I was at the auction tonight and picked up an induction cooker. Can you guys edjumucate me on how they work?
I know how they work, not how to best cook with them though.
They work via magnetic fields so anything you use basically has to be a iron or other metal that a magnet can stick to.
They switch the fields almost like an electric motor would, except instead of using the fields to rotate a shaft, they switch back and forth fast. Which heats things up.
Best visual example of what induction heating can do. And also kind of badass.
Same idea here. Magnetic fields hold the rod in place while switching back and forth which eventually melts the metal rod.
I would be wary of wearing any ferrous metal near an induction heater. But maybe thats just me being paranoid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i2OVqWo9s0