On Friday, December 11, 2015 at 8:08:53 AM UTC-10, Abiquiu wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 10:32:52 PM UTC-10, Alan Holbrook wrote:
> >> dsi1 <> wrote in
> >> :
> >>
> >>> OTOH, they got induction units
> >>> that work with all metals in Asia. That's cool. Beats the heck out of
> >>> me why we're so backwards in cooking technology in the states. That's
> >>> not right!
> >>
> >> Can you give us a source or references for that statement? Since the
> >> definition of induction cooking is use of a magnetic field to excite metal
> >> and produce heat, it would seem that use of non-magnetic metal cookware,
> >> like aluminum, is a contradiction.
> >
> > Evidently you can induce eddy currents in non-ferrous metals like aluminum and copper to heat them up. The problem with these units, as I understand it, is lower efficiency, noisy operation, and your pans tend to levitate - although that would be a plus in my book.
> >
> > "There have been attempts to get around the limitations of induction cooking: Panasonic introduced a model in 2009 that they claimed worked with all metal cookware, widening the range of pans that could be used. This worked by increasing the frequency of the alternating magnetic field, so the current in the pans flowed faster, and produced the heating effect in a wider range of metals. However, this model does not seem to be available outside of Japan, and it was more expensive than normal induction cooktops, so it doesn't seem to have been a success. According to some reports, this high-frequency field caused the pans to levitate slightly, so the manual recommended that the pans should always be fairly full, otherwise the pans had a habit of sliding off the cooktop."
> >
> > http://www.cnet.com/news/appliance-s...tion-cooktops/
> >
>
> Dude!
>
> Those are obviously Ayurvedic pans from India!!!!

Those guys are fake, this is the real deal!

>
> ;-)
>
> Highly recommended for making ghee...

You gots yer ghee and then you gots yer MYSTICAL ghee. Which one would you insist be in your kitchen?