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Anyone ever seen a "wok adapter" for induction cooktops?

Seasoned Advice Asked on November 5, 2020

In theory a cheap pressed steel wok would work on an induction cooktop, but the “contact patch” for a traditional round bottomed wok would be so small it would be ineffective.

Has anyone seen a steel or cast-iron “wok adapter” with a flat bottom and a concave “bowl” on top to sit the wok in, serving dual purposes of supporting the wok on the stovetop and transferring the induction heat to the wok?

Could anyone speculate if this would this even work? Or wouldn’t you be able to get the wok hot enough?

2 Answers

I've never seen one of these and I don't think they would work. You could shape a piece of metal to fit the wok base and it would heat up, however you'd run into trouble with the heat transfer. Air is a lousy conductor of heat, you would need direct metal to metal contact - any imperfections in the shape of either the adapter or the wok would reduce heat transfer dramatically. Even a bit of dirt could make a big difference.

EDIT: responding to the comment about extending the induction effect

Electrical fields follow the inverse square law, so they weaken at a rate determined by the square of the distance from the source. The magnetic field will be significantly less the farther away the metal is, the field at 4cm will be 1/16th of the power then it would be at 1cm, which is why induction pans need as much contact as possible. If the metal of the ring were to extend the magnetic field to the parts of the wok out of contact then that field would not be able to heat it well. But the magnetic field isn't going to get extended as the energy is going to be absorbed by the contact ring.

Answered by GdD on November 5, 2020

AEG recently introduced this for their induction hobs. (It apparently works on all induction hobs.) Personally it looks a bit gimicky to me and doesn't look like it would work all that well but it has a lot of good reviews on Amazon so what do I know? (I mean, I know there's a lot of fake reviewing goes on on Amazon but it might be worth a look...) - I'll be honest I didn't look into it a huge amount as my hob's electric not induction so not sure whether it would work on mine anyway but thought it worth a share... https://www.amazon.co.uk/AEG-Fusion-MaxiSense%C2%AE-Induction-9441893204/dp/B007PR4IOA/

Answered by Oliver Broad on November 5, 2020

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