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[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Looks Photoshoped. You can get slightly greenish hue in flame if you use brass burners. But it's definetly not as prominent as on that picture

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 17 points 9 hours ago

The stove of the Nazgul.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 24 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Tangentially related. Pilot light kept going out on two appliances. Utility company came. Had to turn turn the main bc too strong blowing out pilot. Why? Everyone replacing with electric means more supply and more physical pressure on the infra.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 6 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Everything in my area is electric and oh gawd the electric bills. Also my fiance is a chef and hates having to cook on am electric range.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

I don't know why those are not popular in the US, but inductive ranges are the best.

[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

The radiant heat electric ranges suck. Some are better than others but they’re still the worst. I have induction now and it’s the closest to gas in temperature control. My parents were able to cook on it with basically zero adjustments (they have gas). The speed at which water boils is insane. 8 quart pan for pasta? Just over 7 minutes to a full rolling boil.

[–] marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 15 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

He hates consistent and predictable heat cycles that are 100% efficient heating instead of 80% of the heat escaping to everywhere but the pan?

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 hours ago (15 children)

If they've got an older type of electric stove, they don't produce an even heat, the element clicks on and off constantly. Even cheaper inductive cookers do this, and it can make things difficult for cooking.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I am not convinced an electric stovetop is any more efficient at transferring heat to the pan than gas is, unless you are using induction which the majority of electric hobs will not be.

Edit: I have been convinced now, see below

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I encourage you to find some thermal camera videos, and get some specs to do a bit of math for your own situation. Gas stoves typically create a BUNCH more heat, going up and around the sides of the pan/pot, while electric (of all types) is much more focused on the bottom surface. It's also why electric is so bad for cooking in a wok.

[–] marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today 6 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Electric heating is 100% efficient in general, as in 100% of the energy used is converted to thermal energy. No other heating method can claim this period (except geothermal and other heat pumps which can be several thousand percent effective but are impractical for spot heating.)

So the real difference is induction versus resistive coil efficiency at transferring that energy to the food...

Luckily a ridiculous amount of research has been done to show:

Gas is about 40% efficient

Electric coil is about 74% efficient.

Induction is 80-90% efficient.

So not only are you using more efficient methods of creating heat than combustion, you are getting more heat transferred to your food per unit of energy used. By double.

Gas stoves are great for two things, and only two things:

Jet-Gas stoves for Woks.

And Charring vegetables when you're too lazy to start a grill.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 7 hours ago

Electric heating is 100% efficient in general, as in 100% of the energy used is converted to thermal energy.

Yeah, I was careful to specify transferring heat to the pan.

Luckily a ridiculous amount of research has been done to show:

Ok I am convinced now 😆. I'm easy to convince if you have data. I am surprised though, I have used all three and induction is by far the quickest to heat. I can boil a giant pot of water in a few minutes, so I am a bit surprised that the difference between electric and induction is not that big.

I guess gas is fast to heat because it stores a ridiculous amount of energy so it can waste plenty and still be quick.

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[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Gas stoves don't burn hot enough for the copper pipes to be burning, so... maybe they cleaned the stoves with boric acid..?

Seems like the right colour... 🤔

I'll just put it over here with the rest of the fires...

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 32 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

More than likely just a filter on their camera. If it was from copper pipes, which is rare, it would be from copper oxide build ups inside the pipes. Of course the color wouldn't be this uniform, but the same can be said for some kind of cleaning product.

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[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 38 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I googled it. It's cancer.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

LLM told me it's an erectile disfunction and suggested gay sex. It can't be wrong amirite?

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

If a gay sex helps you with your problem, then your problem is not an erectile dysfunction, but something else.

[–] Tiral@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Yes. I Web MDed it, can confirm cancel.

[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

My wife died of cancel. Its such a green way to go.

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[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 38 points 12 hours ago

I associate the green flames with either copper or not rinsing off your chlorine containing cleaning agent well enough.

[–] Alberat@lemmy.world 160 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

it means the next thing you Cook on it will be of uncommon rarity

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 59 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Aww, I really wanted medium rarity :(

[–] grue@lemmy.world 82 points 13 hours ago (2 children)
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

I'll take mine common.

But make it unique.

... Surprise me.

[–] Jakylla@jlai.lu 10 points 11 hours ago

I hate that I can't translate this one to share it to the people around me that can't English, this one is too good

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 24 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't that mean you are using eco gas?

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 93 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

That means it's time to put a new roll of gas in before it runs out.

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[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 33 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Guy is running fast towards the stove.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It would be away from the stove. The normal flames are blue. Moving toward the stove would blueshift them to violet; away would redshift them to green.

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