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20061463 No.20061463 [Reply] [Original]

does anyone have one of these cheap induction burners? does it work well?
>inb4 muh gas
my gas range is unventilated so i'm going to stop using it for now

>> No.20061487

>>20061463
How about you ventilate yourself you whiny little bitch

>> No.20061550

>>20061487
rude

>> No.20061686

>>20061550
I second his opinion

>> No.20061693

>>20061686
stop inhaling gas fumes

>> No.20061703

why are u asking ck about this? They're all autistic faggots that love muh gas and buy meme pans
it works just as fine as an electric stovetop u retard it's just one burner

>> No.20061794

>>20061693
I still have a wood stove/oven.

>> No.20061804

I have one that I keep on the porch for outside cooking.
Really great for lots of stuff and I nice companion to a gas stove

>> No.20062378

>>20061703
You've never used an old eletric stove top then.
Even my $10 sandwich press fries quicker than my stove. Induction should do much better.
On the other hand my gas camping set is slow as shit.

>> No.20062387
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>>20061463
don't do it, the cheap ones make a god awful screeching noise

>> No.20062396

>>20061463
i know people who stopped using them and went back to electric due to the stupid auto off switch when the pan is removed

>> No.20063631

>>20061463
I have one that I bought a few years Back for 60€, it's really great. 2000 Watts, single Plate. I'm pretty Sure a lot of the people who talk shit about induction only ever used electric stoves and are too retarded to tell the difference.

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>>20061463
I have one like that, cost me $35 and I've been using it for 6 years nearly daily. I cannot live without it anymore it's fucking awesome.

>> No.20063650

>>20061463
>these cheap induction burners? does it work well?
ALmost every cheap induction burner has the fatal flaw that the lowest setting is not nearly low enough. 300W or 400W is usually the lowest setting and that is enough to keep even a large pot of potatoes at a roiling boil. Good luck trying to make a delicate sauce or pudding with that. The only portable top with a low enough setting is the IKEA Tillreda, that one works well enogh for pretty much all cooking purposes. Man I love induction but it could be so much better if manufacturers stopped cutting corners, liek with badly undersized coils, non-adjustable settings and super rough pulsed power adjustment in the low settings.

>> No.20063662

>>20063650
Mine goes down to 200W but it also has a "keep warm" setting which I think must be about 100W. The 200W won't boil water, but in time (quite a lot of time, maybe 15mins) it will get a pot of water hot and ready to boil so when you crank it up to 1000W or higher it'll start boiling in about 30 seconds.

They aren't awesome for everything. I guess maybe a really expensive one would be awesome to own, but if you get a cheap one nothing will sear stew meat, roasts, or boil water better. Also I does an awesome job for ham steaks, bacon, burgers. Not the lord's cooker for things like crepes or pancakes though.

>> No.20063679

>>20063662
>I think must be about 100W
The lowest setting of the Tillreda is 100W, just right to keep a medium sized pot at a low simmer once everything in it is fully warmed through. Even a large pot if you wrap it in a thick towel on the burner, that saves a lot of energy.

>in time (quite a lot of time, maybe 15mins) it will get a pot of water hot and ready to boil
Maybe you were just experimenting, but the most energy saving way of bringing water to a boil is heating it up at the maximum power setting, that ensures that as little heat as possible is lost during the heating up process. If you want to conserve even more energy I recommend the towel-wrap method.

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>>20063679
No I boil at 2kW but sometimes I have a ton of prep to do and I don't need the pot blasting steam all over the kitchen for 20mins while I mis en place, so instead I'll put it on 200W so that when I'm finally ready so is the water.

>> No.20064221

I enjoy my cheap toshiba one enough. Got it when some of my hobs died and it fits my needs.
My only complaint is the low setting is 200w, which is okay but not ideal. Replacing it with an Ikea one that goes to 150w is kind of insane when I could get a pan or some nice lids instead.
Overall, just lower wattage floors and more settings, bump it up in 50w or 100w increments, lot of them are too much with 150-200w increments.