Modern manufacturers of household appliances offer a choice of two types of hobs - induction and glass-ceramic. The design of such panels will perfectly fit into any modern headset. But how do they differ from each other?
Good choice of two options
It is important for any housewife to know how effective the purchased panel is, while design and beauty fade into the background. Glass-ceramic and induction surfaces are several times faster than their gas predecessors. An induction hob will boil a liter of water in three minutes, a glass ceramic hob in five minutes, and a traditional gas hob takes nine minutes.
A regular gas stove can be a rather unpleasant potential threat if there are small children in the house, as it heats up in all directions and it is very easy to burn yourself on it.
Glass-ceramic surfaces ideally conduct heat along the vertical axis and practically do not heat up in the horizontal plane. This means that only the area under the pot or pan is heated significantly during cooking.
For these surfaces, the diameters of the burners and saucepans must match exactly. A pot that is too small for the hotplate can overheat the surface, and too large pots leave unsightly marks.
Features of induction heating
Induction hobs heat the cookware, not the surface. Thanks to this, the air does not warm up in the kitchen, which is especially valuable in hot weather. At various presentations, they often demonstrate the trick with induction hobs - the pan is moved halfway through the burner, and ice or chocolate is placed on the second. A few minutes later, water boils in the pan, and the chocolate or ice does not even think to melt. Electromagnetic induction only heats the cookware. The burners turn on if there is a saucepan on the stove, but it is worth removing it and the stove turns off automatically. Induction panels allow you to forget about the terrible runaway milk, because it simply does not stick to the surface.
Do not place a wet saucepan on the hot glass ceramic hob, as this can damage the surfaces.
Both induction and glass-ceramic surfaces require the purchase of new cookware. Induction surfaces will not work on glass, brass, copper, porcelain, ceramics and aluminum. To check if the saucepan you like will fit your stove, bring a magnet to it. If it is attracted to the bottom, then the dishes will suit you.
Glass-ceramic surfaces require pans with a flat, flat bottom, and they should not be made of aluminum or copper, as these metals leave marks on the glass-ceramic.
