What is a smart induction cooker

Relatively recently, a smart induction cooker appeared on the household appliances market. This device immediately gained fans thanks to its special cooking technology, which allows it to cook quickly. Induction cookers, by their operating principle, allow you to use energy efficiently and direct all the heat to cooking with maximum power.

Which cookware should I choose for cooking on an induction cooker?

The principle of operation of the stove is that it transfers all the heat to the dishes without heating the surface nearby. If we consider a gas or electric stove, where the heating initially occurs on the surface itself, and only then everything is transferred to the container in which the food is located.

Such a stove certainly saves time and is careful with electricity. The induction method allows you to prepare your favorite dishes much faster, while the efficiency of such household appliances is about 90%.

By purchasing such a stove, the housewife can be sure that now much less time will be spent in the kitchen and at the same time there will be energy savings, because the stove works much less time.

In order to use such a product, it is necessary to select dishes with a special bottom.Usually in stores there are sets of pots or pans that say that they are used for induction cookers. The bottom of such pans should have ferromagnetic properties. The material from which the dishes are made does not matter, but the bottom must attract a magnet.

The thickness of the bottom is also very important. Even if the pan has ferromagnetic properties, it is still necessary that the bottom be resistant to heat, withstand high temperatures and not melt. The thickness of the bottom of induction-type household appliances should start from 0.5 cm. But you also need to figure out what material is suitable for the bottom. Firstly, it must be either from one alloy (cast iron, steel) or from different materials. The bottom in this case is made of several layers, like a sandwich, a sandwich.

Not all housewives like this multilayer bottom technology; many are accustomed to duck pans or thick cast iron frying pans. But we still recommend paying attention to products whose bottom is made in several layers. They are very convenient to cook in and maintain the optimal temperature. The bottom of multilayer pans is designed in such a way that it allows the outside to attract heat into the pan due to ferromagnetic properties and evenly distributes the temperature inside. The dish comes out faster and uses less energy.

What the XIAOMI cooker can do, how it works.

The compact induction model XIAOMI is suitable for all those who have small kitchens and do not want to spend too much time on cooking. After all, in terms of power, this thing is much more advantageous than conventional gas or standard electric models. This device can cope with quickly boiling water, preparing soup, and any dishes that require quick cooking.

If you compare the time it takes to boil a pan of water on such a stove and on a regular one, the difference is 3-4 minutes, but you need to cook the dish for a longer time, you can see how beneficial this technique is in situations where it is necessary to save energy.

This model is often purchased: · for travel (for example, when people go to another country for a couple of months and will live in the private sector, where it is better to save energy resources); · for small kitchens; for the dacha.

This tile is ideal for quick cooking, so it is suitable for hostels and dormitories. The model will make a characteristic sound if the dishes, or rather their bottom, do not fit, so no need to worry, just check your set of dishes.

What additional functions are there in induction cookers?

From the wide variety of induction hob models, it is worth highlighting additional functions:

• models that have a cookware recognition function, i.e. when a pan is on the stove, it is turned on, and when the pan is removed, the device automatically turns off;
• some tiles are equipped with a special sound signal function if utensils with an unsuitable bottom are used;
• options with protective shutdown;
• models with 5-8 switching modes;
• professional tiles (many modes, high power) and for home use;
• mechanical, touch, push-button switching;
• models differ in the number of heating zones from 1 to 4.

Pros and cons of induction cookers

Pros:

• Food is prepared much faster using this product.
  

  

• Suitable for preparing dishes that require rapid boiling - cream, porridge, pudding.
• This type of equipment is convenient to transport if you often have to move or go on trips.
• The model is compact and has the necessary power.
• A small option will fit perfectly even into a small kitchen and is inexpensive.

Minuses:

• It is not suitable for dishes that require long-term stewing or simmering, since the stove reaches a high temperature even on a low-power setting, and the bottom heats up intensely.
• You should not buy such a device if you are used to using any utensils.