The MetroKitchen.com guide to induction cooking
Cookware from All-Clad, Viking and Mauviel are just a few of the many induction compatible brands of cookware you can find at MetroKitchen.com. The
Viking portable induction cooker is another great product from MetroKitchen.com. Induction cooking helps you to save energy as well as reduce cooking time. For example, water boils in less than half the time it takes on a gas or electric cooktop.
How does Induction work?
Induction cooking uses the transfer of magnetic energy, rather than a flame or electric element to create a quick, efficient way of cooking.
What are the benefits of Induction cooking?
- Conserves energy: Induction cooking uses 90% of the energy produced compared to only 55% for a gas burner and 65% for traditional electric ranges. Induction cooking provides an extremely fast boil, 50% faster than gas or electric. Induction heat is more powerful, and heats hotter and faster than gas or electric. (A typical induction cooktop is 84 percent efficient, while a gas range is only 40 percent efficient, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.)
- Safe: The cooking surface stays cool even during the cooking cycle. Induction cooktops are extremely safe because there's no open flame or exposed heating element as compared to gas or electric.
- Easy to clean: The surface of an induction cooktop does not heat, therefore overflows and spills do not stick.
What cookware is compatible with Induction cooktops?
Top brands of fully clad cookware, such as All-Clad Stainless, Viking cookware and Mauviel M’cooks stainless work on induction cook tops because they’re magnetic. Staub cast iron also works on induction. The key to having any cookware work on induction is that it must be magnetic and have an absolutely flat bottom. Cookware made from aluminum, copper or glass, including Pyrex DO NOT work. For a quick compatibility test, try sticking a magnet to your cookware. If it sticks, that cookware should work; if it doesn’t, most likely it is not induction compatible. Induction cookware must be made of a magnetic-based material, such as cast iron or magnetic stainless steel. Please note, All-Clad MC2, All-Clad LTD, All-Clad Cop-R-Chef are NOT induction compatible. You can use the Mauviel Induction Disc to make these cookware styles induction-compatible.
Several top brands at MetroKitchen are Induction compatible
What about all of the other cookware I have like copper and aluminum?
How can I use an induction cooktop with aluminum,copper or disc bottom cookware? Or do, I have to stop using this type of cookware?
The Mauviel Induction Disc, at MetroKitchen.com is your solution. This disc makes copper and aluminum safe to use on an induction range. Place the Mauviel Induction disc under cookware that’s not induction compatible, such as non-magnetic aluminum or copper. The Mauviel Induction Disc, because it is magnetic, ensures that the energy and heat will transfer from your induction cooktop to heat the food you’re preparing.
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