Science Advances report also finds people of color and low-income residents in US disproportionately affected
  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8211·
    6 months ago

    It’s because so many electric stoves fucking suck. A cheap gas stove is infinitely better to cook on than a cheap coil electric stove.

    While people will talk about electric stoves and reference newer glass top ranges, and induction cooktop that heat the pan directly, that’s not what 90% of people have. They have the shitty coil burners from the cheap piece of shit model the apartment complex installed.

    The price difference to get to a good electric means many apartment complexes and landlords won’t buy them, or it’s just cost prohibitive for current homeowners with the current economy when the current stove unexpectedly breaks.

    • onion@feddit.de
      82·
      6 months ago

      A cheap gas stove is infinitely better to cook on than a cheap coil electric stove.

      Yes but it’s not 1920. You can get an single range induction stove from Ikea for 50€.

      Here’s a gas stove for 300€: https://geizhals.de/amica-shgg-11559-w-gasherd-a1124476.html?hloc=at&hloc=de

      Here’s an induction stove for 300€: https://geizhals.de/gorenje-gec5a21wg-elektroherd-mit-glaskeramik-kochfeld-740524-a2838490.html?hloc=at&hloc=de

      • fishpen0@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        Cool. Let me just convince my landlord to let me do that. And my next landlord and my next landlord and my next landlord

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      31·
      6 months ago

      Honestly disagree. When I think of a stove I think of my landlord special electric and it’s fine. I really don’t get why people hate them. And yes I’ve used gas. And glass. Never induction though.

    • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
      87·
      6 months ago

      Okay, other than the coil taking longer to heat up and a bit of a struggle to clean if you don’t use the right stuff to prevent it becoming a nightmare. What’s the issue with them?

      Of course something cheaper isn’t going to be as good, so what it takes a few extra minutes to warm up.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        136·
        6 months ago

        Exposed coil burners take a long time to heat up and don’t change temperatures quickly. That’s fine if you’re cooking something simple that you’re just throwing in a pan for a few minutes and don’t really need to adjust at all like a box of hamburger helper, but for actual cooking those are limitations that just don’t need to exist. There is a reason restaurants don’t use coil burners.

        Lowes currently has a GE gas range with 4 burners, a griddle, convection oven and even includes a range hood for $179.00 after a $20 discount. That’s pretty dang cheap for a much better cooking experience than a similarly priced electric.

        • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
          1115·
          6 months ago

          There is a reason restaurants don’t use coil burners.

          I didn’t know people’s kitchens were restaurants… Yeah of course they have their limitations, they are cheap for that reason. I don’t expect to be able to cook every conceivable meal in my house, that’s quite the silly notion.

          Every unit has electricity, you know how much it costs to plumb gas to every unit…?

          Edit, I looked up the combo, it has a charcoal filter, that’s the entire problem with using gas Indoor’s……. it needs to be vented out. Thats why that’s unit is so cheap…

          You need to vent it outdoors, so not only is the gas plumbing more, now you need a better hood fan and to plumb it outside. So…. Which is cheaper and more affordable when you account for the necessary extras?

          Using your restaurant example, there’s a reason why restaurants vent outside.

          • Zekas@lemmy.world
            42·
            6 months ago

            Lmao they’re too addicted to that sweet sweet carbon monoxide to care

    • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caEnglish
      16·
      6 months ago

      See this right here. It’s easy. It really is. So very easy. Can’t express how easy it is.