Induction Cooking:
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Further Information on Induction Cooking

There is a separate list of links to actual manufacturers' sites on another page of this site. The list of links here is just a few odds and ends that we feel may augment what's already here on this site.

When we started this site, some years back, we had a rather long list of links--it was our intention then (and we achieved it or came close) to list every induction-cooking related link there was, exclusive of retailers' merchandising pages. Today, that is neither reasonably possible nor especially desirable. First, the mass of on-line material about induction has grown considerably, now that its second dawn is here; meanwhile, this site has so expanded that it contains on it practically everything one needs to know about induction cooking and the equipment for it (and it will continue to expand with time).

We have thus revised this page to try to keep to just a few links that are either a particularly clever or clear expansion on things already on this site, or that represent interesting bits and pieces of news suggesting something of current and projected future trends in induction cooking, or places that are themselves substantial repositories of community-supplied first-person questions and answers (forums, that is), or that are representative of whole classes of article about induction cooking.

Here are some links that help illustrate (literally) or better or more fully explain what induction is or how it works:

Other General Induction Sites

These sites to a good degree overlap the content here, but a different viewpoint can be helpful.

• The Induction Cooking Wiki

• Induction Cooktops

• Appliance Advisor - the self-described "electronic fish wrap for the appliance industry"--not an induction site per se, but of immense (and amusing) value to those concerned with the "white goods" trade

Articles and Features

Here are some induction-cooking-related articles, forum threads, and miscellaneous web pages of general induction interest:

• "The ultimate kitchen upgrade": a 2008 article from CNN "Money"

• "An Introduction To Induction Stoves": a 2006 article from the Washington Post

• "Cooking With Magnets": a 2009 article from the Gizmodo site

• "Are induction cooktops better for indoor air quality than gas?": a 2007 article from the Green Home Guide

• "Cooking on induction hob - how is it?": several serious home cooks answer that question in this 2009 thread on the Chowhound site

• "Conventional Cooking vs. Induction Cooking": a multipart article from the How Stuff Works site

• "Cooking right at the table": a fascinating look at a design concept; from the Yanko Design web site

• "The Induction Comeback": a 2006 article from the Kitchen and Bath web site

• "The New Face of Glass Ceramic": a 2007 article from Appliance Magazine about the new styles and forms for induction cooktop surfaces.

• Patents: the results of a real-time search for patents related to "induction cooking" (from Globalspec)

Induction-Related Video

There are now quite a few video clips materially related to induction cooking and equipment. Even those from sources with a visible ax to grind (unit makers, that is) can be interesting viewing. Here's a link to a real-time Google search for induction-related videos.

Induction-Related Forums

Last but assuredly not least, here are links to some places where there is often discussion of induction cooking and induction-cooking equipment:

Web-based Forums:

• GardenWeb: - their "Appliances" forum -- often has extensive and knowledgeable induction-related posts

• induction cooking: a "Yahoo Groups" forum

• induction Junction: an induction-cooking blog (now defunct and dated)

Usenet Forums:

(You can access usenet groups either through the Google links provided below or by use "news/groups" software.) The groups below--especially the first two--appear to be the most relevant to induction cooking, but induction articles have been seen on each of them in the not-too-distant past. The links below are each to a search for "induction" in the subject group, with results sorted by date (most recent first):

• rec.food.cooking

• rec.food.equipment

• ba.food

• uk.d-i-y

• uk.food+drink.misc

• alt.cooking-chat

• alt.cooking.chefs