BialettiStainless Steel Plate, Heat Diffuser Cooking Induction Adapter, Steel, 6 pints

The Bialetti Stainless Steel Heat Diffuser is a fantastic accessory for anyone who uses a Bialetti Moka pot or other coffee makers. It works wonderfully to evenly distribute heat, preventing any hot spots that might affect the brewing process. The sturdy stainless steel construction gives it a durable feel, and it helps ensure that your coffee is brewed at the right temperature for the best flavor extraction.I’ve noticed that with the diffuser in place, the coffee brews more evenly, and there’s less chance of burning or uneven heat distribution. It’s especially useful if you have a gas stove, as it helps prevent direct flame contact with the bottom of the pot, extending the life of your coffee maker.The only downside is that it can take up a bit of space in the kitchen, but for coffee lovers, the results are well worth it. Highly recommended for those who want to improve their coffee-making experience.

We needed this for an induction stove top. It works perfect with our bialetti coffee maker. Warning - it's HOT and will melt anything it touches - should be self explanatory, but we accidentally laid it on a cloth and it burned it.

Excellent Quality worth the price , works very well.

It works! But use with caution, and NOT made in Italy.This does indeed work with my induction stove, but I tried it with some trepidation after reading some reviews saying that it melts.I can imagine things going wrong if this adapter plate were used improperly, and I have to think that people who had problems probably either did not properly load this or walked away and left it, or used too high a heat setting.For me, I watched it like a hawk for the first several uses and crept the temperature up from a low setting to about 60 – 70 percent of my induction burners setting, which worked well for me. I found that the adapter plate did work and my stove had no trouble with it. It did not have an error, nor melt the adapter or the stove, but it did allow my Moka pot to make a nice cup of coffee!Still, I would only use this thing with the greatest of care and while paying attention to it at all time. It only takes a few minutes for this thing to work. So, walking away is a bad idea. Also, I can certainly imagine the plate easily overheating if placed on an induction burner without anything on it! Then, there would be no place for the heat to go other than into the plate, and can it safely dissipate that heat without a load? I think not. Finally, my stove has a preheat setting – it’s highest setting, which is used to get a pot of water boiling quickly. It will preheat for about 10 minutes and then drop back to the normal high setting. I think it would be a very bad idea to use that setting with this adapter plate!It could also be quite dangerous. This thing will get really hot if it has no load, which essentially negates the great safety features of an inductive cooktop. It would be like putting a small pot on an induction burner with nothing in it. And it is hot after the Moka pot is removed so don’t touch it – allow it to cool! I have been very careful to shut off the induction burner before removing the Moka pot.By the way, Bialetti has been playing fast and loose with it’s claims of “Made in Italy”. This thing is made in China! When I last checked, China was not part of Italy!

Works extremely well. Allows me to use my Italian coffee makers on the induction plates.

My first one came damaged and they replaced it within a couple of days. No questions asked. Thank you!!

My understanding of this product is as follows:When you use an induction stove, the "heat" setting you turn the knob to has nothing to do with how much energy is passed into the heating element. It only governs how much time to keep the switch closed that charges the wire in the heating element, producing an average temperature similar to the knob setting. When the element heats up and cools down in that fashion, it's called cycling.Rapidly heating and cooling aluminum causes damage, and eventually that aluminum will fail. Your moka pot is likely made of aluminum. The base where water is boiled and approaches high pressure should not be in direct contact with a cycling induction element.This product is a barrier between the two, and acts as a thermal buffer so that the moka pot can heat up in a way that doesn't damage it. Get one!

After regular use for a year and a half, this product suddenly failed.It is build from two metal disks with some sort of metallic substance in between. That substance oozed out and melted a hole in my cooktop. In the attached photos, you can see the melted glass of the cooktop on the silver bead that oozed from the center material of the Bialetti induction plate.Bialetti was very happy to replace their $20 gadget but I got stuck with the (extremely large) bill for replacing the cooktop. Yes, the cooktop-- you can't repair these things.Note: it would be easy to think this was user error, that I accidentally turned the induction up too high. Fortunately my cooktop shuts itself off if the surface is getting too hot. I tested, and that function was working when the Bialetti melted the stove.... which means that the plate itself wasn't too hot but instead that the internal material of the induction plate, which was not in contact with the cooktop (until it oozed), was too hot.** We reported this to the Consumer Product Safety Commission and learned that we are not the first to report this issue. **