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“The William” Electric Stove

Posted by brad on August 30th, 2010

Somebody (William?) had a lot of fun designing this stove.  All around, it seems like a pretty significant advance in stove-top tech:

[h/t Davison Creators]

It looks like a lot of fun to play with, but the designers don’t seem to address what I consider to be the #1 problem with electric stoves: thermal inertia.  Gas stoves are great because you have the option of instantly reducing or increasing the cooking temperature.  With electric stoves this is much less convenient — expecially if you want to go from high to low heat — and can easily lead to scalding.  You always have the option of changing the heating element you’re using, but then you get caught playing musical pots.  I suppose the 21 possible signatures could come in handy then.

I’m curious to see what Juicers think: do you prefer gas or electric stoves?  How do you feel about the UI on “The William”?

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2 Responses to ““The William” Electric Stove”

  1. August 30th, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    BLin says:

    Looks pretty sweet. And very expensive.

    As for general heating element tech: gas wins on performance/price, but i think the overall performance winner is induction.

    Induction has some really sweet features: it’s extremely efficient, it has near zero thermal inertia since the cooktop doesn’t get hot, it’s easy to clean also because the cooktop doesn’t get hot, near instant heat delivery (some models boil water in 90 seconds), and excellent low heat performance beyond the capability of either gas or electric (think of melting chocolate without a double boiler).

    The only serious drawback is cost.

  2. August 30th, 2010 at 4:19 pm

    brad says:

    So, I checked out the YouTube page for “The William” and I guess it’s just a concept somebody put together, which is probably for the best.

    I didn’t know about induction heating, it sounds awesome. So, an ideal combination might be an induction range with electric oven?

    As a side note, I want to mention how super-convenient it is to have an electric kettle on hand. We had one at my old job, but I’ve had pretty limited exposure to them otherwise. In the UK they’re commonplace. They kettles are quick, efficient, and really handy… I never boil water on the stove anymore. I’m often tempted to experiment putting other things in it (soup? hot chocolate?) because it’s so quick, but the almost-certain of ruin my meal and extra clean-up work is a strong deterrent.

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