So sorry this happened to you. Broken/malfunctioning kitchen appliances are no fun, especially when you are the person who makes sure everyone in the house gets fed.
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Same thing can happen to a smooth top electric. Theyāre just cheaper to repair or replace. Sorry this happened to you. Iām very happy with my induction range, and Iām lucky Iāve suffered no oopsies.
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Oh yeah, I really love the induction and have had it for over 10 years now - Iām kind of amazed this hadnāt happened sooner.
Itās unlikely that your egg will cook at exactly the 323F setting. False precision has always been a touted feature of induction appliances.
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Ouch
Please post what the end result. If you were able to get it repaired or if you had to replace it??
Sorry to hear about the mishap.
Iām planning a kitchen remodel, likely this summer, and it doesnāt really fit, so I think it might just end up in the landfill.
I have a slide-in model. It replaced an earlier slide-in electric range that I got when the kitchen was redone. I have a friend who has a big induction cooktop - but I couldnāt do that without basically tearing out the whole room.
The installation manual that came with my new glass-top electric range is quite clear about the dangers of storing heavy items in a cabinet above it. Donāt blame your teenager for the fact you chose to store glasses above the cooktop.
A glass is what you consider āheavy?ā Thatās what he said was dropped. .
As for me, I just consulted my manual, which only cautions about storing items of interest to children above the range. I guess that covers all situations. Children climbing on a range can be problematic.
I only keep feathers in the over the range cabinet. And flour. Bags of flour.
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Wonder if it would be worth an appliance repair shopās time to try to fix and resell if you gifted it to them? Maybe not, though. A lot of times when Iāve been working on some appliance it seems the single part needed for the repair can be more than half the retail cost of the appliance (brain board is a good example).
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It is to be noted that a 10 pound bag of feathers and a 10 pound bag of flour only weigh ~ 1.7 pounds on the moon. So if you put your induction cooktop on the moon, it is safer. 
People have speculated thatās where I come from.
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I have always been quite sceptical about the precision of this. Especially if itās somehow gauging the pan temp through the glass. Surely different pan gauges, geometries and materials must lead to variationsā¦
The ControlFreak pan control is quite precise, but thatās based on a thermocouple on a spring. When Iāve checked the water temp against the pan temp it has also been quite close, so that approach seems to work.
Yes, putting a contact thermocouple through the glass makes it more precise, but itās still measuring the bottom of the pan. Putting it dead-center (really the only practical choice) also means itās not measuring at the hottest part of the pan.
If youāre getting substantially similar readings between the ābuttonā and an immersion probe, there is software at work.
If you have the interest, get a wire contact probe, and tape it, not outside in the center, but inside and directly above the coil. Set the CF to the magic 323F. See what you get, both dry and with an egg frying atop.
I have a plan (fantasy?) to build a studio/ADU in my backyard and had intended to use it there, so it probably is worth looking into repairing it.
A camping propane cylinder ($5) and a screw top burner (get at camping store/REI, screws onto the propane cylinder and has a plastic base for the cylinder) is great for power outages.
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That is a misleading headline. NY is not banning gas stoves. The state is moving toward banning new gas installations. It will not affect anyone who already has natural gas service.
Yes; That was my impression.
āN.Y. ditches gas stoves, fossil fuels in new buildings in first statewide ban in U.S.ā
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