settle an argument

[chirpychirpy]

Please settle an argument. When boiling eggs in a pan on a gas hob, does the strength of the flame under the pan make any difference to gas consumption (and therefore the gas bill) or the pan itself?

[1carrieanne]

Yes it does - if you have flames that are coloured orange at any stage, then you are wasting gas - you want blue flames.

[Ethel]

Both. Some pans are very good at heat distribution and heat the water up very quickly so are more energy efficient.

The higher the flame the more gas you use.