Gas or electric?

I moved to electric after many years of gas. Told by my children it was 'the way to go'! Happily it has rings which glow. I simply played with it for a couple of hours and familiarised myself with the settings. No problem at all now and it certainly is a whizz to keep clean.

This is all very interesting. How do you know if the pans you own are induction compatible and what happens if you use ones that aren't?

Another vote for induction hob here! For all the reasons mentioned by others.

I have used both over the years and find my electric induction hob just the best I have ever used,its so clean and easy to use I can turn off the cooking and it will carry on cooking for a good 15mins saving me money all the time.

We changed a gas job for an induction and have never looked back. Very fast and super clean (no pan racks or burners to clean - just a quick wipe over). Yes you will have to change your pans to ones that are induction compatible if yours aren’t, but most modern pans are compatible and are not expensive these days.

I'm listening closely to this discussion.
My gas Rayburn was condemned a few months ago and I have yet to decide what to do about cooking.

I have an electric ring, a microwave, a kettle and an immersion for the water but as MawBe says, gas is on the way out and will we will probably be fined or put in prison if our old faithful cookers are still going in 10 years time.
I much prefer gas, having tried alternatives in holiday homes over the years.

Maybe I should turn the kitchen into a hotel lounge suitable for eating takeaways and forget about cooking!

The electrician suggested I buy an old electric range, with gas hob, which has been knocking about in his garage after a customer had their kitchen revamped.

Don't you need special pans for an induction hob?
Please let me know how you get on grannyrebel and why you are changing?

Love my induction hob, Gas previously, but wouldn’t change back. New hob faster, easier to control, and much easier to clean. New electric oven heats up faster too.

Oh I love my induction hob. Only had it a couple of years and it did take a bit of getting used to because it’s so fast. So much cleaner than gas.

If you like gas, go for it. I think new gas hobs will be able to cope with the natural gas/ hydrogen mix that is proposed to replace the current gas supply.

I changed from gas to an induction hob fourteen years ago and wouldn’t change back. It’s quicker than gas to cook with, just as responsive and so much easier to keep clean. The kitchen does not become hot like it did when the gas hob was on.
One drawback though, it is more likely to break down than gas. Gas hobs seem to last forever. I’m on my second induction hob.

“Economical” oops!

Gas is on the way out though isn’t it?
We are all going to be encouraged (and/or incentivised) to go for heat pumps instead of gas boilers and electric induction hobs and electric ovens instead of gas cookers.
I would definitely go for the induction hob, so much easier to clean and I believe more economics. (Not hard to get used to either)

A few years ago I had an electric hob and it was so slow to heat up and cool down I exchanged it for a gas hob. Times have changed and they may be better now but I doubt it because my newish electric oven takes forever to heat to eg 220 degrees.

We had a break in electricity supply today , just as I was about to heat my lunch time soup in the microwave ! The gas hob saved the day ! I had an electric hob temporarily but never got on with it
I’m sure someone will put the other side soon

We have an electric induction hob and I love it.
It is a lot faster and more controllable than a previous gas hob, or indeed a previous electric ceramic hob
It's also far easier to keep clean, as it's basically just a sheet of black glass!
An induction hob needs pans that will attract a magnet; some of mine were ok, some needed replacing.