摘要 |
The inventors of the instant invention have realized that blocking the thermal flow from a cooking vessel to the surface of the cooking area can provide power savings up to 4% according to energy measurements. According to embodiments of the invention, spacers (110,..., 120; 310,..., 370; 220;410) are provided between the surface of a cooking area (105, 210, 380,..., 395) and a cooking vessel such as a cooking pot or a kettle. The spacers may be integrated in form of a curvature in a glass ceramic surface of a hob or may be placed at top of a cooking area (100). Another solution may be provided in the cooking vessel (400) such as a kettle that has an isolating lowest bottom in form of integrated spacers which can directly be placed on common induction hobs. |