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We've got an old (15/20 years) Belling cooker which we would like to replace, mostly due to the outer glass on the oven now having broken, but also the way the ceramic rings work by pulsing up to full power and then turning off for a period when trying to cook at a low heat. For example, down at the lowest setting the rings will pulse on for a couple of seconds before turning off for 10 seconds say, and repeat. Now I know the total heat output is the same as if it was just on for the whole time at a lower level, but way this works just makes things difficult doing some things.
So, does anyone happen to know if any of the more modern types of ceramic cookers/hobs still do this?
We are trying to decide whether we can get away with just getting a second hand more modern cooker, or whether to get the adjustability we need we'll have to go to induction. Gas is out of the question, unless we decide to fit propane tanks etc...
I have a modern (and admittedly, cheap) Induction hob that also does this...
Not really an issue for a man of my culinary talent, but you allude to getting an induction hob to resolve the problem and at least some of these also do this...
I don't think so. I have experience of two induction hobs, one cheap one upper/medium and both work differently to what you describe. Having traditionally been very much a "gas is best cook" I now prefer the induction for the medium and low temperature control. We have a problem with a gas hob in one property and are seriously considering changing to induction.
Now, I'd obviously prefer to buy induction, but that does open up a whole new raft of problems... so ideally something modern and cheap which cooked well... I think I might be asking the impossible here!
Interesting that at least some of the induction hobs do this too... I wonder if it's just down to price on these, and that it will be the same with the ceramic types as well.
Or whether, with the way ceramic hobs work, they just don't like being run in the way we'd like...