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?

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> 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.

Stan Horwitz wrote:
> > 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.

you're right. someone in the tech department who could understand my
question got back to me. any distance increases inefficiencies. the
raised circular ring is around 10 inches in diameter. so if a pot is
larger than 10 inches, then that pot will be raised a wee bit and heat
a wee bit inefficiently.

so a part larger than 10 inches in diameter with an indented inner
circular bottom would be a double whammy and be less efficient than a
perfectly flat bottom. i guess
this is one time perfectly flat bottoms are preferred.