Melbourne

I have been expecting this to happen at some point. I like my gas cooking as well, but have been experimenting with other options to try to prepare for the future (and because the price of gas is rising so quickly). The induction works pretty well, even though I only have a cheap portable unit. More expensive units would minimise a lot of my issues with it. From reading I have done I think the technology has improved a lot too, so people who have tried very old units might be less impressed.

My two main issues are wok cooking and preserving. There are wok compatible burners, but they are expensive and inflexible. I think my cast-iron wok could work well on a better stove, but the portable burner overheats and shuts down. The preserving is a bit more of an issue, as I use a large aluminium pressure-canner, and they do not work well with most electric stoves - partly a matter of the weight on glass stoves, and also issues with the way the heat control works. I'm still working on a solution for that one. But it's not really an urgent issue, as I can't see a new build being anywhere in my immediate future.