Can induction cookers be used on gas stoves?
(Baonghean.vn) - Induction cookers have recently become a popular choice for many families because of their advantages in design, safe cooking, easy cleaning... However, induction cookers are often "picky" about pots and pans when used, many housewives wonder if induction cooker pots should be used on gas stoves?
1. Should limit the use of induction cookers for gas stoves
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- Due to the special bottom design, pots for induction cookers are usually thicker than pots for gas cookers. The bottom of an induction cooker can be up to 3 - 7 layers thick depending on the set. This makes food take longer to cook, wasting gas when used on a gas stove.
- Using a pot specifically for induction cookers on a gas stove will cause the pot set to break down faster. If you cook many times, it is very likely that the gas stove flame will change or transform the inherent magnetism of the induction cooker pot.
- Cooking with a gas stove will cause the bottom of the pot to turn black, reducing the pot's ability to absorb magnetism, resulting in longer cooking time on the induction stove.
- To choose a set of induction cooker pots that meet magnetic standards with high quality is quite expensive. If the pot set is changed in magnetism, dirty, and unsightly, changing to a new set is quite expensive and costly.
2. Why do induction cookers need to use specialized pots?
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The operating mechanism of an induction cooker is based on the phenomenon of magnetism. When an electric current passes through, the coil in the cooker immediately generates a magnetic field within a few millimeters of the cooker surface.
If the bottom of the pot is made of magnetic metal, a magnetic field will generate an electric current and heat up, cooking the food. This is the reason why aluminum pots, glass pots... cannot be used on induction cookers because these are materials that do not have a magnetic field and cannot receive magnetic induction.
3.How to identify pots that can be used on induction cookers
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To know if the pot can be used on an induction cooker, you can rely on d.Induction symbol, or spring symbol on the bottom of the pot, on the product label.
Another way to tell if a pot can be used on an induction cooker is to use a magnet. If the magnet sticks to the bottom of the pot, it means the pot can be used on an induction cooker.
In addition, when purchasing, you can ask the salesperson directly to know if the product you intend to buy can be used for an induction cooker or not.
