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Induction Cooktop
Am thinking of an induction cooktop for Christmas.
Anyone want to share experiences, good & bad. Thanks |
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"Doug" > wrote in message ... > Am thinking of an induction cooktop for Christmas. > > Anyone want to share experiences, good & bad. > > Thanks I didn't know anything about induction -- was even confused between it and a regular electric cooktop because I was using coils. But I did find an interesting article in Consumers Reports about Sears induction cooktop. It's no doubt outdated (or updated as the case may be), but if you get no responses, give it a look-see. Also try googling rec.food.equipment site. I think there has been a bit of discussion there about experiences. Dee Dee |
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Doug > wrote:
> Am thinking of an induction cooktop for Christmas. > > Anyone want to share experiences, good & bad. Posted about six months ago: I do not have an induction range, but I have cooked on one at friends'. I can say that if I were in the market for a new range now, an induction one would be at the top of my list. Given suitable (i.e. magnetic-based) cookware, "normal" cooking is as comfortable and efficient as on a gas range. Induction ranges are as responsive and fast as any gas ones. Their great advantages are the absence of the potentially dangerous open flame or the heat of the range itself, as only the cookware gets hot, and also of the dirt coming from burning gas (as *some* dirt is always produced). They are rather safer to use than any conventional alternative. Their disadvantages are the necessity of suitable cookware with flat, smooth bottoms, so such vessels as woks and cauldrons with concave bottoms used for such dishes as the Uzbek plov are effectively out. Also, one has no open flame for singing peppers, for example, or pin feathers of poultry or game, should it become necessary. You also have to consider a higher initial cost of an induction range. It is more economical in actual use, though. See also <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooker>. Victor |
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"hahabogus" > wrote in message ... > Doug > wrote in news:douglashh- > : > >> Am thinking of an induction cooktop for Christmas. >> >> Anyone want to share experiences, good & bad. > > I use regularly an induction hot plate...a one burner dealie. I am quite > content with it. > > I use it mostly outside when I bbq to make sauces and side dishes. And > occassionally I'll make scrambled eggs or a large pot of soup inside with > it. It will maintain a very even temp low simmer quite nicely for the > soup. I believe it almost matches gas in heat up and cool down and it is > reasonable kilowatt power cost-wise. Same here, I bought a one induction plate -- I believe it goes to a 12" ring. Then I liked it so much I bought another. I do use them outside for long time cooking as I would a crockpot. If I needed another burner (or two) inside, there, I have it. I was trying out induction to see if I wanted to go to the expense of induction (not that I 'really' would). I'm happy with the regular electric cooktop. I don't feel that it is a trade-off either. Dee Dee |
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