precautions while using induction cooker

Cookware must be compatible with induction heating; glass and ceramics are unusable, as are solid copper or solid aluminum cookware. Although special and costly hobs are available for use with round bottom woks, with standard induction hobs, cookware must have a flat bottom since the magnetic field drops rapidly with distance from the surface. Induction rings are a metal plate that heat up a non ferrous pot by contact, but these sacrifice much of the power and efficiency of direct use of induction in a compatible cooking vessel.

An induction cooker transfers electrical energy by induction from a coil of wire into a pot made of material which must be electrically conductive and ferromagnetic. The heat generated is analogous to the unwanted heat dissipated in an electrictransformer; most of the heat is due to resistive heating like a transformers copper losses and eddy currents and the rest is analogous to a transformers other iron losses.

The cookware that can be used on an induction hob will be generally the same as those that can be used on a conventional electric or gas hob. Some manufacturers mark the cookware or packagaging with symbols to indicate compatibility with induction, gas, or electric heat. Induction hobs (cooktops) work well with any pans with a high ferrous metal content at the base. Cast iron pans and any black metal or iron pans will work on an induction hob. Stainless steel pans will often work on an induction hob provided the sole of the pan is a grade of stainless steel that is magnetic. If a magnet sticks well to the sole of the pan, it will work on an induction hob.

The cooking surface is made of a material which is a poor heat conductor, so only minimal heat is transferred from the pot to the cooking surface (and thus wasted). In normal operation the cooking surface stays cool enough to touch without injury after the cooking vessel is removed.

You can use your induction cooker anywhere. In fact you can call it a Mobile Kitchen, which is at your disposal whenever you want. You can use it on your Kitchen Platform, in your drawing room, your balcony, be it in an air conditioned environment or under the fan. All you need is an electric connection to turn it on.

Yes, it is perfectly child safe. There are no gaseous fumes, flames involved in the cooking process. Simple training would suffice for anyone to use an Induction Cooker. The greatest safety feature of the induction cooker is that it will reduce the number of fires that are caused by the stove top elements to zero. This is because the element does not get hot, so nothing dropped or spilled on the element can burn. The only heat will be in the pot that sits on the induction cooker.

Unlike other conventional cooking mediums like gas stoves, induction cooking does not result into transfer of Heat to atmosphere, therefore you would find it much easier to be around an Induction Cooker than gas stoves while the food is being cooked.