Bialetti induction plate for using aluminium moka pots on induction cooktops.
About this item
Made From Stainless Steel Material
Adapter Plate For Induction Hobs
Handle Made From Heat-Resistant Borosilicate
Brand: Bialetti
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My travel trick is to take the coffee maker with you and if you strike a place with induction just use a flat pan to induct the heat under the coffee maker which will work.
Can't a flat pan replace the need for this "adaptor" anyway? Seems like a gimmick if you already have induction cookware.
Thanks, but I'm not using a moka pot on my non-stick frying pans
Ditch the non stick and you won't have to worry about scratching and ingesting a carcinogenic toxic substance…
@hotphil: Remember this stuff is cumulative. You are getting microplastics from clothes, the water stream, packaging on your food… It adds up
Turns your very efficient induction cooktop into a very mediocre 'solid state' cooktop.
IMHO just buy yourself a stainless steel, induction capable stovetop - very cheap and taste a LOT better than the aluminium ones. And I've been using a cheap one for several years, zero issues at all.
this is to convert existing bialetti stovetop brikka/moka pots btw…
bialetti brikka induction for example is still very expensive at $90.
i ended up buying a 3rd party induction plate like this for my bialetti brikka
bialetti induction is also still made with the same material but has that induction magnet inside it
??? What made you think I wasn't aware this was to 'convert' existing? As I stated, it makes a very efficient induction unit into a very inefficient one.
As stated, there's really no upside (IMHO) to a Bialetti unit vs a generic when it comes to stovetops. You're not getting any proprietry designs or tech etc - it's a boiling water lower thats pushed up through the coffee grinds into a top reservior. If you want a brand on it, sure - but for the cost of that coverter you could nearly buy a generic SS unit and keep simple.
Hmmm I think you've erred - the Bialetti induction would just have a ferrous layer in it's base, a magnet would not be in the unit to be heated. Again not sure why you'd want your stovetop in aluminium, always has a taste taint in my experience. Happy to stick with my stainless steel unit.
Cookware manufacturer's incorporate steel into the base of their aluminium pots and pans to make them induction compatible, acting much the same way as the induction plate does on an aluminium moka pot.
Aluminium
Aluminium conducts and retains heat very well, is lightweight, affordable and doesn't rust – but aluminium alone is incompatible with induction. Manufacturers overcome this by using a stainless steel plate on the base of an aluminium pan to make it compatible for induction. The plate generates the heat from the induction cooktop and passes it through to the rest of the pan.
@Luckypenguin: I literally stated this saying they'd have a ferrous layer. So not sure why the characteristics of aluminium need to be stated like anyone isn't aware?
People are gutless around here and don't understand the base idea of the voting system - if you have an issue with whats stated - be an adult and correct or address it, downvoting like a scared child is hardly constructive.
@Daniel Plainview: The entire induction plate is ferrous (aside from the handle). It does not contain aluminium. Sitting an aluminium moka pot on top of a steel induction plate is functionally the same as aluminium cookware that has a steel plate built into it. That was the point of the quote that I added. I did disagree with what you said; that is why I replied to you.
Bialetti Brikka is patented design btw.
Bialetti Moka is similar to standard stovetop percolators.
@meong: Patented doesn't mean in and of itself superior - the generic stovetop I've used for years has the exact same 'patented' valve in it's lower section.
Received today - but it was a bike chain
then somehow received the correct item today ?!
Thanks OP