Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.
The rules are simple:
Web of links
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41622621
Original post from 2024-08-20.
Nah, neither one of them have anything on Thailand cooking
System Of A Down - Chop Suey [ Cover by TORWAI]
image description: all hell breaking loose in a kitchen while doing a cover.
People explaining how gas stoves are better because they can't cook on induction stoves to people that use induction stove every day in 3.. 2.. 1..
The only benefit gas has is that it'll work during a power outage. It's good if you live in an area that regularly gets hit with stuff like hurricanes, but that's about it.
But that's why I have a Coleman camping stove and propane bottles.
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).
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.
Does anyone hear the high pitched squeal from induction stoves? Did they ever fix that? I really want one but that noise keeps me away.
that's called coil whine, some older folks might recognize it as "the crt sound". Coil whine is simple to prevent if the manufacturer gives a shit, but then that eats into profit margins and megacorpos hate that. You can get induction cooktops that don't coil whine, they just cost more.
Coil whines are unfortunately common on low end induction stoves, but medium to high end stoves usually don't have them.
Coil whines usually comes from microvibrations due to the current going through the coils, but depending on the build quality it can be almost imperceptible.
I have a couple mobile induction burner that I got from a yardsale a decade ago and there is no whine. I remember my parents brand new induction stove sounded like turning on a crt. I guess if you are buying new you get what you pay for. I can give you the model of the burners I have if you want.
Just got an induction stove. Sound level depends on the power setting and the pot/pan, and maybe even on the stove manufacturer.
I’ve never heard a “squeal”, but there is a faint “buzz-click” as the power cycles in the coils. If you need high power the buzz is slightly louder and steady, if low power it’s fainter but you get the “click” of the relays as it cycles. Some cookware seems to make the buzz a little louder.
Overall IMO it’s not loud, and the sounds of cooking pretty much drown it out - boiling, searing, whatever.
I’ve cooked with all three (gas, electric, induction) and while a good gas stove is still my favorite, induction IMO is really the best of both worlds. I absolutely would not go back to standard electric after using induction.
I'm very sensitive to high frequency coil whine from electronics, but I've never heard a stove do that. I don't know when you heard one make coil whine, or how cheap it was, but I can tell you I've never owned a stove with coil whine. I don't even buy the most expensive ones (just midrange). Definitely give them another go.
I've used many and with cheap ones it's super audible, but even the quite high end ones sound exactly like an old CRT monitor. It's absolutely maddening to cook on.
it really bothered me as a kid, but then I got old and my hearing went to shit and now it doesn't bother me - give it a few decades and revisit 😅
I'm already late 40s :-(
There's a high pitched squeal? I guess they did because I've never heard that.
Cheap induction stoves can be AWFUL. If you're having to use certain pans and position them accurately, you have a crappy one.
I use a crappy cheap one on occasion and it's great aside from the coil whine, but for what I paid and how infrequently I use it, that's fine by me.
If it works then great. My first one was SUPER choosy about what pans would work and exactly where you had to put them. It was borderline unusable and almost put me off induction.
Wok hei, tho.
Unless you have a professional range with a wok burner, you're not getting shit with a consumer gas range man. Even when I had a gas range, I always used the gas burner outside because the gas stove is crap for that.
You could use a blowtorch 🤔
If you're cooking inside you ain't getting sufficient wok hei.
Now don't get me wrong, if I had a patio and a wife whose body didn't make her regret eating soy and eggs I'd have a little portable wok burner for outdoor stir frying. But for indoor cooking I prefer electric and want to try induction.
This artstyle reminds me of that one boxing shrimp ratatoullie meme
I believe the boxing shrimp is also a Centurii-chan piece, so that lines up.
