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Summer is officially over, and we are moving, full speed, into the holiday season. The holiday season is my favorite time of the year because the weather starts to cool off, I can give my A/C unit a much-needed break, and the fun activities start taking place indoors as opposed to outdoors.

One of my favorite indoor activities is cooking for my loved ones! I love the thrill of attempting new and challenging recipes and also keeping family traditions alive by making some of grandma’s old recipes. I know I am not the only one that feels this way so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to have a multi-part series where we discuss technologies that can make your home or office as efficient as possible during this and holiday seasons to come.

We are going to talk about a few different types of energy efficient technologies you will use this holiday season. However, to kick off this series, I would like to revisit a technology that we have covered in the past: induction cooktops.

Although, induction cooktops are not as common as they should be, they are worth a closer look! As I said in the above linked article, they really don’t have any disadvantages other than price. Since they are a relatively new technology, they are more expensive than the other, more traditional cooktops. However, that will not be the case for long as more and more people begin to adopt them.

The advantages, however, are numerous. Many people are hesitant to convert their natural gas cooktop because natural gas heats evenly giving you more control over how delicious your food turns out. An induction cooktop has the same ability to heat your food evenly. Another consideration is if you have ever had to clean a natural gas cooktop, you understand what a job that can turn out to be. Not only are induction cooktops one smooth continuous surface that can be wiped clean, they also don’t leave any residual heat which means food is not cooked onto the surface of the cooktop. This is a game changer for folks that have pets and small children. You won’t have to worry about anyone burning their hands even right after you finish cooking. How can it do this? By using a technology called electromagnetic radiation. The heat goes directly from the cooktop into the object that requires heating, not the cooktop surface.

These are just a few of the main advantages of the induction cooktop. Electrification is the direction we are all headed, and people will take different paths to get there. Your cooktop does not have to be the barrior that keeps you from eliminating fossil fuels from your home. You can get the same quality using electric technologies. They are more energy efficient and also improve the indoor air quality inside your home as well as prevent your home from contributing to bad air quality in the community.

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Sources:
https://www.sjvcleanenergy.org/blogee/2021/4/20/technology-tuesdays-induction-cooktops
https://thorkitchen.com/induction-cooktop-vs-electric/
https://www.monogram.com/kitchen-design/energyefficient/#:~:text=Induction%20is%20by%20far%20the,cooking%20times%20and%20energy%20used.