The first thing that comes to mind when childproofing your kitchen is the cabinets. Many parents install a locking mechanism on the cabinet doors as the first means of making the kitchen safer for toddlers and younger children.

One of the most overlooked parts of child proofing your kitchen is your cooktop or range. Most people have never heard of induction cooktops and ranges.

If you are one of those who has never heard about induction then hear this; Induction Cooktops DO NOT produce heat directly. You can turn the cooktop on high and put your hand right on the burner and nothing happens. You might ask yourself then how the heck do you cook if the cooktop doesn’t emit any kind of heat.

That is the amazing part. An induction cooktop will only work with a pot or pan that has a magnetic bottom. Pans like cast iron skillets or dutch ovens work great with induction cooktops.

Here is how they works;

When the pot or pan is placed on the burner circle and it is turned on, a magnetic field is generated from the cooktop, this magnetic field stirs up the molecules in the iron pan bottom or the whole pan if it is completely cast in iron. The faster the molecules stir in the iron the hotter the pan gets. Because of this Induction is the most controllable cooktop in the world.

If a pot boils over on an induction cooktop it will automatically turn itself off until the spill is cleaned up. We all know that kids are curious especially in the kitchen. If you happen to be in the other room and the pot on the stove starts to boil over you might not get to it before your child does. Kids are very curious and this is how the get burned.

Even after cooking on an induction cooktop, the surface heat of the cooktop after cooking is only as hot as the bottom of the pan that was on place on it. Therefore the surface cools quick.

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