Hello everybody, i am having a hard time finding an anwser to my question with a search. Most questions that ask about pans want "the best pan".
Are there cast iron pans that heat evenly on an induction cooktop?
My big cast iron dutch oven heats up evenly like a dream. My skillet does not. I love cooking in it, but there is a center hotspot that remains no matter how long i preheat.
I prefer bare metal cast iron and i am not a fancy person, i do not care about brands, but i am willing to spend on quality.
Are there brands or types of pans that specificly do well on induction tops? I am using a petromax skillet now and it cooks great, it just heats unevenly. I'll save it for fire cooking, what the intended purpose is of the brand.
What you’re seeing isn’t a brand issue, it’s physics. Induction creates a central hotspot, and cast iron’s low thermal conductivity means it spreads heat slowly. Thicker skillets (or ones with a thick, flat base) can help a bit, but none will eliminate the center hotspot entirely.
A thick pan like a lodge or ikea for example will heat as evenly as a cast iron pan can.
But the real solution is to get pan that has the bottom the size of induction heating area or smaller. Or an induction stove with a heating area as large as the bottom of the pan or larger.