Cooking with LPG

 In a country where loadshedding has become a daily reality, South Africans are forced to find new ways to adapt to life without electricity.

As with most challenges in life, we always work towards improving and solving the problem but in South Africa loadshedding is only getting worse by the year. At the time this blogpost is written, loadshedding has been a daily constant for almost 3 weeks and stages have been alternating between stage 3 to 6.

The timing of loadshedding usually falls during the hours when a person wants to bath or cook meals. Its become a challenge to live and just do basic things such as cook a meal, wash washing and also impacts businesses.

Luckily, we are not entirely dependent on electricity. With Eskom's continued failure at providing the country with electricity, energy sources such as solar power and LPG gas are slowly making their way into the spotlight and into people's homes.

Our business is focused on promoting the use of LP gas which is the perfect energy source to use in conjunction with solar power. Installing a solar power system can be quite costly whereas LPG is easily accessible, affordable and portable giving you a lot more versatility than solar or electricity.

Cooking with LPG has many benefits. 

Here are some of the reasons why you should consider making the switch:

• Your cooking time is faster: When it comes to gas stoves, there's no need to first wait for your stove plates to heat up like electricity. Your stove plates reach the desired temperature instantly meaning you can cook your meals faster.
• Better temperature control: Any baker will know that temperature control is extremely important when baking, the same applies to cooking. When you change the temperature on an electric stove, it usually takes some time for the oven or stove plate to adjust accordingly. With a gas stove the temperate adjustment is almost immediate and remains constant.
• Cooking with LPG is the most eco-friendly solution: LPG is a clean-burning fuel and emits very low carbon emissions making it a better option than electricity and even wood.
• It is cost effective:  Because gas stoves reach their temperatures faster and the heat remains at a constant temperature, you are able to cook meals much faster. Spending less time cooking means you use less energy than you would with an electric stove which means your gas lasts longer and you save on the electricity expense.
• Gas cooking is versatile:  As mentioned, LPG is an easily accessible and portable energy source. The sizes of gas canisters and cylinders vary meaning that you are spoiled for choice when it comes to cooking with gas. You can use gas in your home or outdoors at a braai. Are you going camping or hiking? There are cooking solutions for these activities as well. 

Cooking safely with LP gas:

When we were young and electricity was the main source of energy in every home and business, we were educated on how to use electricity safely. Now that we are considering other options of energy sources within our home, it is important to educate ourselves on their safety hazards.