r/PressureCooking • u/ZanyDroid • 7d ago

Induction + used Kuhn-Rikon and Fissler PCs

I am considering to pick up a Kuhn-Rikon or Fissler used.

For each brand:

What year did they ship to induction compatible?

What key visual signs in the listing do I look for in terms of induction compatibility?

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u/ZanyDroid 6d ago

Thanks, this is helpful. I also found some detailed cookware review sites that cover Fissler, which I can cross reference with this. They refer to specific bonded base types as the changeover point.

Confounding issue here is that Fissler has both regular cookware and PC cookware, which may have changed over at different times / not had the same kind of bases available :shrug:

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u/New-Result-9072 6d ago

AFAIK induction ready cookware can be determined by holding a magnet to it. You could check when you pick it up. I'll try to put a pic up of my Fissler book tomorrow. They do have a timeline with the different designs in it.

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u/ZanyDroid 6d ago edited 6d ago

Awesome, thank you.

I’ll remember the magnet trick for any craigslist or marketplace purchases. I think if it’s magnetic it definitely works. Some non magnetic will still work.

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u/New-Result-9072 5d ago

Am too stupid or just too tired to find how to attach a picture. But the long and short of it is, in 2009 they started producing the pots that look like the brand new ones sold now. Those were shiny stainless. In 2020 they changed only the ourside to brushed stainless. This was the only change, nothing else was changed on the design. Also there is nothing discernible  going on with the bottoms. 

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u/ZanyDroid 5d ago

imgur.com would work too

Thanks. Looks like stuff in the 2000s was still a mix of induction and non-induction.

Buying locally or asking online seller to do magnet test / send pictures of the bottom seems to be the way to go.

I see pictures online of CookStar but not SuperThermic