Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know people love them but I actually find them harder to keep clean than my trusty gas stove. They do look great (when clean)!
Please explain this! It's a smooth sheet of glass - you clean with any cleaner or a special glass stovetop cleaner. How can this be harder to clean than a gas stove, where there are different parts and food can get crusted or burnt on?
Oh yeah, that is not unique to the induction ovens. Glass stove tops are hell to keep clean. Especially the black shinny ones.
Any spills or splatters and splashes bake right into it and you need to do acrobatics to clean it without scratching the surface.
While the surface is very hard, with time the top glaze gets tired just like tooth enamel and those micro abrasions that you can not even see with your naked eye do cling to the hot food for their dear life. So cleaning is more and more difficult and the result is less and less spectacular.
It does not apply to people who do have kitchen for decoration and socializing purposes only and who do not cook in them and
the extend of use of their ovens does not exceed boiling water, reheating left overs or having a wild sex on the top of the countertops without special attention where the countertop ends and the stove begins, ever so easier when they started making them without the knobs
Having said that, the said glass cook tops, regardless of the heating technology do look good for couple of years, after that you will see the tired part. But don't we all work that way.
Hmm, I still don't understand! I have only had induction (have had for over 10 years) and gas before that so I've never had another type of glass top, but induction stoves don't get as hot as other stoves (which is one of the reasons they are safer) so food doesn't get baked on the way it might do. It is genuinely very very easy to clean - I use barkeeper's friend stovetop cleaner, I put it on the surface and wipe it with a damp cloth. It is pristine and scratch-free after 10 years. And I cook everything from scratch, every day for a family of 6 so it certainly gets plenty of use!
I don't understand this comment. I have induction. It does get hot. If I have boring water going and remove the pan I absolutely can burn myself.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know people love them but I actually find them harder to keep clean than my trusty gas stove. They do look great (when clean)!
Please explain this! It's a smooth sheet of glass - you clean with any cleaner or a special glass stovetop cleaner. How can this be harder to clean than a gas stove, where there are different parts and food can get crusted or burnt on?
Oh yeah, that is not unique to the induction ovens. Glass stove tops are hell to keep clean. Especially the black shinny ones.
Any spills or splatters and splashes bake right into it and you need to do acrobatics to clean it without scratching the surface.
While the surface is very hard, with time the top glaze gets tired just like tooth enamel and those micro abrasions that you can not even see with your naked eye do cling to the hot food for their dear life. So cleaning is more and more difficult and the result is less and less spectacular.
It does not apply to people who do have kitchen for decoration and socializing purposes only and who do not cook in them and
the extend of use of their ovens does not exceed boiling water, reheating left overs or having a wild sex on the top of the countertops without special attention where the countertop ends and the stove begins, ever so easier when they started making them without the knobs
Having said that, the said glass cook tops, regardless of the heating technology do look good for couple of years, after that you will see the tired part. But don't we all work that way.
Hmm, I still don't understand! I have only had induction (have had for over 10 years) and gas before that so I've never had another type of glass top, but induction stoves don't get as hot as other stoves (which is one of the reasons they are safer) so food doesn't get baked on the way it might do. It is genuinely very very easy to clean - I use barkeeper's friend stovetop cleaner, I put it on the surface and wipe it with a damp cloth. It is pristine and scratch-free after 10 years. And I cook everything from scratch, every day for a family of 6 so it certainly gets plenty of use!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know people love them but I actually find them harder to keep clean than my trusty gas stove. They do look great (when clean)!
Please explain this! It's a smooth sheet of glass - you clean with any cleaner or a special glass stovetop cleaner. How can this be harder to clean than a gas stove, where there are different parts and food can get crusted or burnt on?
Oh yeah, that is not unique to the induction ovens. Glass stove tops are hell to keep clean. Especially the black shinny ones.
Any spills or splatters and splashes bake right into it and you need to do acrobatics to clean it without scratching the surface.
While the surface is very hard, with time the top glaze gets tired just like tooth enamel and those micro abrasions that you can not even see with your naked eye do cling to the hot food for their dear life. So cleaning is more and more difficult and the result is less and less spectacular.
It does not apply to people who do have kitchen for decoration and socializing purposes only and who do not cook in them and
the extend of use of their ovens does not exceed boiling water, reheating left overs or having a wild sex on the top of the countertops without special attention where the countertop ends and the stove begins, ever so easier when they started making them without the knobs
Having said that, the said glass cook tops, regardless of the heating technology do look good for couple of years, after that you will see the tired part. But don't we all work that way.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We used to have one, but had to get rid of it. You should know that some people are hypersensitive to them. One of my kids would freak out and grab his ears when it was on like he was in agony -- apparently some people can hear/feel them and it is very unpleasant.
Interesting (and I'm sorry!). One of mine is like this. There a certain old school TV at her grandparents that causes this reaction. She can tell from a couple rooms away when someone turns it on and starts to flip out. I'm not OP but was considering going induction. I'm wondering if there is a way to test certain models. Did you go back to electric or gas?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know people love them but I actually find them harder to keep clean than my trusty gas stove. They do look great (when clean)!
Please explain this! It's a smooth sheet of glass - you clean with any cleaner or a special glass stovetop cleaner. How can this be harder to clean than a gas stove, where there are different parts and food can get crusted or burnt on?
Anonymous wrote:We used to have one, but had to get rid of it. You should know that some people are hypersensitive to them. One of my kids would freak out and grab his ears when it was on like he was in agony -- apparently some people can hear/feel them and it is very unpleasant.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I know people love them but I actually find them harder to keep clean than my trusty gas stove. They do look great (when clean)!
Please explain this! It's a smooth sheet of glass - you clean with any cleaner or a special glass stovetop cleaner. How can this be harder to clean than a gas stove, where there are different parts and food can get crusted or burnt on?
Anonymous wrote:I know people love them but I actually find them harder to keep clean than my trusty gas stove. They do look great (when clean)!
Anonymous wrote:We used to have one, but had to get rid of it. You should know that some people are hypersensitive to them. One of my kids would freak out and grab his ears when it was on like he was in agony -- apparently some people can hear/feel them and it is very unpleasant.
https://www.homedepot.com/c/ab/induction-cooktop-buying-guide/9ba683603be9fa5395fab9015e8023b9Induction stovetops are flat cooktops that have an electromagnetic field underneath the cooking surface.
https://www.drweil.com/diet-nutrition/cooking-cookware/is-induction-a-better-safer-cooking-method/induction cooktops use an electromagnetic current, you must use magnetic cookware.
https://thorkitchen.com/induction-cooktop-vs-electric/Induction heating occurs using electromagnetic radiation