Any problems with Induction Hobs?

Keiko9

Can you fry on induction hobs? I understand you can't heat a pan up to sear steak or fish?
I had decided on induction until I read that this is a problem. I need to make a decision soonest and am now confused all over again.

theonlywayisup

Keiko9 wrote: »

Can you fry on induction hobs? I understand you can't heat a pan up to sear steak or fish?
I had decided on induction until I read that this is a problem. I need to make a decision soonest and am now confused all over again.

My induction hob gets to temperature in a nano second. You can cook at very high tempertures very quickly with much greater control than any other heat source.

aliasojo

Keiko9 wrote: »

Can you fry on induction hobs? I understand you can't heat a pan up to sear steak or fish?
I had decided on induction until I read that this is a problem. I need to make a decision soonest and am now confused all over again.

That's rubbish. I have one of those pans with the red dot in the centre that changes colour when the pan is hot enough to sear steak. It gets there in seconds. We're healthy eating/dieting just now so a lot of our stuff is dry fried in non stick pans. Never any problem. Well that's not strictly true, sometimes I heat my pan up for too long before pouring in my egg mix and I end up with a crispy bottomed omelette.

I would kill anyone who tried to take my induction hob away from me, lol. I will never go back to an 'ordinary' one now.

Keiko9

Thanks a lot for these replies: it's put my mind at rest and I will go ahead and choose a hob. Will let you know how it goes.:T

missile

D1zzy wrote: »

AEG - had it for about 5 years. I think it is a combo with a non-induction zone, so I suppose that area would get hot, but she said the controls get too hot to touch, andI was very concerned about the water issue.

Got an AEG and only bit which gets hot is the bit which is under the pan. No trouble with water.

I do have trouble with the touch controls, least bit of grease or cream on your finger and it doesn't work.

boyse7en

I've got a deDietrich Induction hob. I've had it about 7 years now, so no longevity issues so far.

The "water issue" that has been mentioned may be a safety cutout operating. My hob has a sensor of some sort that can tell when a pan has boiled over, and switches the ring/induction area off to avoid further problems. Soon sorted by mopping up any water to dry the glass, then it can be switched back on again.

The only issue I've had is that twice in the 7 years, it has shown an odd symbol on all the displays and has refused to switch on. "Rebooting" it by switching it off at the main feed and switching it back on again has sorted that out.

fitshase

I'll just add my experience to the mix. Loved gas hobs for their instant heat and ultra easy control but our new house didn't have gas in the kitchen (boiler is in the bathroom above). When we put a new kitchen in, we could have forked out for someone to come and run a supply from the meter under the stairs (adjacent to the kitchen) and install a hob or we could go with electric. I didn't much fancy electric but then started reading about induction.

Managed to get a great deal at B&Q - Hotpoint induction hob and separate self-cleaning oven for just under £400 . When installed, I was stunned at the ease of use and functions of the hob. Each "ring" has a timer you can set (up to 99 minutes) and the speed is fantastic.

That was 2 years ago and I have never looked back. Would not go back to a standard electric hob again. May entertain the idea of gas (as I can blacken peppers on it and light candles, etc, ) but first choice will always be induction.

curleygrey

Have a Neff Induction for 5 years and love it. Recently when I switch on the "E" is displayed and I have to wait for this to switch off before switching on again when it works perfectly. Has anyone any ideas what might be going on?

TitusT

curleygrey wrote: »

Have a Neff Induction for 5 years and love it. Recently when I switch on the "E" is displayed and I have to wait for this to switch off before switching on again when it works perfectly. Has anyone any ideas what might be going on?

I also have a NEFF induction hob that is a 2 - 3 years old with a similar problem. (It has 4 heating zones and the magnetic spin dial.) On start up all the windows flash with an "E" for about a minute then the "Es" stay there constantly. If you then turn it off and on again it works. My local appliance repair man says he can't fix it so I'm not best pleased with NEFF's reliability. Especially since I bought this NEFF hob to replace the previous NEFF induction hob where one of the inductors broke.

avantra

We are putting a new kitchen in for the next 15-20 years and with that view we decided to go for a good quality Whirpool gas hob.

1. Gas is still cheaper than elec to cook on (this might change in the future).
2. Had an induction hob (Bosch) that after 6 years gave us Errors and other problems.
Yes it's a bit easier to clean but that's not a good enough reason for us to go for induction.

I think if you are going to have your kitchen for a very long time gas is tried and tested, cooking with computers on board will always expose some weakness at some point.