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5ch’s Geisou Sokuho+ board picked up an ABEMA TIMES article about the growing ‘stove-canceling’ crowd — people who barely use a stovetop at all. The original article reported that this trend, once centered on young people and families raising kids, has now spread to seniors too, and that TV personality SHELLY appeared on the show commenting, ‘You don’t really need one if you live somewhere like Tokyo’ and ‘I just don’t like cleaning up afterward.’ On the thread, opinions were split: some said switching to induction (IH) cooktops made cleanup so much easier that they actually started cooking more, and others reported that microwaves and electric cookers can now handle stir-frying and even deep-frying. At the same time, there were plenty of comments mocking the stove-free lifestyle, plus worries about elderly people forgetting to turn off burners.
‘Barely Use It at All’: Nearly 20% Now in the ‘Stove-Canceling’ Crowd… The “3 Factors” Behind Its Spread to Seniors Too — Trend Critic: “Some Households Even Remove Their Stove During Renovations” | ABEMA TIMES
The ‘stove-canceling crowd’ — people choosing a lifestyle without a stovetop — is rapidly expanding, centered on young people and families raising children. Two-burner stoves were once prized as a breakthrough for cooking efficiency, so why are people now giving them up?
On the news program ‘Watashi to News,’ SHELLY and generational/trend critic Megumi Ushikubo explored the reasons behind the growing stove-canceling crowd.
Source: times.abema.tv / Original article here
What people said
It seems way too easy to cause a gas leak for something that dangerous.
At that point it becomes a question of whether it's even worth paying the propane base fee.
I love baths, so even without using the stove my gas bill is still pretty high.
What about the bath/shower?
Is bath usage zero too?
You running an EcoCute (electric heat-pump water heater)?
This is just a lousy article that wanted an excuse to say '-canceling crowd.'
Do it daily and it's just a quick wipe.
Frozen food?
You can do it all with an electric cooker and a microwave —
stir-frying, boiling, deep-frying, grilling.
Sounds like a pain if you're cooking a big batch though.
Just thinking about it sounds like a hassle.
For that there are water heaters that run on solar power plus kerosene or something.
Wow. Is that how it is these days?
'Surveyed men and women aged 15 and up'
Well of course 15-year-olds don't use a stove.
Coming home to find a pot on the stove with a few burnt eggs in it is terrifying.
Thank god for the incomplete-combustion safety shutoff.
I heard someone put an electric kettle on the gas burner and their family nearly had a heart attack seeing it.
I cook using three shichirin (small charcoal grills).
For me it's actually the opposite.
When eating out, anything will do, but at home I cook and eat exactly what I like, however I like.
And in winter there's the risk of your sleeve catching fire too.
Does induction automatically shut off if there's no pot on it?
If you leave it on with no timer set, it shuts off after 10 or 20 minutes.
It also shuts off if the temperature gets too high.
Those stove grates are useless junk that just get in the way of cleaning.
Induction is the best.
You can do that in a rice cooker too, you know~
Nah, anyone who goes to that much trouble to cook definitely needs a stove lol
Most of them just can't cook, that's all.
Grilled meat or steak is just buying meat and grilling it.
And it ends up cheaper and tastier than the meat in a bento.
Is washing a frying pan and a plate really that much trouble?
Apparently just seeing a vague instruction like 'a pinch of salt' is enough to kill their motivation.
Background and Key Points of This Debate
The term “stove-canceling crowd” itself comes from the ABEMA program’s framing, and on the thread, the fact that the original survey covered “men and women aged 15 and up” drew pointed remarks like “well of course 15-year-olds don’t use a stove” — questions about the survey’s design became part of the discussion too. Behind the trend is the growing sophistication of induction cooktops, electric cookers, and microwave cooking, which have made it possible to stir-fry, deep-fry, and handle most cooking tasks without an open flame. Opinions on the thread split over whether giving up the stove is a rational choice or just an excuse for not cooking — comments praising the reduced cleaning burden and the safety benefit for elderly people who might forget to turn off a burner sat alongside comments mocking the stove-free lifestyle itself. Neither the article nor the thread discussion reveals exact numbers or an age breakdown for the stove-canceling crowd.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisou Sokuho+) thread “[Cooking] Nearly 20% Now in the ‘Stove-Canceling’ Crowd… Spreading to Seniors Too — SHELLY: ‘You don’t need one somewhere like Tokyo… I just don’t like cleaning up’.”
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