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" > wrote:

> an inductive hob or cook thing.
>
> an inexpensive stew pots have circular indentations in the center of
> the pots.
>
> so i wonder if the bottom of the pot sits off the bottom of an
> inductive hob or glass cookware, will it make the heating too
> inefficient?
>
> i asked the manufacturer but english was not the native language so i
> could not get through. finally i went physical. i pointed out that the
> usual rule of thumb with this type of electromagnetic energy was 1 over
> the radius of the distance cubed, so it drops off dramatically.
> thank goodness for science. but science was also not the native
> language of the tech department, so we'll see.
>
> i am looking at a sunpentown sr-1851 which unlike the slightly more
> expensive sr-1881 has a kind of raised circle for the inductive
> heating.
>
> any thoughts?

Check with the manufacturer of your range, but I suspect that any cook
wear that does not sit sit the entire bottom surface contacts the
inductive element will not work.