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Automatic Pot Stirrer (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by tabularasa to c/specializedtools

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Perfect for toffee season!

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not confident of a plastic thing clipped onto a hot pot.

[–] tabularasa 16 points 1 year ago

I've used it for years with no issue.

[+] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The red lights under the pot suggest that it's an induction stove. If that's the case, I think only the pot should heat up.

(I've never used an induction stove, but they sound really neat)

[–] Rato 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that's a normal electric stove. That red is the heating element, under the glass cooktop. Some electric stoves have exposed heating elements, I think, but I've only used ones that look exactly like the picture.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh. I've never seen a resistive stove like this one. But TIL. Ty.

[–] southernbrewer 1 points 1 year ago

"glass top electric". Speaking as someone who has had induction, glass top electric and traditional electric, glass top electric is the worst of all worlds.

They are much much slower than induction, slower even than traditional electric and not much easier to clean. They are less energy efficient than traditional electric because there is glass between the element and the pot. The only upside is they are a little bit easier to clean than traditional electric but the glass tends to get damaged by contact with hot fluids over time so they still never look completely clean.

Induction on the other hand is amazing.

[–] PlantJam 3 points 1 year ago

If you're ever in the market for a new stove, induction is the way to go. A pot of cold water brought to a boil in minutes. Immediate temperature changes. And best of all, they don't make the kitchen hot the way other stoves do.

[–] Smoogs 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are cheaper ones that just stand in the pot and rotate on their own.

[–] tabularasa 3 points 1 year ago

I had one of those but when the toffee gets thick the thing stops moving. I had to upgrade to this bad boy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

but why this shape?

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 7 points 1 year ago

But why male models?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What shape did you have in mind?