Don’t look now, but going electric may be so simple that it’s kid stuff.

No joke. In Denver, the city’s Office of Climate Action recently helped put on a “chef showdown” competition for grade-schoolers where the competitors had to use all-electric appliances. Besides building up their cooking knowledge and teamwork, the contest also helped them learn how safe and easy electric induction cooking is.

The good news is you don’t have to be an Iron Chef to find that out for yourself. If you live in Boulder County, you can check out an electric induction cooktop for two weeks at no charge. We’ve even got a really cool video to tell you more about the program.

So why bother with electric induction cooking, anyway? Among other things:

• Induction cooking allows consistent and precise heating that’s easy to control.
• Because it doesn’t use gas or open flames, there’s no effect on your indoor air quality.
• Because the pans on an induction cooktop are heated magnetically, the surface never gets really hot, making it easy to clean up spills.

You can find out still more about electric induction cooking at our building electrification webpage, which also covers things like heating your home electrically or getting rebates and tax credits to help make any upgrades. (You can also find some opportunities for that through our friends at Efficiency Works, including rebates for electric heat pumps and induction ranges.)

So as the need for holiday cooking starts to heat up, give it a try. Then share the results with your friends and neighbors.

It’s a tasty way to show and tell.