Thread: Induction

Always been annoyed at how hopeless stove top elements are, fluctuating heat, not enough heat. Bought myself a single induction element set for $80 from briscos, wow what an improvement, instant heat & heaps of it & very controllable. Did a stir fry last night & was a delight to do. Need steel pots & pans though.

Yeah mate, proper induction is amazing.
Always amazed at how quickly it boils water etc. Crazy hot too.

thought about it when we built the house but went for gas hob (and water) instead.

For my lunch in winter I enjoy an egg on toast with a brew. In quick succession I put the cold water on the induction hobb, put the jug on then put the toast on. The water on the hobbs boils, the egg goes in, the toast pops and gets a smattering of butter, the egg is done so thrown on the toast, and the jug boils last.

Lunch.

Done.

In under 5 mins.

Induction hobbs are bloody great.

I’ve used mine to heat up bearings I’m fitting to large industrial motors. I tape a thermometer to the inside and it’s at 80deg in s few seconds then the just slide into place. Small ones not so much the hob doesn’t detect then and won’t heat up.
And yes boils water too. Very fast.

Would never go back to a ceramic cooktop after using induction. You know something is different when they need to run new wiring to the box to handle the increased load.
4kW on boost to a single element gets things warming up quickly. More so when using cast iron cookware.
My only gripe is the cookware manufacturers saying their product will work with induction cooktops. "works with" is quite a broad term, and has varying levels of performance. Some will boil water on level 3/9, and others will require 9/9. Have had a couple that the cooktop will not even recognise, so they went straight back to the store.

Originally Posted by quentin

Would never go back to a ceramic cooktop after using induction. You know something is different when they need to run new wiring to the box to handle the increased load.
4kW on boost to a single element gets things warming up quickly. More so when using cast iron cookware.
My only gripe is the cookware manufacturers saying their product will work with induction cooktops. "works with" is quite a broad term, and has varying levels of performance. Some will boil water on level 3/9, and others will require 9/9. Have had a couple that the cooktop will not even recognise, so they went straight back to the store.

Take a magnet, even some of my cheap warehouse pans work well, Stainless steel pans always pissed me off, gets blue hot and stick Wow, couple have ended up out on the lawn.