I've had induction hobs in the past and they're every bit as good as a gas hob, in terms of that instant increase/decrease in heat. I have a ceramic one here and it's also fine I don't find any difference in the heat @B3. All my pots and pans are fine for any hob. I had to change several of them when I moved to a different house and we renewed the whole kitchen. They're readily available now - and not as expensive as they used to be. Nice one @Buttercupdays
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's all so confusing😵we're getting the electric socket checked over in case we want an electric cooker. And then there's dual fuel - induction as you say. Never heard of ceramic arghhh!!!😵
The ceramic hobs are quite similar to the induction ones in my experience, but a wee bit slower than induction. You don't need specific pots/pans for those.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks @Fairygirl. The pots and pans thing is another source of confusion. Does something awful happen If you use the wrong pan on an induction hob? Had a Google. Checked my favourite saucepans with a magnet - nothing😕
We have ceramic hobs, they tend to pre date induction. Not as fast as induction and the surface does get hot, but not as slow as the old electric rings. Apparently you mustn't let anyone with a pacemaker in the room with an induction hob if it's on. I don't know about your microwave combi but with ours we can use oven and microwave on simmer setting. Cuts cooking time for a chicken in half, but you still get that roast chicken taste, texture and colour.
Got my first induction hob last year, after 16 years with a gas cooker. I love the induction hob! So clean, so responsive! And mine has a timer, so if I want to boil eggs or pasta for ten minutes, it switches itself off. Unlike the gas hob, where I used to get distracted and return to the kitchen to find the pan had boiled dry. And no more scrubbing the rings and the bottom of pans to remove burnt on grease. The pans stay pristine, and the glass hob wipes clean in seconds. For a lazy housewife like me, couldn’t be better. You can buy single portable induction hobs relatively cheaply. Might be worth considering one for Christmas to cook the vegetables, while your combi microwave is cooking the roast? I regularly cooked a roast dinner for two in my combi microwave, used purely as a fan oven, with meat and stuffing on one layer, and potatoes on the upper rack. I now use my Ninja double basket air fryer for virtually anything that I used to use the main oven for. Even managed to make some individual Yorkshire puddings this week, plus two ginger cookies on the bake setting. It’s fine for the two of us, but I’ll be using the big oven for Christmas when there will be more mouths to feed.
How quickly does induction cook down after you switch it off? If something is enough to boil over, is it as quick as gas?
Made a basic roast chicken dinner using one chicken breast cut lengthways and cooked in AF. This was a mistake as I ended up with goujons which I overcooked but they were still quite moist - good My husband reckons the roast potatoes are better than in the oven. I disagree. They taste a bit too healthy for me.. Fortunately,I'm doing the cooking. Microwave carrots parboiled in microwave and cooled for later were perfect reheated. Sprouts still overcooked but I'm getting there. Stuffing reheated MW - good . Put walnut oil in a mixture of Turkey and ordinary gravy granules - not bad . Not as good as home made but edible Dry run reasonably successful. Need to decide where to cook small bit of gammon. My cooking methods will have changed somewhat by the time we have a cooker. Thanks everyone for advice. I may be back for more in the new year.
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I don't find any difference in the heat @B3.
All my pots and pans are fine for any hob. I had to change several of them when I moved to a different house and we renewed the whole kitchen. They're readily available now - and not as expensive as they used to be.
Nice one @Buttercupdays
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Had a Google. Checked my favourite saucepans with a magnet - nothing😕
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't know about your microwave combi but with ours we can use oven and microwave on simmer setting. Cuts cooking time for a chicken in half, but you still get that roast chicken taste, texture and colour.
I regularly cooked a roast dinner for two in my combi microwave, used purely as a fan oven, with meat and stuffing on one layer, and potatoes on the upper rack. I now use my Ninja double basket air fryer for virtually anything that I used to use the main oven for. Even managed to make some individual Yorkshire puddings this week, plus two ginger cookies on the bake setting. It’s fine for the two of us, but I’ll be using the big oven for Christmas when there will be more mouths to feed.
Made a basic roast chicken dinner using one chicken breast cut lengthways and cooked in AF. This was a mistake as I ended up with goujons which I overcooked but they were still quite moist - good
My husband reckons the roast potatoes are better than in the oven. I disagree. They taste a bit too healthy for me.. Fortunately,I'm doing the cooking.
Microwave carrots parboiled in microwave and cooled for later were perfect reheated. Sprouts still overcooked but I'm getting there. Stuffing reheated MW - good . Put walnut oil in a mixture of Turkey and ordinary gravy granules - not bad . Not as good as home made but edible
Dry run reasonably successful. Need to decide where to cook small bit of gammon.
My cooking methods will have changed somewhat by the time we have a cooker.
Thanks everyone for advice. I may be back for more in the new year.