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Re:Kitchen Optimizations by dragonwriter on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @08:18PM (#46450259)
> When you have a good stove, the difference between lid or no lid is very small.

That's...not true at all.

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Re:Kitchen Optimizations by carlosjobim on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @09:10PM (#46450579)
At most a couple of minutes, when you have the flame on full blast.
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Re:Kitchen Optimizations by lkbm on Thursday January 01, 2026 @12:12PM (#46455813)
Depends on the size of the pot (and how full said pot is).

Energy in - energy out == energy needed to boil.

If energy in per second is really high, and energy needed to boil is relatively small, you'll get there quickly, without energy out having time to have much effect. If the energy needed is very high, reducing the rate at which energy goes out can make a big difference.

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