Induction Cooker

kimwp

Snuggles said:

@kimwp Thanks for letting me know - much appreciated. Sounds like one rack will fit in the top oven, leaving the standard two racks for the main oven. Strange that I'd seen reviews about people complaining there was only one rack in the main oven. 

Just checked - the racks fit in the top oven.

Something I haven't figured out is the size of pan for each hob. The user guide has a minimum size, but it's expressed as a range, which only goes up to 21cm, which seems quite small. My 26cm pan was definitely bubbling in an area smaller than the pan and the area of bubbles stayed in the same place as I moved the pan. Too tired to figure it out atm, will do some experimenting at the weekend.

kimwp

Aeg confirmed that the maximum "hot" area is 21cm and the sizes for all zones are:

Left rear 125 - 140 

Right rear 145 - 180 

Right front 145 - 180 

Left front 180 - 210

The appliance will still heat if a bigger pan is used however the area that is heated will be the maximum 21cm.

silvercar

Will some heat spread to the outer edges of the pans by conduction?

kimwp

silvercar said:

Will some heat spread to the outer edges of the pans by conduction?

Presumably. Though my 26 cm big pot (23 cm internal dia at the bottom of the inside bottom) on the right front hob definitely has boiling bubbles contained within an area even when I moved the pan around. 

Just my naivety obviously, but I had thought they would all be able to heat a (and the same) fairly wide range of pan diameters.