tgr131
Assistant Cook
tl;dr version: Should I expect my Cafe/Glass Radiant Cooktop to be able to hold a temp (within a range)? I ie, I set it to "3" and it warms to 250, and then roughly holds the temp within reason? On my cooktop, the temps of the cookware continues to climb and never holds. I've tested with empty cast iron, and aluminum on multiple burners, checking with an IR thermometer.
Longer version- I recently posted that my cooktop was overheating my cast iron pans. My wife was cooking chicken in an aluminum pan, and it quickly overheated and burned the food. I have learned that CI and shiny aluminum will report different temps due to differences in "emissivity". However both types of cookware will continue to rise in temps every minute. CI will show a 10 degree rise every minute, so on a dish that simmers for 20 minutes, I can expect a 200 degree difference at the end. The Aluminum shows about the same difference each minute on a different scale.
Thanks for any help.
David
Longer version- I recently posted that my cooktop was overheating my cast iron pans. My wife was cooking chicken in an aluminum pan, and it quickly overheated and burned the food. I have learned that CI and shiny aluminum will report different temps due to differences in "emissivity". However both types of cookware will continue to rise in temps every minute. CI will show a 10 degree rise every minute, so on a dish that simmers for 20 minutes, I can expect a 200 degree difference at the end. The Aluminum shows about the same difference each minute on a different scale.
Thanks for any help.
David