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  • Induction is where it’s at for temperature control. Gas is good, but a lot of the heat is lost to the sides of the pot/pan, and to the air around.

    Traditional electric radiant cooktops use resistive heating elements that work much like the old coil electric burners that have been around for 70+ years.

    Induction works by putting out a strong switching magnetic field that heats the metal molecules of the pan. Handles stay cool because there is no excess heat blasting the sides of the pan like with gas and radiant electric. It does cycle on and off, but it does that quickly. It heats the pan much more quickly than gas (water boils in a quarter of the time vs gas), and you can drop the heat more quickly too. And the cooktop as a whole stays much cooler than other types. Simmer and melt settings let you maintain very low temperatures as well.

    If there is a down-side it’s that you must use pans that heat up in the magnetic field. So aluminum and glass/ceramic are out. You need induction-ready cookware. If a magnet sticks to a pan it will work.