Electric Cooking

[Pete7]

We'll see how it goes...

Certainly be interested to hear how it works for you.

Pete

 

[Kelpie]

If you go for a hob only option regardless of whether its gas or electric, the gimbal point is higher than a standard cooker because you don't have 18kgs of oven hanging below. This isn't made obvious when buying pan and gimbals, however, Sheridan Marine do explain this:

Neptune Marine Hob and Grill Pan Clamps & Gimbals

I did buy the set they have, but didn't like them. They don't slide smoothly and the flat metal had sharp edges so took it back to Force 4 and swopped it for the more traditional rod type that lift up. These and the original gimbals from our cooker gave me enough parts with a bit of bench fitting to work together so the gimbal point is now much higher above the hob surface. The final test was a large pan full of water swung back and forth. If you Google Origo stoves you see they also have high gimbals.

The induction Vango Double Sizzle shown in Dankilb's post is tempting, but we are not quite ready to give up the option of some gas cooking just in case. To replace the oven we now use a Remoska, brilliant bit of kit, wish I had seen them years ago.

Pete

We use our Vango daily, but it sits on top of the gas hob. Occasionally we use the gas instead for things that really need the extra power, like steak. But the Vango does most of the work day to day. I was very sceptical of an 800w ring but you just get used to it.