Induction, baby!

[joeekaitis]

I was lazy.

 

Didn't take the necessary nanoseconds out of my busy, busy day to move the pan off the stove before tilting it to scrap out the leftovers.

 

[combo52]

Scratched Induction Cook-Tops

There really isn't a single scratch on our 35YO Kenmore CT and it has had a lot of HARD use.

 

I have never heard of a thermal [ glass ] failure on an ICT, it could probably only happen if the dry pan detection system failed and a pan got VERY hot would you ever have a chance of a thermal break.

 

In general glass ICTs hold up very well and look new for the life of the range with very little care.

 

John L.

 

[sudsmaster]

I'm wondering if that's just a food splash of some sort.

 

[brisnat81]

I agree with John L, I dont baby our Induction cooktop and regularly have 5gal pots on there that slide around, with a mix of stainless and cast iron. I slide stuff all the time and after 6 years there are no marks.

Have you tried a razor blade scraper to confirm that its a scratch and not just something stuck on?

 

[joeekaitis]

Gave it a hundred circular strokes . . .

 

. . . with some Wieman stovetop cleaner.  It's a little less visible.  Might be a metal mark like what happens to CorningWare.  I'll keep at it.  Stove still cooks like a champ.

 

[ozzie908]

ICT

I managed to drop a pan and break the corner off my hob it really annoys me as its so visible, I tried glueing it back on as it was just 1 piece but you can see the glue even though I used a knife blade scraper to clean it up as best I could.

I keep an eye on eBay to see if anyone has the same cook top with out a break in the glass but other issues and I will buy it and swap it over

Austin

 

[fisherpaykel]

Cooktop scratches

Joe I still stand by cutting out 3 pieces, shape of your choice, from a regular silicone baking mat, not a fibreglass reinforced Silpat, and arranging in a tripod pattern over each burner hob. I don’t make blackened Cajun fish in my cast iron fry pans but I do use them for normal cooking and the worst that happens is the blue silicone slowly darkens and eventually I cut out some new ones from my original mat, been doing this for nine years, plenty of mat remaining, no melted silicone even when I used a cast iron induction interface disc a couple of times. Spilled errant salt crystals can scratch, maybe sugar as well. Give the silicone a try.

 

[combo52]

Using silicone mats on induction cooktops

I think I’ve said it before but I do not recommend silicon sheets they are usually only good till about 500° you can easily exceed that if you boil a pan dry, the mat also will add insulation and keep the overheat protection system from triggering as quickly so you may damage cookware if you boil something dry.

 

Heating the silicone matt to the 500° range will also emit toxic fumes into your kitchen.

 

You would be better off putting newspaper over the stove although it may not protect from scratches all that well at least will not keep the over heat system from working and if it does burn it won’t release toxic fumes.

 

John L