Induction stoves can be a great — and child-safe — tool in the kitchen compared to other cooktops. The stove only produces heat when it comes in contact with an induction appropriate pan bottom. That means curious hands don’t lead to burnt fingers, even if they happen to press the right buttons to turn it on. However, if your induction …

Having a gas stove is incredibly useful. Some home chefs swear by cooking on gas instead of electric burners. There is something inherently satisfying about the click of the igniter and the whoosh of the gas lighting in a ring around the burner. Cooking on gas is a clean, even heat if you take good care of your gas cooktop …

There are some appliances, like a refrigerator for example, that can and should turn on automatically when needed to function properly. However, so many other appliances require you to physically turn them on for energy efficiency and for your own safety. Your oven is very much one of those appliances. To leave an oven running constantly is a huge waste …

The drawer underneath the oven has debatable purposes. Officially, it’s a “warmer drawer” where you put pans of food to defrost or stay warm from the heat of the oven. But most people use it for large pan storage. It is, actually, the most convenient place to put large oven-sized pans. And we both know that we’re not putting food …