Hobbyist cook here that owns one of the best duel fuel ranges (gas top, electric oven) on the US market. A Wolf DF304 and yes, I’m damn proud of it. It is by far the best cooking range I have ever used. Unlike its predecessor, a Dacor RSD30, it has stood up to very heavy use over the years.
I love to cook with gas. I have cooked on resistive electric and they are terrible.
With that said (induction supporters, it’s time for you to just wait a bit, I know you’re just cracking your knuckles to put me on blast).
My next range, or cooktop will be induction. A friend of mine has an induction cooktop that is comparable to Wolf. It actually is pretty nice… For the most part. My issue with induction really is not how it cooks, but rather the weird noises that will sometimes come from either the cookware, or the cooktop itself. It’s a high end induction as well (Viking I think). So I’m not talking about some cheap stove from a box store.
But as far as how well it cooks, I really do like induction. It does all the things that gas does well; instant temperature control, gets really low for simmering, gets really hot for searing or other high heat cooking. I also like the fact that induction doesn’t produce any carcinogenic combustion byproducts. I’ve always had a high flow vent above any gas range I have owned. My wife used to have the bad habit of not turning on the fan when she uses the stovetop. Yeah, that doesn’t happen now.
The bad news is… It’s a Wolf which is designed to last 20 years in a professional kitchen. While mine sees heavy use for a home kitchen, that’s peanuts in comparison. A Wolf will literally last a lifetime in a home. It would really pain me to junk this thing prematurely. If we stay where we are, the kitchen will need to be remodeled in the next 5 to 6 years. At that point my stove will be 15 years old, so we might just replace it.
Dang. I just looked up that Wolf and that looks amazing. I do like cooking with gas. I’ve never used induction and honestly, it didn’t even occur to me to get anything other than gas. It was just, “need a new range” and I immediately searched for gas since that’s what we already had.
Hobbyist cook here that owns one of the best duel fuel ranges (gas top, electric oven) on the US market. A Wolf DF304 and yes, I’m damn proud of it. It is by far the best cooking range I have ever used. Unlike its predecessor, a Dacor RSD30, it has stood up to very heavy use over the years.
I love to cook with gas. I have cooked on resistive electric and they are terrible.
With that said (induction supporters, it’s time for you to just wait a bit, I know you’re just cracking your knuckles to put me on blast).
My next range, or cooktop will be induction. A friend of mine has an induction cooktop that is comparable to Wolf. It actually is pretty nice… For the most part. My issue with induction really is not how it cooks, but rather the weird noises that will sometimes come from either the cookware, or the cooktop itself. It’s a high end induction as well (Viking I think). So I’m not talking about some cheap stove from a box store.
But as far as how well it cooks, I really do like induction. It does all the things that gas does well; instant temperature control, gets really low for simmering, gets really hot for searing or other high heat cooking. I also like the fact that induction doesn’t produce any carcinogenic combustion byproducts. I’ve always had a high flow vent above any gas range I have owned. My wife used to have the bad habit of not turning on the fan when she uses the stovetop. Yeah, that doesn’t happen now.
The bad news is… It’s a Wolf which is designed to last 20 years in a professional kitchen. While mine sees heavy use for a home kitchen, that’s peanuts in comparison. A Wolf will literally last a lifetime in a home. It would really pain me to junk this thing prematurely. If we stay where we are, the kitchen will need to be remodeled in the next 5 to 6 years. At that point my stove will be 15 years old, so we might just replace it.
Dang. I just looked up that Wolf and that looks amazing. I do like cooking with gas. I’ve never used induction and honestly, it didn’t even occur to me to get anything other than gas. It was just, “need a new range” and I immediately searched for gas since that’s what we already had.