How does an induction cooker work?

This is how such a stove works

With conventional electric cookers, the hotplate or the the ceramic hob is heated and then the pot. With gas stoves, the pot is heated by the gas flames. It works completely differently with an induction cooker.

• Here the heat is generated by means of electromagnetic waves directly in the bottom of the pot, so much less heat is given off into the room.
• The heat transfer in the induction cooker is provided by copper coils, which are located under the glass ceramic hob and generate an alternating electromagnetic field. Energy is only transferred when you put a suitable saucepan on the stove. This is ensured by an automatic pan recognition.
• The energy is converted into heat directly in the base of the pots suitable for induction stoves. Settings works or the stove reacts immediately without delay. The heating of the pot will stop immediately after you have removed the pot from the hotplate.
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• Since the heat in the induction cooker is generated directly in the bottom of the pot, you can also place smaller pots on larger hobs without losing heat and, consequently, energy. Because the heat is generated directly in the bottom of the pot, there is also no need for a preheating phase.


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• Use when cooking with induction only induction-compatible cookware. Conventional cookware does not work here. Matching pots and pans are either made of magnetizable material or have a magnetizable base.

Advantages and disadvantages of an induction cooker

• With an induction cooker, you can save time and around 30% energy. Energy is only transferred as soon as you put a saucepan on the stove. Long boiling times are no longer necessary and you can set or set the desired temperatures very precisely. regulate. With an induction cooker, you can cook both more gently and in a much shorter time. Even dishes that you would otherwise have prepared in a water bath can be prepared here without any problems without a water bath.
• Because nothing can burn in, the cleaning effort that you can incur is very low. There is also no risk of burns from hot cooktops, as the cooktops themselves do not get hot. It is important, especially in summer, that this stove does not give off any additional heat into your rooms.
• The disadvantage of the induction cooker is the still high purchase price and the fact that you need special cookware. But if you consider how energy-saving and time-saving an induction cooker works in comparison to other types of cookers and what other advantages it has, that can by far eliminate the disadvantages.