Stan Horwitz wrote:
> > i am looking at a sunpentown sr-1851 which unlike the slightly more
> > expensive sr-1881 has a kind of raised circle for the inductive
> > heating.
> >
> > any thoughts?
>
> Check with the manufacturer of your range, but I suspect that any cook
> wear that does not sit sit the entire bottom surface contacts the
> inductive element will not work.

you're right. someone in the tech department who could understand my
question got back to me. any distance increases inefficiencies. the
raised circular ring is around 10 inches in diameter. so if a pot is
larger than 10 inches, then that pot will be raised a wee bit and heat
a wee bit inefficiently.

so a part larger than 10 inches in diameter with an indented inner
circular bottom would be a double whammy and be less efficient than a
perfectly flat bottom. i guess
this is one time perfectly flat bottoms are preferred.