Consider one of those where you can combine the burners/zones
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yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Make one the size of my 12" skillet so it doesn’t create a neat little zone of heat surrounded by sticky cold pan, and I’m all yours. Haven’t seen one yet.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Maybe I just haven’t gotten to use a nice one yet - every time it’s a landlord special, cheapest junk on the market.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah landlird specials suck. But if it’s a newer one even the cheapest induction hobs are quite good
yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Don’t get me wrong they boil water faster than hellfire, and if the pan is the right size they do great. I’m just too loyal to my big ol’ skillet
AA5B@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s one of my biggest objections - too many cheap ones with tiny coils. When I got mine, I ended up spending double what I planned, mostly so I could get useful sized coils
And this being the US where induction is rare and expensive , I had to get a double oven and and “smart” features in order to get larger coils
treesapx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Omg yes. I’d been wanting to try one out for a long time. My friend got one. Stayed over and tried to make my specialty giant pancakes. Sorely disappointed with the useless results. Now I just bring my waffle iron instead.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i had one (a couple decades ago) that the large burner had two zones: both the ring and the center of the ring could be activated independently. it’s been a hot minute so i don’t remember exactly how it worked.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Just looked them up lately; there are all kinds of forms and sizes in mobile or built-in.
Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Neff Flexzone…
yakko@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Looked it up, seems like the widest zone is 23cm, about 7 too narrow for my skillet. Looks cool though
Schemen110676@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
You can add zones together… and that is possible over the complete width.
And burners are also only heating certain points…
yakko@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Right, I did look at the dimensions. You can’t fit a 30cm circle into a rectangle 23cm wide no matter how long it is though.
Cast iron heats up quite slowly, so any area part not being heated means the pan is still going to be partially sticky, at least in my experience with induction.
Ultimately if I was in the position to be choosing my own hob, I’d probably just also buy a pan that fits the area. I’m not a gas burner advocate by any means.
noxypaws@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
not quite 12" but the biggest element on mine would probably be great with your skillet (if its the right metal)
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TheseusNow@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I have a GE profile. That has the various sized burners. The odd part is the matching microwave got rid of many touch buttons and replaced it with a knob, which actually works well, but the stove has no knobs. Stove touch buttons work fairly well though, added bonus is you can lock the controls with a lock button. When looking my favorite choices came from ge profile and bosch.
yakko@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Looks good enough! All the ones I end up with are usually closer to 8" at most, and I ended up shifting the pan awkwardly to heat it evenly.
What model?
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Not OP but the GE Cafe line has a big “burner” like this for a large pan. And physical turn knobs for control.
noxypaws@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Bosch Benchmark, from 5 or 6 years ago