[science] How do you start a fire using induction cooker?

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

No fire, no light! :)

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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote on 2016/01/10:

> No fire, no light! :)

Put something combustible in the pan. Induction coil heats the pan, pan
heats the combustible. Of course, it doesn't have to be an induction
stove. Anything heating a pan that you leave unattended can result in a
fire from the stuff in the pan burning up. Cookware that is undersized
to the coil or has an uneven base slows response time of the thermal
regulation sensor. Of course, whatever the means for heating, the user
could set the temperature sensor above the flash or fire point for oil
being used in the pan. When was the last time or ever time you saw the
flash and fire points of the oil you bought listed on its label? Cooks
are supposed to magically divine those temperatures from the particular
oil they are using.

Induction stoves reduce the number of fires caused by the stove
elements. There is no flame for boil overs to ignite the pan content.
Fires *in* the pan are not prevented by induction. Overheating oil in
the pan will still cause it to ignite. Same for leaving the contents
unattended which dry out and then the solids burn up creating alot of
smoke but also possibly igniting.