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Does anyone use induction burners? Looking for recommendations. (self.food)

submitted 2 years ago by Butterbee to c/food

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I'm looking at buying an induction burner but it's hard to find which brands may be reliable. Most of the youtube reviews are done by review bot channels and relying on amazon reviews in this day and age... yeah. So does anyone have any experience with these and know of a brand that I can go toward?

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[–] Butterbee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for sharing the experience, I'll have to adjust my expectations lol. Having an even heating is something I was hoping for for things like crepes or omelets. But on the other hand what I have now is a regular electric glass top, and it makes me nervous with how easy it is to scratch. Scratches can make the entire glass top crack and it's super expensive to replace. Any time any splatter happens or anything boils over for even a second if it drops onto the hot glass it INSTANTLY becomes burnt on and needs to be scraped off but you can only use special non-abrasive detergents..

Induction would suit my needs well enough for most things and I can probably adjust to the times it doesn't.

[–] honeyontoast 3 points 2 years ago

One of the things I like is because induction works by directly heating the metal, on the rare occasion something does spill over it doesn't burn nearly as badly because it only gets residual heat. Wipes off really easily.

They also cool down very quickly if you have children or pets to worry about.

I'm glad I made the switch. The pros far outweigh the cons for me, and with the pancakes/crepes I think it's just a learning curve.