"I was hesitant to swap." Home cooks offer real-world advice after stove shopper considers switching from gas to induction: ...

With stovelike performance in a hotplate-sized package, portable induction cooktops can replace or complement gas ranges.

Deana Litowitz grew up with a gas stove and never thought she could use anything else. An avid cook, she loved the way gas can reduce a sauce from a boil to a simmer almost instantly. "You can't get ...