Anyone out there who hates their induction unit?
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Comments (5)Sunpentown. I bought two of these back when living in a rental apartment w/cheap landlord who refused to fix the stove some 3+ years ago. Both units still work great today and sit on top of my glass-top stove at my home where they serve as my primary stove. After cooking on induction, there's no way I'd ever use a glass-top stove. These units should not be confused with the cheap-o single-burner hotplates. The cheap hotplates are only good for keeping food warm. I don't even have problems with high-temp recipes with the induction units. Yes, the Sunpentown's measily 1200 watts are slow for boiling large pots of water, but I've not really found it to be that much slower than the builder-grade glass-top stove. I keep saying I'll replace them with something better when they die, but 3+ years later and they're still my primary cooking appliance. As a bonus they're portable, so they've occasionally been used on the back patio, dining room table, even at the office. For the $150 or so I paid for each of them I've easily gotten my money's worth out of them. If these die, what would I replace them with? Probably a Cooktek. I can't see the Viking, particularly their price and the lack of a temperature-based control and lack of a timer. Here is a link that might be useful: Sunpentown SR-1881...See MoreCountertop Induction Unit x-post to appliances and kitchen forums
Comments (3)I have a Magneflux induction unit, and the reason I bought it is that Tuesday Morning had it on sale for $149. The link is to a thread at the Appliances forum that pretty much summarizes my impressions. Briefly: 1. The unit has 1800 watts of power, which is about the limit for a 115V appliance. 2. The coils are centrally located, so depending on the thermal characteristics of the pan you use, you may get hot spots. 3. Is it worth the $149 sale price? Probably. Is it worth the $399 retail price? Probably not. 4. What I wish I had: I wish it had more levels (9 is okay, but there are a few tasks that fall between two levels), and I wish it had a timer function, especially a shutoff timer. IMHO I would trade a little power for more versatility in power levels and in timer functions. By the way, go through the Induction Site's 'commercial' listings; some of those are 110V and are countertop units. You might find something under those listings. Of course, the only item I see that has all the bells and whistles I want is a Cooktek for nearly $900!!! Here is a link that might be useful: magneflux thread...See MoreCountertop Induction Unit x-post to appliances and Cooking forums
Comments (2)As we are close to the end of our kitchen project, we just had our Electrolux 36 inch induction cooktop connected. We are getting used to it as we never had an inducton cooktop. So far we love it. Also love the 30 inch Electrolux Icon PRo double convection over....See MoreInduction stove? Anyone got one?
Comments (69)As I mentioned in an earlier post, the shape is one that would fit an older style TV, the kind with the big back on it. And it goes even a little deeper to accommodate the receptacle and cable connections that previous owners had installed. The opening is about 30-1/2 inches wide at the front, about two feet deep, plus a few inches, and about four feet high. The part of the wall that becomes angular toward the back center (following the supposed shape of the TV they must have once had) is pretty far back into the space, beyond where it would interfere with anything I'm trying to do, and I believe a moderate-sized micro could be mounted in the mouth of the opening with room to spare behind, for the cord to plug into the receptacle back there (which of course I will make sure is wired and circuited correctly). There would still probably be something like a foot and a half of space below it. I am not planning on a full-sized drop-in induction cook top, only a double-burner induction hotplate. They are not too wide, not too deep. Just right, as Goldilocks might say. But the combination, with both these items tucked into the hole-in-the-wall, contained in a "cooking area," as it were, would 1) give me a use for the hole in the wall, 2) mimic the arrangement of the stove top with above-mounted micro commonly found in homes today, and 3) offer a decorating opportunity, such as if I put a faux brick or stone on the floor of the opening (which hits me at just about the same height as a stove I'd stand in front of). I think the items I'm talking about will fit (at least one contractor thinks so, so far), as long as the basics of electricity and practicality of movement are addressed. The hotplates, while not dropped in like a cooktop, would still stay in the same place and, being relatively shallow, would, I think, convey the impression of a cook top. Enough to suit me, anyway. I'm not a gourmet chef or anything. That's why I want a micro-convec (instead of just micro) oven, because I am foregoing a standard oven altogether due to space constraints....See Morecountry_smile
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