Cooktop answers
Can I Use Cast Iron on a Wolf Induction Cooktop?
The answer
Yes. Wolf lists cast iron among the magnetic materials its induction cooktops need, and enamelled cast iron works too. Lift the pan on and off rather than dragging it, and dry the base before you heat it. If a cast-iron pan a magnet grips still gets no heat, ring Redmond Wolf Repair on (425) 905-2822.
| If you see | And | Then | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| A bare or enamelled cast-iron pan set on a zone | The base is dry and roughly the size of the ring | Cook as you would on any pan. Set it down and lift it off; do not drag it over the glass. | Safe to wait |
| Cast iron on the zone, no heat, the level blinking | The pan is wide enough for the ring and a magnet clings to it | The pan passes, so the trouble sits on the cooktop side. Write down which zone it was. | Call today |
Why cast iron suits induction
An induction zone heats only cookware made of a magnetic, iron-based metal, and cast iron is exactly that. Wolf’s own page on induction names cast iron and enamel on metal among the materials that work.
Keeping the glass unmarked
The older Wolf CT guide singles out rough-bottomed cast iron: slid across the glass-ceramic, it can leave marks, which come off with a nonabrasive cleaner. The current guide warns that water droplets on the outside of a pan boil and spatter once the zone heats, so when the skillet goes straight from the sink to the stove, towel the base dry first.