Hi!
My husband and I are getting ready to order our new RV and I'd like everyone's opinion on getting the induction cook top versus the gas burners.
I love cooking on the gas but it seems like there must be an advantage to the induction if it's being offered as an option.
Help please!
Joy
Joy, I have used both an induction cooktop that I bought recently (it is portable) and my gas cooktop that is in my rig.
The biggest advantage to the induction over gas is you pay for the gas (propane) and the electricity needed for the induction is part of your campground fees. They both seem to heat the same with the induction heating faster. I like that my pan handles do not get hot on the induction burner like they do on the gas burner. Also, I have notcied that the induction burner does not heat up my kitchen and rig like the gas burners do.
Like Jim B. mentioned, the biggest downside is, if you are without electricity, the induction cooktop will not work; and like Jim, we carry a two-burner Coleman stove (leftover from our tent camping days). So I can cook no matter the setup. I recently bought a set of pans that I found on sale at Camping World. They are produced by
Magma and are a nesting type of pans. This is my second set of pans by them as my first set would not work on the induction cooktop. They produce a regular set and a induction-ready set.
We are getting ready to remove our gas stove and camper-type refrigerator and replace them with a residential-style refrigerator and an induction cooktop with a cabinet underneath. We already have a convection/microwave that I use for all my baking and cooking needs. I hate lighting the gas oven....you have to be an contortionist to light that thing.
Hope this helps answer a few of your questions! Send me an email (through our blog) if you have anymore questions for me.