When the kiddo was born, I went a little crazy with air quality monitors and purifiers. This is LA so that seemed important. And even with the fires, etc., the biggest lesson I've learned is:

Holy crap don't have gas ovens/stoves. And open the windows when cooking with them.

@mttaggart I remember I was looking at houses a few weeks ago and my Realtor did full pearl clutching Karen when I said if the house had a gas stove, it would be immediately removed.

Like, pollution and splody-gas aside, why would I use it over induction? Asking for a friend.

@mttaggart Here's a great video on just how bad gas stoves are.

Even a standard electric stove is far superior (maybe not quite as fast, but it's very close!).

If you're worried about speed over all else, induction is where it's at.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUywI8YGy0Y

Gas stoves aren't really that fast - even standard electric is faster!

Really!00:00 Intro01:32 Backstory07:15 Testing Procedure08:41 A note on CO2 and why I'm measuring it10:02 Ikea pot, 4 quarts - large gas burner17:10 Same pot...

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