothing is "propper".
How often does your power go out that this is a major concern?
You are #3 on the "your power sucks" roster for this thread!
I would just use my camping stove or BBQ if I had to due to an extended power outage. Runs on anything that will burn pretty much.
I mean that's my play. If you don't have power for an extended time then you also don't have refrigeration, or much else.
"Hurricane" parties where you have to eat all your food and drink all the beer before it gets warm.
Multi-day power outages are a yearly occurrence where I live (North Carolina), typically caused either by a hurricane, a tornado or an ice storm.
For me, enough for it to be a problem.
You'd be looking at another 2-3k but you could get battery that can support that (and other things in an outage)
That starts you down the rabbit hole of okay well what about solar panels to charge it in an extended outage...
Also not practical for so many people.
Really a microwave or single plate induction would be better for outage and cheaper battery.
Or just use a camping stove/BBQ if you ever have a power outage for more than 5 minutes and want to cook