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Comment by sendfoods | Hacker News Reader

To my knowledge this has been known for a while, but it's moving into public consciousness as part of the ongoing debates about climate and fossil fuels.

What will be very interesting to watch are the cultural developments around the stove: Wok cooking without gas is unimaginable to many people, what's a possible solution here? Roasting/blackening vegetables over gas in Indian and other cuisines. Sure, you can use an electric oven, but is this really more efficient?

Personally, for me, an induction stovetop and a single gas unit is the dream. Perfect wok cooking, some veggie blackening, I can still use some (warped on electric stove) antique, thin castiron pieces from my grandparents. But the other 90% of the time, induction is just insanely more precise, fast and easy to use.

There are induction wok stoves. Only stumbled upon them recently myself as well https://cdn.webshopapp.com/shops/99626/files/334365439/maxim...

- Not arguing, just repeating arguments I have heard -

Not sure if you can achieve wok hei with those (which seems to be THE thing that differentiates wok cooking from anything else). Some background from the nyt: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/dining/stir-fry-recipe-wo...

This isn't actually that bad if you want wok hei, you can't easily get it on consumer gas stoves either. You can use a blowtorch to get a similar effect as the flames from a high powered burner licking up the sides of the wok [1]. Though, you can't really toss food with an induction stove, so that's a problem. Regardless, I'd still rather have a propane jet engine in the yard lol.

[1]: https://www.seriouseats.com/hei-now-youre-a-wok-star-a-fiery...

> Wok cooking without gas is unimaginable to many people, what's a possible solution here?

There are actually some excellent electric woks.

> Sure, you can use an electric oven, but is this really more efficient?

It's probably not that different in terms of efficiency, I would have thought. But it could even be acceptable for it to be a bit less efficient if it is less harmful for the occupants of the house.

Fair point. I was arguing from the efficiency perspective alone.

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