A method for boiling detection in an induction heating system , the induction heating system comprising: - an electrically conducting load; - an inverter circuit comprising a switching section and a resonant section , the switching section comprising switching devices adapted to generate an AC current from an AC input voltage comprising a plurality of half-waves, and the resonant section comprising an induction heating coil adapted to receive the AC current for generating a corresponding time-varying magnetic field in order to generate heat in the electrically conducting load by inductive coupling, wherein the AC current oscillates at an actuation frequency of the switching devices and has an envelope comprising a plurality of half-waves (310(i)) corresponding to the half-waves of the AC input voltage, and wherein the amount of heat generated in the load depends on the frequency of the AC current, characterized in that the method comprises performing at least once the following sequence of steps: (a) varying, within a same half-wave (310(i)) of the envelope , the actuation frequency according to a sequence of actuation frequency values ( TFa(j) ), each actuation frequency value of the sequence being set for a corresponding time interval (tj) corresponding to a fraction of the duration of the half-wave of the envelope; (b) for each actuation frequency value of the sequence, calculating a corresponding current peak value based on a corresponding set of at least one absolute value peak assumed by the AC current during the corresponding time interval, so as to generate a corresponding current peak/actuation frequency relation; and (c) based on evaluating variations in the current peak/actuation frequency relations generated for plural actuation frequencies, determining a boiling condition, wherein a boiling condition is assumed when said variations fall within a certain minimum range. - an electrically conducting load; - an inverter circuit comprising a switching section and a resonant section , the switching section comprising switching devices adapted to generate an AC current from an AC input voltage comprising a plurality of half-waves, and the resonant section comprising an induction heating coil adapted to receive the AC current for generating a corresponding time-varying magnetic field in order to generate heat in the electrically conducting load by inductive coupling, wherein the AC current oscillates at an actuation frequency of the switching devices and has an envelope comprising a plurality of half-waves (310(i)) corresponding to the half-waves of the AC input voltage, and wherein the amount of heat generated in the load depends on the frequency of the AC current, (a) varying, within a same half-wave (310(i)) of the envelope , the actuation frequency according to a sequence of actuation frequency values ( TFa(j) ), each actuation frequency value of the sequence being set for a corresponding time interval (tj) corresponding to a fraction of the duration of the half-wave of the envelope; (b) for each actuation frequency value of the sequence, calculating a corresponding current peak value based on a corresponding set of at least one absolute value peak assumed by the AC current during the corresponding time interval, so as to generate a corresponding current peak/actuation frequency relation; and (c) based on evaluating variations in the current peak/actuation frequency relations generated for plural actuation frequencies, determining a boiling condition, wherein a boiling condition is assumed when said variations fall within a certain minimum range. <EOS>