Quite often one or other brand will give you a set of 3 or 4 pans free. So you can find umpteen sets of brand new pans on Ebay from whichever that brand is at the time for a good price. At the moment it seems to be Bosch.
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Thanks for the hint, I just got a set of 4 Siemens pans for £50 from Ebay. Ordered Wed and turned up today, Friday! They are made by Schulte Ufer and look like decent quality kit. If you search for the brand you will find them being sold at much higher prices by a number of homeware companies.
Don’t want to be accused of advertising, thought it was frowned on! It was your first suggestion though, two letter, not two word! Its worth looking at reviews of an item on several different sites, sometimes you pick up a nugget of information that is relevant to you.
Realise I'm late to this party but we have an induction hob and got free German Schulte Ufer pans with the kitchen. They are fabulous and much better than our old Meyer American ones that passed the magnet test so suitable, but a bit rubbish in use: too slow! They are older than induction technology. We also had some Judge British ones (really old!) that looked the part but had to be sent to relatives with a gas cooker! No allegiance with any country or brand is intended, I'm merely relating my experience.
Sorry, Ergates, I was just gently teasing you and an earlier poster who referenced an online auction site without saying its name. I hope you did not take offence.
Wow 3 phase in a domestic property I've only come across that once in 20 odd years. You can have any job you feel like 😊
Pretty much every house here has it. 90% of cookers use it, it was difficult to find a cooker to use in our old house that didn't have it. (had to go with a gas top electric oven so it would work on the 10A fuses they have here at 230V) However even the three phase (400V) is only running on 16A fuses. it's so weird that all 230V circuits here have 10amps them, rather than different sizes for different loads like in the UK.
As to the cooker, sorry can't help, I have nice copper bottomed pans I am rather attached to, and massive 12L aluminum ones as well!
When Hubby fitted our kitchen in 2013, I was going to buy a gas hob, went for a Zanussi, induction. It was a showroom model, came with no guarntee, it did go wrong, after a year, so would have been out of the warranty anyway. Zanussi repaired for free, didn't even have to pay a call out charge. It's so blooming clever, and a dream to clean. We already had a set of Judge saucepans which came with a 25 year guarantee. My last gas hob used to burn the saucepan handles, dont get that anymore. We did have to have electrics added to and a new consumer unit. I have never seen induction with knobs. I would be very surprised if Bosch is made in Germany, we bought a mower this year his is rubbish, and says yes!! Made in China
@Nanny Beach (and others who have a favourite pan which is not compatible with induction) -
You can buy an induction adaptor plate which you place between the pan and the hob. The plate heats up and then heats up the pan. It's a slightly clumsy way of dealing with things but allows you to use an expensive or particularly cherished pan which wouldn't otherwise work on an induction hob.
About £14.00 from Pro-Cook (other suppliers are available).
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
The one thing I have never been able to find is a tiny one egg size frying pan you can use on induction
Unfortunately that's just a shortcoming of some induction hobs. The manufacturer usually supplies the info on the smallest diametre pan you can use. Progressively they have been getting much more sensitive. I could use a stove top espresso maker on ours, which has a small footprint.
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Thanks for the hint, I just got a set of 4 Siemens pans for £50 from Ebay. Ordered Wed and turned up today, Friday! They are made by Schulte Ufer and look like decent quality kit. If you search for the brand you will find them being sold at much higher prices by a number of homeware companies.
Its worth looking at reviews of an item on several different sites, sometimes you pick up a nugget of information that is relevant to you.
You can buy an induction adaptor plate which you place between the pan and the hob. The plate heats up and then heats up the pan. It's a slightly clumsy way of dealing with things but allows you to use an expensive or particularly cherished pan which wouldn't otherwise work on an induction hob.
About £14.00 from Pro-Cook (other suppliers are available).