What Is a Halogen Hob?
A halogen hob is an electric range top or counter stove featuring cooking surfaces made of a smooth quartz and ceramic material that has the appearance of glass but is very strong and stable under high heat. Unlike a traditional metal coil electric cook top, which is slow to come up to heat levels necessary for cooking, the halogen hob uses an intense infrared light source that quickly produces heat, which is then transferred to the pan and to the food in the pan. The burners of a halogen hob are completely smooth, have no protrusions and use painted on guide lines to assist in placing your pots in the correct position for cooking when the hob is cold and when hot the burners glow a bright red. Halogen Versus Traditonal Electric Heat Halogen cook tops work on the thermal principle of radiation. Ribbon coils or glass tubes filled with halogen gas are located under or embedded in the ceramic slab of the hob. These ribbon coils heat up very quickly transmitting or radiating heat to the ce
