How to reduce gas consumption
Use flat-bottomed pans matched to the burner, keep lids on, and set the flame no wider than the pan base. Soaking pulses before cooking and keeping burners clean do the rest. Most households can cut consumption noticeably without cooking anything differently.
None of this changes what you cook. It changes how much of the gas ends up in the food rather than around the pan.
Match the pan to the burner
A flame wider than the pan base heats air, not food. Everything past the edge of the pan is wasted.
Use the small burner for small pans, and set the flame so it stays within the base.
Use flat-bottomed pans
A warped or rounded base touches the heat unevenly, leaving air gaps that slow the transfer. A flat base sits square on the trivet and heats faster.
Keep the lid on
A lid keeps the steam and the heat in the pan. Uncovered pots lose heat continuously from the surface, which is why the same dish takes noticeably longer without one.
Turn it down once it boils
Water does not get hotter than boiling however high the flame. Once it is at a rolling boil, lower the flame to hold it there — the extra gas past that point does nothing.
Soak pulses and beans first
Soaking cuts cooking time substantially, and cooking time is exactly what you are paying for. Start them in the morning for the evening meal.
Keep the burners clean
Clogged ports give a yellow flame, which wastes unburnt gas and sooties the pot base. A sooted base then insulates the pan, so the next meal takes longer.
Ten minutes cleaning the burner recovers efficiency you are otherwise paying for every day.
What about the cylinder itself?
Make sure you actually received a full fill. Weigh the cylinder at handover and check gross weight minus the stamped tare weight — a short fill costs more than every habit on this page combined.
Common questions
How can I make my gas cylinder last longer?
Match the flame to the pan base, use flat-bottomed pans, keep lids on, lower the flame once water boils, soak pulses first, and keep the burner ports clean. None of it changes what you cook.
Does keeping the lid on really save gas?
Yes. An uncovered pot loses heat and steam continuously from the surface, so the same dish takes noticeably longer and burns more gas to reach the same point.
Does a bigger flame cook faster?
Only up to the width of the pan base. Flame past the edge heats the air around the pan, not the food, and once water is at a rolling boil a higher flame adds no temperature at all.
Sargodha Gas has supplied LPG cylinders in Sargodha since 2005. Contact us