Dave Hall Electrical – The Dorchester Electrician – Call Today – Tel : 0777 50 40 093
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Changing your cooking methods can’t save you a lot of energy. Cooking uses a fraction of total household energy compared to things like heating, cooling, and lighting. However there are a few easy ways to save energy when cooking which can also speed up the amount of time you spend over a hot stove.
Make sure you use the correct size saucepan for the cooker ring you are using to prevent heat loss, and when heating water in the stove only use the amount you actually need you are not wasting electricity unnecessarily to heat the extra water. You waste over 40 percent of the heat produced by the ring if you use a 6″” saucepan on an 8″” ring .
Putting a lid on the saucepan will help the water come to the boil quicker and require less energy, as will boiling water in the kettle before filling the pan. This will save the time the ring needs to heat the water.
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Dave Hall Electrical – The Dorchester Electrician – Call Today – Tel : 0777 50 40 093
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Using a microwave is much more energy efficient for cooking than anything else. It uses 60% less energy than your cooker. Using a steamer, a slow cooker or a pressure cooker will also use less energy. Using a slow cooker is a good way to save energy. It cooks at a low temperature for a long period of time. You can switch it on before going to work and have a delicious meal waiting for you when you get home. A method of cooking that minimizes the area to be heated and so saves energy, so a toaster is more efficient for toast than using a grill.
Try to open the door to the oven only when you have to. The temperature will drop by over twenty-five degrees each time you open the oven door. Getting an oven with an oven light and a glass window in the door will let you check on your food without opening the door. Keeping the glass in your oven door clean, means you can look through it easily to check on your food rather than opening the door and letting all that heat out.
When saucepans become blackened from heavy use, they can absorb a lot of heat, reducing ring efficiency. You need them to stay shiny so they reflect the heat up into the cookware. In the same way, if a saucepan’s bottom is not flat it doesn’t make full contact with the ring and some energy is wasted.
Finally defrosting frozen foods in the refrigerator before cooking will save energy before you start.
If you have any questions or would like a quotation call me or drop me a line at The Dorchester Electrician.
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Dave Hall Electrical – The Dorchester Electrician – Call Today – Tel : 0777 50 40 093
