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How to choose cooktop covers?
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Still confused about which cooktop covers are best for you?
Let me help by providing detailed reviews on the main features of cooktop covers including material, sizes and patterns.
These reviews will definitely help you gain awareness and understanding of the best features, pros, and cons of each induction cooktop mat.
Let’s get started!
Materials of cooktop covers
Silicone mat with fiberglass
√ Anti-slip feature
√ food grade safe
√ Heat resistant protection
√ Not affect the use of induction
√ Protection against scratches and scrapes
√ Can be used in an oven, microwave, and refrigerator
√ Dishwasher safe
Baking parchement
X Anti-slip feature
√ food grade safe
X Heat resistant protection (The paper may burn)
X Not affect the use of induction (If the cookware has a thin layer of magnetic coating and the cooktop controls are not sensitive, the induction may have trouble recognizing the cookware)
X Protection against scratches and scrapes
√ Can be used in an oven, microwave, and refrigerator
X Dishwasher safe
Vinyl mat
X Anti-slip feature
X food grade safe
X Heat resistant protection
X Not affect the use of induction
√ Protection against scratches and scrapes
X Can be used in an oven, microwave, and refrigerator
X Dishwasher safe
Cotton mat
X Anti-slip feature
X food grade safe
X Heat resistant protection
X Not affect the use of induction
√ Protection against scratches and scrapes
X Can be used in an oven, microwave, and refrigerator
X Dishwasher safe
Silicone will flex when hot, but won’t melt until exposed to 500 degrees Fahrenheit / 260 degrees Celsius. As most baking instructions stay under 400 degrees Fahrenheit / 204 degrees Celsius, melting should not be an issue.
When choosing silicone cookware and bakeware, flex and twist the silicone material and look for white layers or flecks. These non-colored layers may well be fillers and can make that piece of silicone cookware unsafe under high heat.
For silicone to be usable as bakeware, it must be integrous. That means that it can’t pick up flavors from your batter or dish soap.
If you find that your blueberry muffins taste like the last batch of banana muffins or worse, soap, be sure to grease the cups before using.
Should you find that flavor contamination continues, consider discarding the bakeware.
Which Sizes Could be Chose
Write down the burner or hob dimensions and keep them handy when buying cooktop covers. Note that the magnetic area on the pan base may be smaller than the pan’s diameter. It is the magnetic area on the base that needs to fit the cooker’s burner. That’s why you need to try them out – check the sizes of your burners and cookwares.
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There are basically two kinds of hob covers. The first kind is round shape which covers the center part of burners with diameters ranging from 20cm, 24cm, 28cm, etc. Another kind is bigger rectangular ones covering nearly the whole worktop with dimensions like 52cmx78cm, 54x90cm.
Patterns Series
As a leading kitchen accessory brand and manufacturer, KitchenRaku is to help you solve kitchen troubles and retrieve joy and happiness in kitchen as our brand name(KitchenRaku, Raku means happiness in Japanese).
We believe that not only can cooktop covers be functional, they can also be stylish decorations for your kitchen. So we cooperate with experienced designer to release cooktop covers of different collections to satisfy your daily, seasonal and festival needs.
We believe that not only can cooktop covers be functional, they can also be stylish decorations for your kitchen. So we cooperate with experienced designer to release cooktop covers of different collections to satisfy your daily, seasonal and festival needs.