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Why medium heat is the whole secret
Ceramic conducts fast. Turning the flame down is the single change that makes cookware last years longer.
Forged aluminium bodies carry heat quickly and evenly, which means the setting that felt right on a heavy old kadhai is usually one notch too high here.
What high heat actually does
Sustained empty heat degrades any non-stick surface, ceramic included. Nothing dramatic happens on day one; the release simply becomes a little less generous each month.
A simple rule
If the oil is shimmering, you are hot enough. If it is smoking, you have gone past what the food needed anyway.