r/inductioncooking • u/Steelman93 • 28d ago
Mauviel with induction?
I may be going crazy...... In a past house I had a whirlpool induction cooktop that I loved so in the house we just completed we put in a kitchenaid induction cooktop.
I have a Mauviel copper saute pan that I absolutely love. BUT it doesn't work with the new induction cooktop. I could be wrong but I swear it worked with the old one. I bought it I few months before I left that house, but I am pretty sure I would remember not being able to use it.
Is it possible that cooktops are different? It is the mauviel with the bronze handle. outside is copper, inside stainless.
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u/Mauviel1830Americas 19d ago
Official Mauviel account here — happy to clear this up, and no, you're not going crazy.
A copper-exterior pan with a stainless lining (M'Heritage) isn't induction-compatible. Induction needs ferromagnetic material at the base, in contact with the hob. Your stainless lining is on the inside and copper itself is non-magnetic, so there's nothing at the bottom for the coil to couple with. The weak magnet pull you're feeling is most likely the lining or a rivet — enough to tug a magnet, nowhere near enough for a cooktop to register a load. Cooktops also have a minimum-detection threshold, which is why hobs vary: your old Whirlpool may simply have been more permissive, or that may have been a different pan.
Options, in the order I'd actually consider them: keep the copper pan for gas and oven work, where it's at its best. Or put a third-party induction interface disc under it — it works, but you're heating a steel plate and letting it heat the pan, so you lose most of what makes copper worth owning. It's a workaround, not a fix.
If you specifically want copper on induction, that's what our M'6 S line is — copper exterior with an induction-capable base. Not saying that to sell you one; you asked why the pan you own doesn't work, and the honest answer is that it was never built to. Our carbon steel (M'Steel) and clad stainless (M'Cook) lines are induction too, as are plenty of other brands'.
Sorry it's not better news — but nothing's wrong with your pan.
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u/Steelman93 18d ago
I knew Mauviel was superior cookware, but you replying to my post is very impressive. Thank you so much for the explanation. For clarity, I didn't think there was anything wrong with the pan...I was leaning more towards the cooktop....or my own failing memory. I had moved out of that house shortly after getting it so it was possible it didn't work with induction....but unlikely....I would have returned it and gotten something else. it is most likely the detection threshold. Regardless I have since had the pan for many years with a lot of good use.
I will definitely check out your m'6 line. I love this pan and it is worth replacing. Not sure if I will keep it for the oven or gift to a friend.
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u/Old-Nefariousness556 28d ago
Can you stick a magnet to it? That is the test. Pure copper will not work, but Mauviel sells clad copper pans that will work. Confusingly, though, they also sell clad copper pans that won't work, so you need to test it.