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This is normal. Its function is to reduce the temperature of the outer oven walls to guarantee the protection of your kitchen furniture and prevent overheating. The cooling fan starts during the cooking cycle and continues to work also after the cooking is over, until the cooling cycle has been completed.
Catalytic panels are highly porous self-cleaning panels that can absorb and remove grease and food deposits at cooking temperatures above 200°C. Afterwards, it is enough to use a damp cloth to remove all food residue.
Pots and pans should be chosen according to the dimension of the burner you are using in order to optimize its heating power.
Using a small pot on a big burner will result in a waste of power and a useless dispersion of heat.
An induction hob generates a magnetic field between the cooktop and the pot. The generated energy is converted into heat that is directed directly to the pot while the cooktop remains rather cool. An induction hob is very efficient and much faster to heat (water boils in about half the time) than any other hob
Yes, pan and pots must be made of ferromagnetic material in order to work on an induction hob.
A magnet can be used to check whether a pot is suitable for induction or not.
Generally speaking,
Yes, induction is quite safe. Since the heat is transmitted directly to the pot, the cooking table does not heat much.
At the end of your cooking, the cooktop will cool rapidly (once the pot is removed) thanks to the cooling fan which is activated after use.
Once the pot is removed, the hob will turn off automatically and there is no risk to turn the hob on accidentally if there is no pot on the cooking zone.
With an induction hob, the pot itself becomes the heat generator so very little energy is wasted (induction uses up to 90% of the generated heat while with other kind of hobs much of the energy is wasted) .
In fact, water boils in about half the time.
As soon as you remove the pot, the hob will stop heating and the cooktop will cool off rapidly.
When the pot touches the glass cooktop of an induction hob, an electric current is generated by a magnetic field and the pot bottom starts heating.
Only pots and pans made from ferromagnetic materials can be used on induction hobs. You can check this out by putting a magnet in contact with the bottom of your pan: if the magnet sticks to the pan, this is suitable for induction hobs.
Only pots and pans made from ferromagnetic materials (cast iron, stainless steel, enameled steel) are suitable to use with an induction hob.
Non-ferromagnetic materials (like glass, ceramic, copper, aluminium and so no) will not work on an induction hob as no magnetic field can be generated between the hob and the pot.