Where can I find a silicone mat for cooking on an induction cooktop?
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kas - use of silpat on induction cooktop?
Comments (24)Kas You have a lovely set up there. However, in my experience the induction cooktops are super easy to care for. I wipe mine down with the washcloth after doing the dishes, spritz it with "multi-surface cleaner" to remove the streaks and only use the cooktop cleaner when I start to see a sort of film over the cooking surfaces. Routine daily cleaning takes about 30 seconds. It's as good as new, if you ignore the stainless at the front and back. I followed the instructions when I first installed mine for a while, but decided I'd rather tolerate a little wear. However, there is still no evidence of wear after this amount of time. I don't want to discourage anyone from selecting induction because the think it is fragile or requires difficult care. It isn't and it doesn't. The thing is the absolute bomb in my experience. It's wonderful for cooking and easy-peasy for clean up. We're house hunting again and I don't want a kitchen with one of those big, fancy gas ranges ... now the racing red Viking induction range would be another matter!...See Morewhere can I get a 2 burner pancake griddle for my induction cooktop?
Comments (3)I have the Chef King griddle that works well on my bridged induction but it is heavy. Cuisinart has a Mult Clad Pro induction capable griddle on Amazon and on their website that might work for you. It is fairly new....See MoreLG induction range
Comments (16)You already may know this, but something for later readers to bear in mind is that using paper towels will be fine with pots of water even when using maximum burner power but care with power control is needed when using high heat settings for cooking tasks like searing and wokking. The thing to bear in mind is that induction generates heat in the pan but the contents of the pan can mitigate how hot the pan gets. With a pot of water, the water absorbs and carries away heat energy as it boils which keeps the pan from getting much hotter than boiling temperatures. You can crank the burner to maximum boosted power and the paper will be fine. At least, up until you boil the pan dry. ;>) However, do that with an empty wok or frying pan or anything that won't carry away heat the way water does (say, oil or sugar or meat & vegetables for your stir fry, etc.) and what happens? The pan's exterior temperature quickly shoots well above paper's ignition temperature, famously said to be 451°F. You avoid burning the paper by finding a power setting makes the pan hot enough for your cooking but not too hot for the paper, as you already have done with the egg-frying example you mentioned. FWIW, the paper beneath an over heated pan usually can't get enough oxygen to actually burst into flame. Instead, it smolders and leaves a carbonized mess that may need a lot of elbow grease and some polishing with cooktop cleaning cream to remove from the glasstop. For anybody interested, a search will turn up detailed past discussions that include information on figuring out the highest power settings to use with paper towels on your particular stove's burners. Also, the best kind of high temperature silicon mats to use, too, if you want to use that rather than paper, as some do. A couple of recent examples are [this thread from last fall [(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/induction-cooking-and-silicone-matts-and-cookware-dsvw-vd~5517462?n=14)and [this one from a year ago[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/where-can-i-find-a-silicone-mat-for-cooking-on-an-induction-cooktop-dsvw-vd~5211088)....See MoreLG Studio 30" Induction range vs. Bosch Benchmark 30" range
Comments (30)@peanutmiracle I purchased a sheet of silicone and used various-size cans and a small bowl to make different-sized circular pads, which I then cut out. I place three or four pads down to support the edges of a pot, or I will use a single bigger pad for my tea kettle (because the single pad can be hidden underneath the kettle and left out on the cooktop full-time. Otherwise, the pads are placed on the stovetop only when I am using a hob. There is a theory that the pads could serve to lengthen the lifetime of a hob's performance, because the hot pot is not making direct contact with the stovetop, keeping the stovetop cooler. I mostly use the Hunts tomato sauce size. I use the biggest one for my tea kettle. Another advantage to using the pads is it helps you eyeball where to place the pot once the pads are in place. I see the link no longer offers the blue color--in case you are wondering. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SZM2QDX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1...See MoreToronto Veterinarian
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