Been meaning to post this for a while “cooktop review”

I bought this Nuwave induction cooktop during a black Friday sale. Got a good deal. Got it to use with my SIGNATURE described emergency backup solar - inverter battery system in event of power outage emergency. Got it out of package to test and it has been in use everyday since. The electric smooth stove top has not been used since getting this Nuwave cooktop. Had to buy an induction skillet & pot which got at the same time. This thing is fantastic. ?
I think read something about getting cancer if use it in California. About like read warning label on diesel smoke - been known to cause cancer in California.

Put it here in Chit Chat because did not see an appliance forum or another place to post it. There is currently a ~$20 coupon making it $51 or wait until Black Friday and it might drop to $38 again. It is great as main cooktop or a back up. Could see someone or a Couple using this in a tiny home or off grid with small solar power setup. I was going to replace the kitchen electric range with new lp gas range but waiting to see if they are going to try and ban lp gas appliances. Be my luck.

I had already replaced old electric water heater with an on demand lp gas tankless water heater before they started all this lp gas crap and discussing bans. Electric water heaters are energy hogs - extremely wasteful. Anyway I hate those electric ranges with smooth tops and iron core…. They never work right - cycle on get to hot then off. If knew full-size induction range would work like this might be a done deal. I’ve read not all induction ranges are equal. Hmm or go back with plan A and just install new lp range. Problem with gas ranges they get dirty and burn bottom - sides of skillets, pots, and pans. This induction cooktop heats up super fast compared to older electric range - I’d say it heats up fast as gas range top that had years ago. The temp control seems much better then normal smooth top electric or gas too.

It seems to be popular on Amazon. ‘’300 plus sold in last week.”

The Ikea "TILLREDA" portable induction cooktop works well - it's about one of the cheapest you can buy in Australia, at $69 AUD. It's a single element, nominal 2000W.
They sell a built-in model as well, which for some reason is more than double the price but has the same power; it seems identical except for a larger cooktop plate.

One thing to note with induction cookers: many induction cooktops can only modulate power by cycling between "full on" and "full off". This is fine when the cycle time is fast enough for "thermal inertia" to smooth things out. However, some cooktops are too slow, which makes things like a low simmer hard to achieve: the pot contents go from cooling down to boiling over (if you're not watching carefully!).

Here's an example of two portable induction cooktops, an Ikea on the left and a Westinghouse on the right (both in Australia, running on 230V). In both videos the pot (water and potatoes) is already at the boil and I've turned the heat down to try and get a simmer going. The Ikea cycle frequency is fast enough where it's hard to detect; the Westinghouse is very obvious, even more so when I knock the power down a little. I've had plenty of boil-overs on the Westinghouse.

In the last year ive added a few appliances.



Iwave cube. AFAIK smallest microwave in history. 10"x10" x12". Rare as hens teeth.



Mini grill. Cooks a burger quick.



butane camp stove. Itll probably blow up in my face someday but it puts out a lot of heat.

Purchased this back in Feb 22, used like new, for around $45. I've been using it frequently since. I really should order a 2nd one, I'd never have a need to use the regular stove top.
Induction cooktops really are a game changer.
Duxtop 1800W Portable Induction Cooktop Countertop Burner, Silver 8120MC/BT-180G3 https://a.co/d/ahSLQtR

I did a comparison test with a regular electric stove burner and an induction cooktop.

Starting with pan and stove cold, melt a pat of butter and cook an egg:
Stovetop took 11 minutes, used .11 Kwh.
Induction took 4 1/2 minutes, used .04 Kwh.
Time is worth something, and saving electricity is also.

But (since I did this test in the summer) just as important is the induction cooktop didn't heat up the kitchen, or remain
hot enough to burn you if accidentally touched.

I purchased this 2 burner electric cooktop to place in our RV. We removed the propane stove/range as it was small, didn’t regulate temperature well, and we ended up not using it and put a toaster oven on top, taking precious cooking space.
I built this into the counter and placed the toaster oven underneath where the oem oven was once shelved. (Pic was during testing the heat surrounding it)
This unit has 2 equal size/wattage burners. Most units I found had 1 burner and 1 warmer.
The unit is 120v only so max draw is only 1800w
Each burner has a 1000w capacity. Meaning if one burner is on high, the other can only go to medium.
You program your desired cook temp by watts. The display shows in 100w increments anywhere from 100w to 1000w.
Last night I hard boiled 10 eggs in 13 min with the burner set to 800w.

I don’t have any induction friendly cookware but wanted to stay 120v and this works great for us.

Price was $160

G00SE said:

I purchased this 2 burner electric cooktop to place in our RV. We removed the propane stove/range as it was small, didn’t regulate temperature well, and we ended up not using it and put a toaster oven on top, taking precious cooking space.
I built this into the counter and placed the toaster oven underneath where the oem oven was once shelved. (Pic was during testing the heat surrounding it)
This unit has 2 equal size/wattage burners. Most units I found had 1 burner and 1 warmer.
The unit is 120v only so max draw is only 1800w
Each burner has a 1000w capacity. Meaning if one burner is on high, the other can only go to medium.
You program your desired cook temp by watts. The display shows in 100w increments anywhere from 100w to 1000w.
Last night I hard boiled 10 eggs in 13 min with the burner set to 800w.

I don’t have any induction friendly cookware but wanted to stay 120v and this works great for us.

Price was $160

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This is awesome. I love my single burner induction but it's super ghetto sitting on top of my oven.
With your setup I could easily boil water and simmer sauce...

Edit the Ninga Foodi Neverstick pots and pans work excellent with induction.

42OhmsPA said:

Edit the Ninga Foodi Neverstick pots and pans work excellent with induction.

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I confess I am a shark/ninja whore ? I just find all of their products to work as intended. We have the double toaster oven, crock pot, blender, coffee machine, and shark stick vacuum. We live off this crap
Now you’re gonna send me down a rabbit hole of induction ranges for the barndo that I frankly didn’t want to go down lmao

G00SE said:

I confess I am a shark/ninja whore ? I just find all of their products to work as intended. We have the double toaster oven, crock pot, blender, coffee machine, and shark stick vacuum. We live off this crap
Now you’re gonna send me down a rabbit hole of induction ranges for the barndo that I frankly didn’t want to go down lmao

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They do make lots of great products, my brother has the coffee machine and ice cream maker (creami) and they are great. My next ninja purchases will be the Combi and CREAMi

Today I was able to run the top half of the double toaster oven at 425 degrees to cook Texas toast and one burner at 800w at the same time from the same 15a outlet. Wife wanted to cook and we’ve not run both at the same time before so we said hell why not.