LAZY K Mat-S

These are great! This is my second one. They are quite thick compared to the competition and protect the surface very well! They're also ribbed which I assume is to help the cooktop itself keep cool. Work flawlessly on my cooktop with all the pots and pans I've used it with. Super easy to clean as well which is convenient.

I recently got a new induction stove and looked at the shiny, perfect surface. I admired it. I touched it. I wiped off the fingerprint because man, it is NOT fingerprint resistant. I looked nervously at my collection of cast iron cookware, and back at the stove, channeled my best Gandalf and exclaimed, "YOU SHALL NOT SCRATCH" So here we are. I bought a set of these Lazy K cooktop mats, 3 of them in two sizes. I still need a fourth for the smallest element but I couldn't find a matching one in that size. Knowing how good these mats are now that I've used them for a couple of months, I'll be ordering another small one and just centering it over the element. It'll be too big but I trust this product now. I've tried to pay attention to the instructions saying that you shouldn't use these with the heat on high for an extended period. "Extended period" is a bit vague, but I've had the stove on max power for several minutes while boiling a pot of water and there were no ill-effects. So I'm pretty convinced that I don't need to be overly cautious with these. I expect that there's probably a small difference in heating time when using these mats, primarily because you're increasing the distance between the pan and the magnetic element by putting the mat between them. I haven't run any comparisons yet, but I don't think the difference has been noticeable to me. Cleaning them is pretty simple, a quick scrub with a brush and a little dish soap does the trick, or if I'm about to run the dishwasher I'll just throw them in there and they come out perfect. The radial lines in the design are slightly raised, which allows a small amount of airflow on either side and helps with minimizing the heat radiating back into the stove. It seems to work well, the stove surface is noticeably cooler right after removing a pan. It's still hot, but less likely to burn, and the surface is easily touchable after less than a minute. The mats leave no permanent marks. And they work great as a trivet when you need one quickly. I love these mats, they're an excellent idea for anyone that loves cast iron but doesn't want to mess up their glass induction top.

I'd like to start off with, I'm not sure half the reviews for this product understand the difference between an INDUCTION stove and a RADIANT electric glass top. They look the same when off, they certainly don't operate the same. People who write the reviews complaining that it burned or melted and ruined their stove... I don't see how that's possible with an induction stove. My suspicion is that they put it on a radiant cooktop expecting it to withstand direct heat. If you turn the stove on with no pot, and it gets hot, YOU DO NOT HAVE AN INDUCTION. That out of the way, this product is awesome. My parents have used an induction cooktop for years, and in all my apartments, I've always just dealt with crappy stoves. When my local energy company had a rebate for induction stoves, I finally got one and boy am I happy. My biggest problem was the fact that pots and pans tend to slide around since the surface was so smooth. Back to my parents I went to ask how they handle it, and I saw that my dad has been making his OWN silicone ring to prevent sliding and to lift the pots off the glass to avoid scratching. Now, I can't make my own. I don't even know how, but I knew there had to be a product out there for just that purpose. Voila~! This product ticks all the boxes. It's nice looking, prevents sliding, and works on all my pots with the exception of my SMALLEST saucepot. That one I need to put on the stove directly, probably just not enough metal to really trigger the induction coil with a layer between them. Also, if you have a lighter color one, it WILL discolor. That's just the nature of the material over time and repeated heat. It does after some use leave a little bit of an imprint on the glass, but it's definitely not permanent. Just a little wipe with glasstop cleaner and it's back to being pristine. I have gotten even more lazy about it, and put a piece of paper towel between the product and glass surface, but I wouldn't leave it on there for longer cooks for fear of something happening. But the paper has never even browned or looked damaged in the short stirfrys I've done. Overall, I'm super happy with this product. Just make sure you have an INDUCTION stove and not a RADIANT electric glasstop!! UPDATE 7/9/2026 Still using this on my induction stove top for the past 4 years with daily use and aside from some discoloration, it's still going strong.

I wish there was a discount for buying 4 of these, as you can get an entire 30" mat (made of the same material?) for much less than 4 of these. However, it's worth it. They have multiple shapes to cover the exact size (squares and circles) of the induction burners, without covering the markers/lights of the cooktop. Therefore they look much nicer, and don't hinder operation of the cooktop. My LG range's pan sensing feature reports a very minor drop in efficiency, from pans the range considers 10, to 9 with the protectors. Both 10 and 9 are considered "excellent" values for induction compatibility by LG. Boils water on "Boost" without worry, and just as quickly as before. Heat is distributed evenly as before. For most cookware, at typical medium power levels, I just leave the pads on, which greatly reduces my concerns about scratching the glass. Keeps the cooktop a bit cooler, which is not something I was particularly worried about with induction to begin with, but maybe this helps with the longevity of the electronics? Tip: Add parchment paper over the pad if you want to cook something needing pot movement, like popcorn. You can do this without the pads of course, but, I like how the pads function as an extra reminder to avoid sliding directly on the glass, which is tempting without pads. Despite my praise, I do remove the pads when searing on higher power levels. While I wouldn't want to sear over 450 degrees, a pan can definitely hit 480+ on induction if you make a mistake, and exceed the heat ratings of these pads.

The listing says these pads are compatible with cast iron. However, from my experience, NEVER use these pads with cast iron. I had my induction cooktop set to medium ( about 6-7) using a cast iron comal (griddle) to roast peppers. I put a small amount of oil in the pan when I heated up the comal so that it was not dry. Peppers roasted nicely. All seemed fine until I removed the pan and pad and saw that the pad had left a big scorch mark on the cooktop. I was able to buff off the mark with a microfiber cloth and cooktop cleaner, but there are still some faint marks left by the raised ribs of the pad. Prior to this, the cooktop was pristine! When I went to wash the pad, I realized the raised ribs were crumbling. I only had the pad for three months and had to toss it. I have bought these pads before -- and did have one of them start to fail almost immediately, but it did not mar the cooktop. I thought it defective and replaced it and haven't had a problem with them until now. I generally use these pads with Demeyere induction stainless steel and Le Creuset enameled cast iron dutch ovens without any problem, but learned the hard way that THESE PADS SHOULD NEVER BE USED WITH an uncoated cast iron comal/griddle shape. The flat cast iron keeps getting hotter and will melt these pads.

These work well with my LG induction cooktop. My cookware tests well (with the LG's built-in cookware compatibility tester) even with the pads in place. I have very little use for the highest cooktop settings other than to boil water for pasta, etc. (which happens SO FAST on the highest setting!), and I've never had any bad smells, melting or crumbling that others have mentioned. They get used as trivets whenever hot things come out of the oven or toaster oven. I don't even move them off the burners (which are turned off, of course). You do need to straighten them up often as they will move around a bit. The only warning I have is never use anything to scrub them clean as it will remove the black finish and you're left with a whitish spot. I just flipped it over and have the unblemished side facing up.

Perfect. They do not interfere with the induction while my stovetop doesn't get scratched up.

When we got our "fancy" ceramic-top induction stove in our kitchen remodel a few years back, we were worried about the durability of the surface, which came with all kinds of warnings about using cast iron (our favorite kind of cookware) lest the surface be damaged. So I grabbed a previous version of this product, which was kind of a khaki color. I liked it because in addition to protecting from scratches, it also kept the area around the big burner mostly spatter-free. But it always looked dirty, and no amount of scrubbing or dishwashwering would get it clean. This one is the answer. LIKES This is a durable, Kevlar-(like?) mat to put on over the burner on your flat-top induction stove. It appears to be impervious to any level of heat, and it does not interfere with the induction process. As noted, it protects from scratches, although our experience has been the ceramic material does not in fact scratch easily. More importantly for us, it also prevents a lot of cooked-on spatter, which makes cleaning the stove much easier. Best of all, this one shows no stains. I can't even tell if they're not there or the dark color is covering them, but it looks like the day we bought it. DISLIKES None, really. The only way we've managed to damage one of these (besides the stains on the light-colored ones) was when someone accidently used it as a mat to cut something with scissors and slid the scissor underneath, snipping a little cut into it. So uh ... don't do that? It does fine in the dishwasher, and looks fine sitting on the stove. Five stars for the this BLACK COLORED ONE ONLY. There really is no reason to get the light color that will immediately absorb permanent stains.

You know the pain of having scratches on your induction hob surfaces? Use this and you can say goodbye to scratches, great heat transfer and can also be used as a mat for your hot pot of soup on the dinner table. Cheap and durable and super fast delivery if you are an Amazon Prime member.

So I went for these on I think a YouTube review. Compared with others I knew they would be a better quality. I chose a mixture of sizes to suit my use. Large ring and small ring plus two large squares if I need to take something out the oven as useless previously finding space. They look more of a light grey on the photos but are a charcoal grey and not as noticeable. Yes it was pretty much £25 each so £100 for all four purchased but I’m happy these will last. Had on high heat, seems not to have any heat loss that I’ve noticed. Perfect for my induction hob. Also makes easier to clean as they wipe down easy. Obviously need to be careful but with pan off it does recognise as no pan on the hob so cools down properly. Happy I paid the money. Suppose didn’t need all four but thought to take a tray out the oven and have a hob on at same time I can use for purpose. All hobs, no problem.

A bit expensive but does the job great and looks smart if left on the hob.

Fake and useless

Buen material y cumple con el objetivo. Calienta bien y evita deslizamientos y rayaduras de la parrilla con los objetos.