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I love induction, but the heat is really different from that of a gas stove.
not just that, but woks aren't induction friendly.
There are induction stoves that have cavities for woks.
so I have to buy a $10k stove just because I like to have fried rice every 3 months?
edit: I just saw the video above and see what you meant. I imagined you meant a whole ass stove with one special burner for woks.
It's more in low hundreds for a standalone one. There also cheap flat bottom woks that work in normal induction stoves, but then you need to deal with uneven heat (which honestly is fine for fried rice).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzJKxUCKOBg
that's a nice alternative, and honestly I'd be happy with using a single burner for just the occasion.
I have induction in my kitchen. I have a propane single wok burner I use on the back porch if I want to use a wok.
I use an induction hotplate and recently got a wok after thinking similarly to you. The thing that changed my mind was realizing that heat will still travel up the sides of the wok just based on how heat conduction works. Also, does everyone who uses a wok with a gas burner set it so the flames climb the walls a lot? It's been a long time since I've even seen a gas burner, but am I wrong in recalling that the flames were generally still confined to about the same area as an electric burner, just a little more 3D?
Edit: I've done one stir fry on induction so far and it still turned out pretty good.
The nice part of gas stoves is how easy it is to see and hear how much heat a burner is putting out. I don't know if induction stoves do this too, but the heat cycling on resistant heating stove tops is the most annoying thing about using them.
I don't know about being able to hear/feel howuch energy it's outputting but induction is a variable heat so it doesn't just turn on/off like resistive heating elements making it much much nicer. And since what's actually happening is it's heating the pot/pan directly it's a lot more efficient. I'd have both induction and gas in my dream kitchen though.
It does depend on the induction hotolate. Eg the one I have does constant variable heat from 4-10 but 1-3 use duty cycles. It's not ideal because instead of a constant simmer, it'll alternate between a slow boil and simmer even at 1 (though I haven't noticed any real cooking consequences from that yet and can fall back to my radiative heat stove if I absolutely need to avoid bursty heat (since its whole pro and con list is basically "heat changes slowly").
Moved from a gas range to induction and kept my gas burner outside for all the "I need flame" needs but I'm pretty privileged that I an have an outside setup. Honestly, I won't move back to a gas range after using the induction, I find it so much better for daily cooking with the quick heat up time and cleaning.
Yeah I have noticed most professional chefs on youtube seem to have a gas range and one or two plug in induction tops that get very well used.
For me, the big problem with adapting to modern electric (resistive coil, not induction) was the fact that the coil takes time to get to temp and stays hot after you remove power. That hysteresis is a problem for everything but boiling water, and is completely unlike gas or induction. It takes practice to get used to it - I always wound up keeping a burner clear so I could move my fry/saute/whatever off the heat when needed.
The heat cycling you mention is another one. It can cause spikes in temperature, especially when you're doing something small like sweating half an onion or something like that.
Back in the bad old days, electric ranges were 100% analog with no PWM. Power in was determined by a variable resistor, so the coil was always humming along at 60hz, just at a different wattage. This was a better arrangement, IMO.