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minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYeah of course those kind of pans work fine. You don’t need anything special for induction. It’s standard for a lot of the country.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoOld pots which don’t have enough iron or nickel in them for a magnet to stick to the bottom won’t get hot on an induction stove. Cast iron works fine, but that cheap aluminum pot you bought as a student 20 years ago won’t work.
Yeah of course those kind of pans work fine. You don’t need anything special for induction. It’s standard for a lot of the country.
Old pots which don’t have enough iron or nickel in them for a magnet to stick to the bottom won’t get hot on an induction stove.
Cast iron works fine, but that cheap aluminum pot you bought as a student 20 years ago won’t work.