preventing scratches on induction cooktop
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Therador Silver Induction, Scratches, water spots?
Comments (1)You can use a product called "Scratch b Gone" I use this in the store one our induction cooktop. This product will remove Here is a link that might be useful: Cooktop Restoration Kit...See MoreSalt can scratch an induction cooktop
Comments (5)So will granulated sugar. Any sand-like substance will. Great thing about induction is that you can wipe up all spills while you're cooking. And you can lift the pan and wipe underneath it, then put it back down. BTW, I had a pot that bubbled over in the oven, and got sticky on the bottom. Something I didn't know when I put it on the induction to finish the dish. It got good and stuck! I was scared to pull it off. So I dished up all the food out of the pot and let it cool in place. When everything was cold I was able to flood it a little with water around the pot, which dissolved the sugar/meat juice glue enough that I could pull off the pot without feeling like I was going to crack the glass. I didn't want to do that hot because the water could have gotten too hot and caused its own problems. They give the same instructions for cleaning gunk off induction as for other ceramic-glass surfaces, but since, even on boil, induction doesn't get that hot, I don't know how you get hardened on goo that needs a razor blade to remove it. The goo from the above mess came up with a damp sponge....See MoreHow do I prevent the pot from sliding around the induction cooktop?
Comments (36)JAN MOYER wrote: "For great contact on induction, the pan must contain a ferrous metal. ....or it will slide" I think the reaction force between the hob coil's field and the reaction field induced in the pan steel or cast iron is too slight to add meaningful downward force. But this raises an amusing if not entirely relevant point. Aluminum is diamagnetic, so an aluminum pan would react to an induction field by pushing away from it, but the induction cooktops can sense when the field is reacting with such a material and not operate the hob, just as the hob won't operate with no pan present. Hence there is no likelihood of having an aluminum pan drifting off the cooktop as it and the induction coil overheat....See MoreCan induction-compatible cookware damage an induction cooktop?
Comments (8)I am in complete agreement with weedmeister. The originator of that tale, aiming for "old wives'" status, doesn't understand the relevant electromagnetics. Further, the magnetically susceptible layer of the pan base does not need to be flat on the cooktop, but generally within a quarter of an inch. Thin silicone pads can be used without any degradation of power transfer, and will actually help keep the glass (Ceran) cooler and hence the coil possibly cooler. I've even tested operation with an entire thick cloth hot pad as a pan shim, but can't say I proved that there was no loss in coupling efficiency. I can say that the susceptibility test circuit of the cooktop was satisfied that there was a suitable pan there, i.e., that there was sufficient coupling that power transfer would work well enough to not overheat the induction circuit....See Morekaseki
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