Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: CommonHouse Stoves cookstove input re-request

[Liz Ryan Cole (lizryancole]

I am especially interested in this list’s experience with/interest in induction 
cooktops

https://eurokera.com/blog/professional-chefs-love-induction-cooking-and-you-should-too/
 
<https://eurokera.com/blog/professional-chefs-love-induction-cooking-and-you-should-too/>

They are the better environmental choice (apparently) - so if we gas cook top 
fans are able to change it would be helpful to know

thanks

liz
Pinnacle Project
Lyme, NH

> On Oct 6, 2021, at 8:06 AM, Fred-List manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> 
> wrote:
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> Ruth Hirsch <heidinys [at] earthlink.net>
> is the author of the message below.  It was posted by Fred of
> the Cohousing-L management team <cohousing-l-owner [at] cohousing.org>
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> Twenty plus years in, time to replace our CommonHouse Cook Stove.  We
> have had a gas  res/commercial gas stove. We are now in a multi branch
> decision tree,  and would love your input. Please let us know what
> works.doesn’t,  brands/models especially appreciated.  I will also
> research Consumer Reports,  but would appreciate your input.  I did go
> thru the archives,  and found interesting info,  tho mostly from 2013.
> Muriel Kranowski made a similar plea recently, received little input.
> 
> Some input:
> One BIG drawback of our current stove is the heavy grates.
> Great in a restaurant,  however take long to heat up [then they retain
> the heat,  which is good in restaurant setting with on-going cooking.)
> 
> We have just enough counter space.  This puts the question of cooktop
> with wall/eye level oven as a quandary.  Which have you—  regular
> range with oven or cooktop w wall oven? Any suggestions re: stretching
> counter space?
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> While there is support of induction,  there are also voices in favor
> of sticking with what is familiar as we need folks to be comfortable
> cooking in the CommonHouse— and all/most have gas stoves at home.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Ruth Hirsch, Cantines Island CoHo, 19 households, Saugerties since 1997
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