• PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    One downside is I can’t use all this copper and aluminum cookware people are giving me.

    Because it won’t work on their new range.

    • Wolf314159@startrek.website
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      5 days ago

      God I wish people would stop trying to gift me cookware because they heard I liked to cook. They never have any idea what I need or what I would use and I never have enough room for all the junk.

      I just had to throw out a bunch of pots and pans because they weren’t compatible with my new range. Good fucking riddance! They were without exception cheap pieces that should have been tossed years ago, especially the non-stick varieties. I don’t miss any of them and I’m glad of the excuse to recycle them.

      Been shopping for a few replacement pans that are induction ready and several of them do have copper or aluminum cores to spread heat more evenly and quickly. All of them are wrapped in a layer of steel. Copper and aluminum shouldn’t really be coming into direct contact with many foods anyway.

    • BertramDitore@lemm.ee
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      6 days ago

      Yeah, that is a pain. There are conversion disks you can buy to make your non-magnetic cookware compatible with induction, but you’re right, people are very attached to their cookware so this could be an impediment for some folks.