To ask your advice regarding induction ranges?

I have boiled floods over on mine, so much so that I can see an actual current as it runs down the back and it doesn't turn off so possibly score one for falcon, or not if you are very safety conscious!

The boost on a small pan brimming with veg is powerful.

We're about to buy a 110 induction range to replace an Everhot in the house we're buying, and I think we're going with the Falcon. I'm tempted to get gas instead, but I do like most things about induction.

That was actually the final straw for me last week. My potatoes splashed a little and I didn't realise it had turned off. Dinner was 30minutes late!

However the next day my apple jelly boiled over but THAT is apparently OK! Sticky apple juice all over the place and it was still boiling away happily. I could cheerfully have taken a sledgehammer to it.

A new hob was on its way within the hour..

The only safety feature that cut any ice with me was that the surface doesn't get so hot.

My father (who has a pacemaker) was told not to get close to it and although I am aware that there is currently no proven link between the non ionizing radiation and cellular damage, it did get me thinking about it and the vibrations it generated at the higher powers made me very uncomfortable.

Do you actually like induction?

I'd used one on holiday and loved it and so when we had the kitchen made over last year I replaced the ancient gas hob with one.

Within days I knew I'd made a mistake. It wasn't a cheap one but there were so many things I hated, from the micro vibrations through pan handles, the beeping ( whenever I lifted a pan to swirl the contents) and the invisible sliding controls that didn't work with a wet finger!

I cracked last week and bought an ordinary ceramic electric hob and I am so happy I did. I should have ditched that induction months ago.

I’d say you’ve probably been lucky. Any debris trapped under a pan risks a scratch. I do steak in an ancient unfinished cast iron fry pan and it’s just not worth the risk.

Virtually all manufacturers warn that you can scratch an induction hob, it’s just one of those risks you have to live with.

Having said that I basically boil a pot over every time I cook as I’m a bit too enthusiastic about the turbo boil setting & a slow learner, but I’ve never had any issues with that.

I am very much a jiggle kind of cook and ours is fine, maybe some are harder than others?

Have also boiled over a thousand tsunamis of pans with no damage

Don’t go for one where they claim you can put a pot down anywhere on the hob and the power will follow you around.

The tech really isn’t there yet - it’s the same principle as the AirPower “charge anywhere” project that Apple abandoned. You will end up with cold spots when frying.

Buy yourself a decent butane single burner (eg Japanes make Iwatani) for stir fries and steaks. It’s not worth risking a scratch if you’re a “jiggle jiggle” type of cook.

Zero issues with sensor controls on our Miele induction hob. I prefer them, it’s lovely being able to clean the lot in one fell swoop.

I have this Aga induction range, it’s amazing 🤩 a quality bit of kit. It has the meat probe inside the oven ideal for roasting your Christmas turkey

https://dissironworks.co.uk/products/aga-masterchef-deluxe-110-induction?variant=50691990651202&tw_source=google&tw_adid=817769959897&tw_campaign=24053532368&tw_kwdid=pla-2494424149091&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24053532368&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhsrUBhDxARIsAN3AQSeMB_OgxmarAz31A8l3efoJOhSR6q-W7jd6Id8RjE-dVu9W6M-Zh9MaAlCgEALw_wcB

This is true for me too.

If I was replacing today I'd want a big induction hob, a single good oven probably at waist height and an airfryer. And more cupboards.

I’ve got this and it’s good but I don’t use it as much as I thought I would as mostly use an airfryer now! I’m not sure I’d spend so much on a cooker again though obviously my kitchen is now designed round a 110cm gap so I might have to!

I have a 110 estel deluxe induction with gold handles.

I mostly love it. I had a range master in an old house and was set on getting another because I loved that one so much. I love the induction hob.

Niggles:
Oven temp control requires a bit of guesswork as the knobs don’t have a proper pointer and the markings for the temperatures aren’t great. I am waiting for an oven thermometer to arrive as I’m a baker so need accurate temperatures.

The gold handles look a bit cheap imo, I wish I’d seen them in real life first as I wouldn’t have chosen them. Under my kitchen lighting they look a bit green.

You can’t really hang your tea towel on the aga bar at the front because it’s too close to the cooker knobs, which is a bit irritating. Why have it if you can’t use it?

The oven door handles go right across the doors, so I keep pulling on the middle of the handle, which doesn’t open the door.

Other than that I love it.

I have a Rangemaster Elise Luxe with brass trim and I really like it - this one https://dissironworks.co.uk/products/rangemaster-elise-luxe-110-induction?variant=51530382868802

i haven’t had rangemaster before and my friend had a bad experience with her (much older) one that she acquired in a house purchase so I was a bit nervous but it’s been great. The induction is easy to use. Ovens cook well. It’s not complicated and it looks great. We’re about 10-11 months in now and no issues other than me scratching the induction hob because I didn’t realise you can’t slide pans about 🤦🏻‍♀️.

We have a Belling range cooker because it was the only one that would fit into the gap from our previous cooker and we were limited by certain electrical/power wattages (or something like that that I don’t understand 😆).
It’s fine but the electronic controls on the hob are a bit fiddly and annoying.

My mum has a Falcon induction range. She’s had it 10 years and it’s still going strong. DH and moved in with DM during covid and I still miss the easy of cooking on it and the 10 second wipe down after cooking. We now have inherited a gas range cooker and I bloody hate how hard it is to clean after cooking on it.

We have an approx 2 year old range master induction range cooker and it’s had to be fixed 3 times as one of the hobs kept stopping working. Manufacturer come out and fix it no problem but it was annoying. Soooo easy to clean the top rough and it’s great for cooking on.

Edited to add, definitely only get an induction with knobs that control the hob- the touch sensors are basically useless if you get warm cooking! Had 3 different induction hobs, 2 were touch sensors and the knobs on the current one are like a dream!

@NormalAuntFanny completely agree about knobs rather than confusing, irritating touch controls. This is perhaps down to my advancing years

@radiatordrama i think the Mercury are a bit better build quality and finish than Falcon. However, they’re all quite similar. We ended up with the Mercury on aesthetics and delivery time