Anyone fitted an Induction hob?

We restored a house in Antibes long range via a agent a local architect many moons ago circa 2007 .
Lots of day trips and internet chatter speccing up, you know Carrara marble samples to choose etc stuff like that .
At hand over the flight was delayed and we arrived quite late conscious of the hr we ( had keys ) told him to meet us next day after noon .
We could not get the hob to work to do eggs , and thought it was a duffer .Chap arrives we snag the place ( Sunday now ) and he requests the sparky to attend to see to the hob .
Turn s out the pan set bought and installed by the architect ( actually his wife ) were the wrong set .
None of us were aware of this pan thing .
Sure enough Monday morning off we toddled to the hardware shop .They have a special symbol on the base and are thicker metal the induction pans .
The Sunseeker at the time has a normal “ceramic “ hob that stayed hot and our house in Switzerland and home in U.K. has gas .
So when we changed out the gas ( see post ^^ ) to electric and had another induction hob we got the pan set right first time looking for this symbol. Already looked a plonker before :) .
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thanks for the info, was about to buy a smallish induction thing that I could mount on top of the twin gas hob onboard so that I don't have to run trying to find replacement gas bottle (ok, carry spare one onboard now...) like I did this summer.
Pretty sure existing pots are not magnetic though (el cheapo ss stuff from a local chain) will go about with a magnet and then will try to find a friend that has induction hob to test, life is difficult :rolleyes:
Never occurred to me that in order to boil spaghetti I have to google induction tech and study how the bloody thing works!

Also means that my favourite kettle with brass bottom wont work ALESSI:HARMONICA TEA KETTLE:RICHARD SAPPER | eBay

Hm, wife thought I've lost the plot, got a magnet and went through all the pots at home, all the good ones made by Fissler are non magnetic (and 20yo...) only magnetic one I've got is a (most likely) cast iron heavy by IKEA doubt that would work...
 
We have moved over to induction at home and love it. As quick at boiling as gas and as controllable. Works brilliantly with Le Creuset and any cast iron but also lots of modern non stick are compatible as they have added an iron/steel core. Only thing that defo doesnt work is copper.

Also worth considering is that a lot of the campervans use a mobile induction hob. You have it in a draw to maximise worktop space then just put on worktop when you need to cook. Because of the light weight and slimline profile its quite a neat solution.

Cheers

TC
 
I used to be a fan of gas. It is better than old fashioned electric cookers, which take an age to respond, but gas is not as good as induction, with instant heat at very high levels. Also with better control. You can accurately set an induction hob to say 20% power. It is reproducible every time at that. The gas control is much less precise, you never know exactly what you are getting. Electricity is easier to obtain and especially induction is much safer. The equipment is lighter and much less bulky and has zero maintenance. Is very efficient and puts less humidity and heat into the boat than gas. I won’t go back to gas.
 
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