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traditional electric stoves create Heat
by simply resisting the electric current
but newer induction cooktops use
electricity to create a magnetic field
the electrons inside pots and pans that
contain iron try to align with the
magnet vibrating tens of thousands of
times per second creating friction and
heat
the result is better Energy Efficiency
faster cooking and no combustion fumes
the main ingredient of natural gas is
methane
and research shows burning it in a
kitchen can be harmful to human health
because it triggers a reaction between
nitrogen and oxygen which creates nitric
oxide and nitrogen dioxide pollutants
collectively known as Knox gases
they can cause all sorts of
cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses
including asthma they have caught on in
commercial kitchens in Europe and Asia
but in the U.S chefs are skeptical it's
the rest of the world is looking at us
going what are you complaining about
because effectively we're arguing about
how to get a piece of metal hot so we
can cook
the fossil fuel industry has done a good
job at inducing resistance
you'll remember the rap in the 80s we
all cook better when we're cooking we're
cooking with gas it's cringe-worthy
cooking with gas cooking with gas we all
cook better when we're cooking with gas
there's a lot to unpacked there I cook
with gas because the cost is much less
than electricity but you know what that
was effective what was said in there
still gets said today cooking with gas
is cheaper it's more precise all these
things which are just not true
today Chris is an independent consultant
who travels the country promoting
induction in commercial kitchens he gave
me a quick demonstration
okay so this has been in the freezer
correct so this is just to show how
quickly things come up to Temp so we're
going to dump this
oh yeah it's cold
so just getting the water off you can
tell things are hot oh
how hot
all right that was in a matter of what
seconds yeah right so there's no more
preheating it's just straight hot
and it doesn't take long all right
shrimp got some good color on it add our
sauce
and then you go
that was dinner in about two minutes in
a fraction of the time and here's the
beautiful thing we just did all of that
a sweat on you nothing gets hot except
for the pan itself
so it's time for us to evolve to get
together and say what's better for our
world and cooking with a flame is not