IFF - Sell me your machine.

I have this love affair with my induction-top stove.


First off, I'm going to have all the excuses out in the open. For many years I lived with a very basic coil-top stove and one redeeming feature was that that stove, plain and simple though it was, was brand new when I got it as a bride. I loved that stove and cooked many a meal on it's lovely coil top. I realize that most of you have likely had an induction-top stove for many years. Also, I hesitate to sell you my machine in the embarrassing possibility that I would sound like a bragger, or better yet, think I know everything there is to know.


Okay, now that I got that off my bosom I will proceed.


I really, really love my induction top stove for these reasons:

• Pretty much anything that boils over just wipes up clean.
• Water boils a time and a half to two times quicker than any other stove.
• I can make cream soups hours before they need to be served and switch on the 'perfect simmer' button and they never burn on or boil but are perfectly hot whenever we want to eat.
• You can adjust the heat and it changes instantly and holds it at that temperature.
• The stove heats only where you place your pot on the element. (It's magnetic.)
• The stovetop is cool enough to touch as soon as you take off the pot.
• You can even cook with a piece of newspaper between the element and the pot for instant cleanup, say when canning or making salsa.

There are so many things I love about my stove but there are a few cons, too. One of them is that it takes magnetic pots to work. I got my stove on a promotion when they were giving away a set of pots for each stove, so I'm good there. Also, so far I haven't found a nice big pressure canner that works on an induction top so I've done my pressure canning at Bren or at church and I've done as much canning as possible with the good old-fashioned boiling water bath. And when I've been canning and had all four burners on at the same time I've had a couple times when a couple burners will automatically shut off, as if it gets too hot.


So yes, I would definitely recommend an induction top stove and I would definitely get one again.


What kind of stovetop do you have?