How long has it been since you haven't used an induction cooker?
Anyway, I haven't used it for a long time: it's been five or six years since I bought my induction cooker, and now I take it out and look at it, and it's still like new. Looking back on the past, this was a must-have small household appliance for every family -
Nowadays, except for apartments that do not have access to natural gas, it seems that induction cookers are rarely seen anymore.
Why did this happen? Obuchi believes that it is mainly because of the five defects of the induction cooker.
.01 Small firepower
Now when buying a gas stove, it is popular to look at the heat (rated heat load). Few people buy anything with a power of less than 4.5kW, because almost everyone is aware of one problem: cooking is not delicious, and they may not blame themselves for poor cooking.
Chinese food is the most important about heat, and the more powerful the fire, the easier it is to master the heat. And some dishes require "high heat stir-frying", the maximum heat is not enough, how to stir-fry?
The maximum power of the induction cooker is not large enough:
In the picture above, I got the search results with "induction cooker" as the keyword, most induction cookers only have a firepower of 2200W, and a higher one can do more than 3000W. But no matter which one it is, there is still a gap compared with the 4500W that the gas stove has been eliminated.
What's more, the mainstream firepower of gas stoves is 5.0kW~5.2kW now.
.02 Speed Arrogance
Another problem posed by the low firepower is the slow speed.
Anyone who has ever used an induction cooker should have had this experience: the heating speed is particularly slow. Take boiling water as an example: a gas stove may boil a pot of water in 5 minutes, but an induction cooker takes 10 minutes.
This is not the case for boiling water, but even more so for stir-frying vegetables and boiling porridge.
The same stir-fried two dishes may be 15 minutes slower after changing to an induction cooker. It's already tiring to cook, especially in the summer – those 15 minutes are painful, and it's all brought by the induction cooker.
.03 Pick pots and pans
Induction cooker, as the name suggests, requires the use of electromagnetic fields to heat up. In addition to the internal structure of the induction cooker, the cooperation of the pot is also required:
You have to use a pan!
It doesn't have much impact on the steamer, but it doesn't have much impact on the wok -
• Chinese food is actually the most suitable for round bottom pan, with high calories in the middle and high calories on both sides, so that the stir-fry is delicious.
• When stir-frying, the bottom of the pot should not leave the induction cooker, and many people who love to stir spoons will be very unaccustomed to it.
• Non-stick pans with a coated surface and no exposed metal parts are not usable. Non-stick pans that can be used on induction cooktops have a metal at the bottom of the pan, resulting in a higher price for this type of pan.
That is to say, as long as you buy an induction cooker, your cooking tools and cooking habits must revolve around the induction cooker. Cooking has also changed from "people-oriented" to "induction-cooker-oriented", and I don't think there is any fun in this kind of cooking process.
.04 Loud noise
Every time I slept in my room, I was particularly annoyed that my family was using an induction cooker. The reason is simple: it's too noisy! I'm going to take out my induction cooker right now and measure the noise for you to see
What is the concept of 56.6dB? Let's put it this way, it's about the same as the noise of a range hood
Can you hear your family talking when you stand under the hood? Standing next to the induction cooker, the same effect is true.
I believe that most people have eaten hot pot with an induction cooker, but if you think about it, is it very annoying when eating hot pot, and you have to speak loudly to hear clearly? Eating hot pot once in a while is fine, if you use an induction cooker to cook every day, this pain will be magnified.
In comparison, I still prefer a gas stove that burns quietly.
.05 There are many alternatives
These problems with induction cooktops are not new, but have been present since the moment they were born. So why was it so popular for so many years before, but now it is suddenly not popular?
This is actually related to the optional products:
Back then, we didn't have a choice, especially when we wanted to eat hot pot, we could only use an induction cooker.
But today is different, we have too many alternatives to choose from – eating hot pot, there is a special liftable hot pot, stir-frying, and a special electric wok. Even a cassette stove can bring an open flame to the table▽
With so many products that are better, more practical, and more affordable than induction cooktops, the frequency of induction cooktops will naturally become very low!
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