We already knew we wanted to replace our gas stove and oven with an electric induction model when we had the Building Doctors do their home energy audit in 2023.

But once we saw these test results of how much CO2 was spewing from our stove every time we turned it on we had a sense of urgency.

That was even before the latest devastating news about gas stoves toxic pollution.

We were going to wait for the IRA rebates to kick in before going shopping for that replacement since there would be $870 in up front free money to do it – plus a tax credit – but decided not to delay. However the induction range convection ovens available today cost $1,500-$4,000…

So we instead decided to start with a single induction burner, the top rated one on Wirecutter, the Duxtop 9600. It was $119. We got it and started using it even before we gave our gas stove away to friends who needed a new oven.

One big advantage over getting a full size electric oven with induction range is this individual burner uses 110v and can plug into a standard outlet. The full size replacements need 220/240v which most kitchens, like ours, don’t have.

The downside of switching to induction heating is that almost all of the pots and pans we own (most of which we never use) would NOT work with it.

Induction cooktops use copper coils to generate heat from electric currents directly to your cookware. In order for the induction cooktop to work, pots and pans need to have a magnetic and flat bottom. So test a pot. Hold a magnet to the bottom surface. Does it stick firmly? If so, you’ve got induction cookware.

So we gave these non-magnetics away to the same friends who took our stove. We kept and now use a big carbon steel frying pan, our cast iron cookware and a 2 qt stainless steel pot mostly.

There’s only two of us in our household and we realized we just never used the big gas oven to cook big meals. Even when we had friends over for dinner.

So we took a look at countertop electric ovens and we found a huge range of possibilities. We wanted the biggest one possible that would also use a 110v outlet. We wanted a high quality oven from a company that would stand by it and be around for a while.

We wanted it to have a a good air fryer and be able to bake, broil and cook anything we want to.

We chose the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Pro and bought it when it went on sale for $320. It had everything we wanted and more.

First of all it’s big. The 1 cubic ft, interior can toast 9 slices of bread, roast a 14-lb turkey, air fry two racks of waffle fries and tots, slow cook with a 5 qt Dutch oven and comfortably fit most 9″x13″ pans and 12 cup muffin trays.

But it’s no bigger than a microwave oven and fits beautifully on the inexpensive wood table we got for it and the induction burner that now sit side by side under the exhaust hood.

It’s got 13 cooking functions that do more than we will ever need: Toast, Bagel, Broil, Bake, Roast, Warm, Pizza, Proof, Airfry, Reheat, Cookies, Slow Cook, and Dehydrate. We’ve had it for six months now and we never miss the big gas box it replaced.

And we LOVE having another gas line in our house capped and out of use.