Samin Nosrat cooks a lot. Famous for her award winning cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and the Netflix mini-series of the same name, her range is at the center of her life’s work. Until last year, the range in her home was a high-end gas model. But not any more.

"When I moved into this house, there was a really beautiful old gas stove. But over time, I realized it was slowly killing me. My carbon monoxide monitors were going off no matter how many times I had the oven or stove repaired," she shared in her customer story:

After that, Samin looked at switching to induction, but the electrical costs were prohibitively expensive. Luckily, we found each other at just the right time.  

Copper helped Samin get the world’s best induction, and she helped us design a range worthy of her kitchen.  

As we got close to installing her new range on April 15, 2024, we teamed up with QuantAQ to install an air quality sensor in her kitchen. The results were eye-opening.

Due to her gas stove, the carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide both regularly exceed levels deemed safe by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Exposure to carbon monoxide can lead to irreversible neurological and cardiological effects, and is particularly dangerous for pregnant mothers and developing fetuses. Elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide have been linked to development of asthma, as well as dementia and other degenerative diseases.

We’re grateful to Samin for sharing her story and the data on her air quality to help raise awareness of these dangers.