24cm Heat Diffuser

Does what it says if you use it on electric or gas stoves.On induction stoves, the performance is horrible. The plate heats up, but since it can't conduct heat into the pot sitting on it very well, and it's flat on the glass, the stove will constantly shut itself off for safety reasons, leading to a very long cook time. A Moka Pot base will take 17 mins to boil water @ 1800 W, and it uses more power than an electric stove without the plate.**However, if you put A LITTLE BIT OF MINERAL OIL BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE POT, that boil time goes down to UNDER 5 MINS at 1800 W.**My electric stove takes 6.5 mins on high, for comparison. Anyways, this highly depends on the bottom surface of the pot being flat, although it can be rough, as my Moka Pot has circular ridges on the bottom.Note, I haven't tried using a spacer to keep some distance between the induction stove surface and the plate, which may help in putting more heat into the plate early on without triggering safety shutoffs on the induction stove, but at the very least, the oil really helped with transferring the heat from the plate to the pot. You could probably use a different oil, too. Water is technically more thermally conductive, but it tends to boil off, shoots hot droplets sideways, and it doesn't go higher than 100°C while the water is still there. It's worth noting that this technique will likely help with electric and gas stoves too, but they don't have to worry about the plate getting too hot too fast, and in my tests, it didn't improve the cook times all that much.

This product melted and exploded on my stove causing irreparable damage to the stovetop. Thankfully no one was near to be hit by shrapnel. Please do not sell this item for safety reasons. Further, please contact me to compensate for damages. Item returned.

Ok, Heres the deal, switched to induction 2 years ago and like it better than my $6000 DaCar Convection Stove propane cooktop but this isn't a review of induction. I have stainless pans by Caphalon, Al-Clad and Cuisinart that I had prior that did not work on induction. With this plate they all now get hot and boil water. It's not induction cooking but more like to old electric coil cooktops. Now my wok will never be right for stir frying with this plate but it sure will work for steaming.... Temperature change times both increase and decrease are slower and overall time to heat to temp is slower, BUT DAM IT WORKS and I can use $150 pans that I couldn't before. The 6 quart Al-clad sauté pan ( my go to for spaghettis sauce and chili) is awesome and works just as it does on the Dacar propane stove. Now I would NOT say this is a perfect solution, as some pans will have limited ( fine sautéing and precise frying and I'm never going to melt chocolate with this plate ) use, but as I said they are out of the garage and back in the kitchen and work satisfactorily. Now IF these were pans I used more frequently Id buy induction pans PERIOD.ALL in ALL, I was shocked at how well it worked and would say I'm very pleased. I only gave it four stars on heat distribution because of the increase time, but in my so far limited use it seems to be fairly even over the entire pan bottom as frying some burgers worked fine !!!!If you have induction and pans that don't heat this worked well for all of my pans that did not work on induction. I am pleased enough that this is the first time in my years of using AMAZON that I have bothered to write a review.Good job!Tom

We bought a new ceramic top stove and I was concerned that my cast iron and older cookware would scratch the surface. Some of my older Revere ware had hot spots. This product solved both issues. I dropped one star because it became really discolored after the first use but the seller mentioned that it could happen. It's not pretty but works well.

Game changer being able to use my cast iron pans on new glass top stove

While using the plate, it suddenly popped split open and warped. Not a solid plate

Looking at the pictures, it is not apparent that the lifiting tab is at an angle. That will raise the pan on one side if larger than the round area and disallows heat transfer. I will be replacing it with a item that is totally flat and suitable for medium to large pans.

Funciono pero mancho mi placa de inducción