Go to the Article: Essential Equipment for Induction Cooking
Thanks for this post - it fills in some gaps. Once question I had, is there an issue with using something like a Baking Steel Mini Griddle on either the Control Freak and the Control Freak Home? Seems a product like it would make a flat-top like experience on the products.
I use the mini griddle on mine all the time. I put silicone mats in-between the CF and the griddle. Works great.
Similar to ChefSteps, I'm using my workhorse 10-11" Scanpan with glass lid (it's either a CS or CS+ model, I forget, probably the former since I've had it for 7-10 years). Works as expected.
I love Scanpans, super non-stick, last forever.
Thank you for the idea - I hadn't considered using a silicone mat, was just thinking of getting the griddle and putting it directly on the top. I'm guessing the mat keeps it from sliding around?
Interesting to choose ceramic as non induction compatible when many ceramic pans are induction ready and work very well.
In that case we were referring to clay and terra cotta cookware such as cazuelas and donabes, not ceramic-coated nonstick cookware, which can be induction-compatible. Sorry for the confusion. We've updated the copy.
Yes and scratch protection.
Thousand dollar piece of equipment can't handle 13 lb stock pot???
I, know, I know, "this is an error."
HOW? The Polyscience version has been on the market for years at a little under 2k. Are you telling me they never updated the manual? How on earth is a $1,300 dollar piece of equipment unable to handle 13 lb pot? Also, hilarious how you mention that it can use a 10 inch... 10 inches!?! Wow, woe is anyone who dares use a 12" pan.
My lodge dutch oven is 8.5 lbs without the lid. I do not understand how a company that is shoving marketing down our throats with gimmicks can't even vouch for the weight that it can support? Sounds like a good time to send some out to studio pass members and have them stress-test it, since we all have scales and thermapens, ir guns, etc etc. Who better?
Oh, we are the schmucks. We pay to get ads.
Any good non-stick pans that work well with the Control Freak Home? I bought an 11" Scanpan CTX and it makes a terrible screech at all temps if set to Level 3 (3 flame). Must be hitting the exact resonant frequency. Had to return the pan.
Sorry to hear you had to deal with the annoyance of needing to return a pan we recommended! We haven't experienced that issue on our end but we will look into it. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
The other non-stick pan we use on a regular basis is the 10-inch from Tramontina. Only note is the internal diameter at the base is smaller. This will slightly alter the cooking times in recipes such as our scrambled eggs using the Control Freak Home. https://www.amazon.com/Tramontina-Tri-Ply-Base-Nonstick-Induction-Ready/dp/B09M986V4G/?th=1
I have two Demeyere Alu Pro 5, one older and a new ceramic; both work just fine (along with my Atlantis stainless). My Scanpan grill pan also works well. No noise from any of my cookware on the CFH (except its fans, of course).
I tried a Made In 10"... same problem. Making me wonder if it's Control Freak Home
