Pots That Work With Burton Induction Cooktops
Max Burton induction cooktops give you an extra burner when you have large meals to prepare or provide a heating element in dorm rooms where stoves aren’t permitted. The cooktop is safer than using a griddle because the cooking surface will only get hot when you have cookware on the burner. However, you must use the correct cookware or the food will not cook correctly. Does this Spark an idea?
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Induction-Interface Disk
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The Max Burton induction cooktop model 6000 needs ferrous cookware (cookware that contains iron), but if you have the Max Burton induction-interface disk, part number 6010, you can use any type of cookware on the induction cooktop. If you add the induction-interface disk to the cooktop as an accessory, you can use nonferrous or ferrous cookware.
Induction-Rated Pots
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The correct cookware to use on the induction cooktop without the induction-interface disk is ferrous material that has magnetic metal. Appropriate cookware includes stainless steel, enamel steel, carbon steel and cast iron. If you can stick a magnet to the bottom of the pot, it is suitable cookware.
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Induction-Interface Disk Pots
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You can use any ferrous pots that you would use on the induction cooktop without the interface disk, plus nonferrous cookware such as stainless steel (18/8 and 18/10), which is nonmagnetic, aluminum, copper, ceramic or glass cookware on the Max Burton induction cooktop with the induction-interface disk.
Induction Cooking
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Induction cooktops have electric-resistive elements to heat the cookware. Through conduction, the magnetic cookware (ferrous) pulls the heat, which is absorbed into the pan to cook or heat the food. The only surface that gets hot is the surface directly under the ferrous cookware. If you use the induction-interface disk, the disk acts as the magnetic material to pull the heat from the cooktop to the bottom of the cookware to heat or cook the food.
Efficiency
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The Max Burton induction cooktop is more energy efficient than a gas burner. According to Max Burton, gas burners are about 30 to 35 percent efficient, and the induction cooktop is about 83 percent efficient. Operating the induction cooktop will cost about 12 cents per hour, and butane burners cost about $1.65 per hour.
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