Gas vs Electric Cooking: What a Meal Really Costs in 2026

With gas pressure unreliable and both fuels repriced every quarter, the cheapest way to cook is no longer obvious. Here is the honest comparison.

The rough numbers

An hour of one gas burner at full flame burns roughly 0.20–0.25 kg of LPG. An infrared cooker like the RAF Multifunction Infrared Cooker & Hot Plate R.8045 (3500W) at medium power draws about 1.5–2 units in the same hour. At current prices the two are far closer than most people assume — and electric wins outright if you have rooftop solar generating your daytime units.

The resilient kitchen

The real answer is both. A hybrid unit like the Hybrid Gas & Electric Built-In Kitchen Hob switches fuels as supply dictates, and a tabletop stove plus infrared plate covers the same bases for a fraction of the cost.

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