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Problems with gas stovetops | weak, dirty and dangerous

926K views · Oct 4, 2021 · 12:36 · 2 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2021–2023

Food YouTuber Adam Ragusea argues that gas stovetops are weaker than electric burners, dirty to clean, and a health risk from indoor air pollution. He cites Consumer Reports ratings and a literature review on gas stove health effects.

Why Hacker News points people here: Cited as an accessible overview of the case against gas cooktops in threads on cooking, induction and indoor air quality.

“Great coverage of this entire issue”HN comment, 2022

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“There's an interesting video from Adam Rageusa on how bad gas cooktops are”

Adam Ragusea explains problems with gas cooktops.

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An induction cooktop and electric pressure cooker certainly makes a gas connection for the kitchen unnecessary. There's an interesting video from Adam Rageusa on how bad gas cooktops are: this video I think that gas cooktops and open-air cooking vessels are just used frequently because they're easy to show off on cooking shows... Its hard to make a Youtube video on things cooking in a sealed pressure cooker.

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“Great coverage of this entire issue”

Good coverage of the gas stove health and efficiency issue.

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this video - Great coverage of this entire issue link - Gas VS Induction link - Gas VS Induction Tl;dr over 50% of heat from a gas stove ends up in the environment. Nearly 100% of the energy from an induction cook top ends up in the pot.

in “My best estimate is gas stoves decrease life expectancy by 53 days on average” · view on HN
Cites itthrow0101aMar 2022

“food YouTuber Adam Ragusea is not a fan of it in the home he recently moved into”

Ragusea explains his dislike of cooking with gas.

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Cooking with natural gas is thought by some people to be very good, but food YouTuber Adam Ragusea is not a fan of it in the home he recently moved into: * this video

in “The case for induction cooking” · view on HN
Cites itthrow0101aJul 2023

“See also perhaps Adam Ragusea on his own gas stove”

Ragusea on his own gas stove.

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> One of your sources is selling cook tops Yes, both gas and electric. See also their video "Induction Cooking: Pros and Cons - Part 1": * link And "Induction vs Pro Gas Cooking: Pros & Cons": * link > There is nothing wrong with natural gas - other than it's trendy to push electric currently. And the fact that it's highly inefficient and throws oodles of heat into your kitchen. See also perhaps Adam Ragusea on his own gas stove: * this video