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Completed a project yesterday. This rack used to have a bunch of kitchen items we never use, while our pots and pans were deep in cabinets and a pain to get to, despite using them daily. So we reversed that.

I realize most people don't like everything out and visible and wouldn't accept a 6'+ quite real shelving unit in their kitchen. I believe that makes them weird, not me.

I love it. In our old house my wife put hooks on the walls to hold pans, which worked out great

The wife kiboshed any of that early on, so we have pull out drawers which work reasonably well.  We have a small kitchen obviously so volume is at a premium.  We gained quite a bit of effective volume in the redo even though nothing really expanded.

The inductive range is a gem.

The wife wanted a gas stove, but in our house we couldn't manage the venting properly, so I found an induction cooktop at Lowe's, their last one, being written off.  She became an almost instant convert.  When we redid the kitchen here, we had a decent range of the regular type and she insisted on getting induction.

They offer immediate pinpoint control.  They boil water faster than gas.  They don't heat up the kitchen (much, they heat the food).  The surface is very easy to clean of course (a feature she likes).  A Miele runs over $7K.  We got a Bosch which was $3200.  The oven is "normal", it does have a meat probe which I use.

The disadvantage is you need ferromagnetic cookware.  The magnets heat the bottom of the pot.  I can put a small pot on the large "eye" and it only heats the pot, an ice cube next to the pot won't heat up, it's a neat trick.

At some point I want to cook on one.

For now, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool gas range aficionado, and the wife is as well.

I hear such great things about the induction ranges, from people who actually love cooking, so I think there's gotta be something to it. But I've never tried one, and I'd be leery about it without having actually used it.

My parents have one. My mom hated it because half her pans didn't work. But if your cookware is right they are nice. 

I got a nonstick griddle from Costco. I got it for the grill but tried it on my range, which is just a glass top electric, and it worked great. Only 20 bucks and I finally made some decent pancakes.

I love gas but I do like the idea of having an extra single-burner induction on-hand.  Good suggestion!

I'm going camping upstate for a couple of nights.  I usually don't try to cook things in a pot when camping, just meats on sticks.

But of course, there's a fire ban, so the ceiling for this trip will be low.  I hate camping w/o a fire to stare at.  But at least I'll be away from the diseased hords.

Not that I've noticed.