Ceramic hobs

[atolhurst]

Am looking for a new range cooker and am considerig a ceramic hob.

My other half seems to think that ceramic hobs go cool the instant you turn them off, but I'm not sure this is the case.

Can anyone clarify this?

[Eels]

No, they stay hot - very hot! There's a light which warns that the surface is still hot though.

I've gone from a rickety old electric job to a ceramic cooker and it's ace. Not as instant as gas but a great even heat on the bottom of the pan. I did have to invest in new pans so as not to damage the hob, but Tesco does a fab range at very reasonable prices.

[Gef]

I think your other half is thinking of a halogen hob. Personally I think gas is the best but unfortunately I'm all electric.

[sense4all]

I think the hobs that feel cool to the touch are induction hobs as they use the metal of the pan base to heat the contents of the pan.

[KARL]

Sense4all is correct - induction hobs have in the past been demonstrated by having an icecube on the hob surface with the pot coming away boiling. These are definitely the last word in "hotplates", totally controllable with instant full heat and equally instantly off with no residual heat output whatsoever (there is some heat transfer from the pot/pan to the surface it rests on). We have had the same induction hob for just over 20 years and have no intention of changing to anything else nor could we be persuaded to even by offer of free energy for anything else.

[katerich48]

Its the Halogen type of hobs that cool down instantly - and consequently they are more expensive than the other electric (ceramic) types on the market