Coming soon to Los Angeles: Gas appliances to be completed in new construction. As the Los Angeles City Council voted in May, effective January 1, 2023 (a phasing out), no new buildings, including homes, can have gas stoves, water heaters, ovens, or clothing that runs on gas. . dryers. Following in the footsteps of Berkeley, San Francisco and Santa Monica, the move is an effort to reduce the use of fuels that produce greenhouse gases and contribute to climate change.
However, some Los Angeles designers and their customers are already switching to electric induction stoves and finding they love the cooking experience. “Induction is the best,” says chef Ludo Lefebvre (Patty Troy), who first tried induction cooking at LA Live’s All Star Chef Classic in 2014. “It’s fast. it is strong. It provides even heat,” he says. “And it’s safe. No open flames so I can use it in the kitchen with my kids. Now, as a spokesperson for New Zealand-based home appliance company Fisher & Paykel, he’s installed his professional Series 11 range in his home.” in Studio City. “I would love to have restaurant induction, but would have to have a large, commercial grade cooktop, which is not yet available.”
Not everyone is excited about the idea of doing away with gas stoves; In June, several Korean and Chinese chefs, in an article Los Angeles Times, rejected the change, saying that certain cooking techniques (including wok cooking) and experiments (such as table grilling) do not replicate electricity. The California Restaurant Association (CRA) also opposed the new rule. “Fire is crucial for chefs to create their masterpieces,” CRA President Jot Kondi told me. First.
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Stephen Cooper of Cooper Pacific, a West Hollywood-based third-generation kitchen design company, says he understands induction heating. “We’ve been cooking on fire since man learned to walk,” says Cooper, who has designed kitchens for Brad Pitt and Lisa Vanderpump. “This is how my mother used to cook. I don’t think people will give it a chance.” As he points out, “you have to experience it to know what a game-changer is.”
Interior designer Jeff Andrews (whose clients include Kaley Cuoco and Kris Jenner) designed the Wolf induction stove for producer Raj Kapoor’s Hancock Park home (Grammy, Academy of Country Music Awards). Andrews explains, “The island is like a piece of furniture, so we needed something functional and beautiful that would just disappear.” Kapur is an induction conversion he installed last year: “It’s sleek, modern, fast, and cleaning is a touch and go,” he says. THR.
Although it is powered by electricity, induction is not like the spiral coils of the past. Instead of generating heat, the process transfers electricity directly to the compatible boiler, activating its molecules to produce heat. Your movement creates heat (a bit like heating up a room with dancing bodies. Turn off the power, the heat goes out and the cooking stops. Caren Rideau of the Kitchen Design Group, who recently installed an induction stove for the Living Room podcast/ Comedian Bert Kreischer’s kitchen—is impressed by her response. “Water boils in seconds,” he says.Induction can also easily maintain the low temperatures needed to melt chocolate or cook sous-vide.
Not all kitchen appliances work with induction. “While copper, glass, aluminum and ceramics won’t work, most pans are ready-made,” confirms Cooper. Inductive readiness can be checked with a magnet. If it sticks, the pan will work.
And induction can help with wok cooking, although cooks who want to keep the gas going do so because they say the fire adds flavor. “Gagano makes a ring that works with a traditional round bottom,” says Cooper.
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While the technology’s climate compatibility paved the way for regulations, induction has also trumped gas for health and safety. Towels, dish racks and clothes racks—in fact, anything that isn’t metal—left near the stove cannot catch fire. Invisacook has an induction offering where pans can be cooked directly on a granite or porcelain countertop, meaning the oven blends in perfectly with the kitchen.
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Unlike gas ovens, electric ovens do not release carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde and other pollutants into the air, which are a growing concern. A 2013 article in the Journal of International Epidemiology found that children who lived in homes with gas stoves were 42% more likely to experience asthma symptoms such as wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath. While there are no domestic exposure guidelines in the US, Canada sets a limit of 90 parts per billion.
And because less heat escapes, the kitchen and cook are cooler.
“I love induction cooking,” says Lori Haefele (who also designs kitchens for Pete’s, among other famous clients). “It’s eco-friendly and has an incredibly elegant aesthetic.”
A version of this story first appeared in the August 10 issue of The Gossipify. Click here to subscribe.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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