I have a portable induction cooktop,sourced from Temple & Webster, which someone in my fam gave me last xmas. I’ve used it a bit, and find it interesting. The trouble is a lot of my cookware doesn’t work on it. Also, I find any cooking appliance with pre-set buttons is a bit of a pain. I would rather have the ability to choose the temperature and cooking time for myself, as the preset buttons are never useful for their stated purpose. On this cooktop the preset buttons all do wildly different things - I ended up using the steak button to cook rice, and the quickboil button to do steak. Which is sorta defeats the purpose of having the named buttons. I think they expect ALL customers will have their steak done in exactly the same fashion with no ability to choose a different way. And I like steak done slowly after the initial sear - juicier and tenderer and harder to stuff up imo. I’d get an induction if I was doing a new set up, but at present I feel no urgency to change over my existing arrangements. If I have any advice, it would be to avoid getting an induction hob with preset buttons.
which brand? I’ve been eyeing them off for His Lordship since the kitchen reno keeps getting kicked down the road (and no money wasted with a portable since he’ll find a use for it in the brewery eventually anyway)
The branding is ‘Healthy Choice’ - but it’s the $60 one from Temple & Webster. Available online only nowadays. Plasticky and lightweight - I’d seriously consider using a ceramic tile under it just in case of meltdowns. The biggest hassle is that for some of the preset buttons, you can’t change the temperature - only some of the buttons allow you to do that. Link
I have a portable induction cooktop,sourced from Temple & Webster, which someone in my fam gave me last xmas. I’ve used it a bit, and find it interesting. The trouble is a lot of my cookware doesn’t work on it. Also, I find any cooking appliance with pre-set buttons is a bit of a pain. I would rather have the ability to choose the temperature and cooking time for myself, as the preset buttons are never useful for their stated purpose. On this cooktop the preset buttons all do wildly different things - I ended up using the steak button to cook rice, and the quickboil button to do steak. Which is sorta defeats the purpose of having the named buttons. I think they expect ALL customers will have their steak done in exactly the same fashion with no ability to choose a different way. And I like steak done slowly after the initial sear - juicier and tenderer and harder to stuff up imo. I’d get an induction if I was doing a new set up, but at present I feel no urgency to change over my existing arrangements. If I have any advice, it would be to avoid getting an induction hob with preset buttons.
which brand? I’ve been eyeing them off for His Lordship since the kitchen reno keeps getting kicked down the road (and no money wasted with a portable since he’ll find a use for it in the brewery eventually anyway)
The branding is ‘Healthy Choice’ - but it’s the $60 one from Temple & Webster. Available online only nowadays. Plasticky and lightweight - I’d seriously consider using a ceramic tile under it just in case of meltdowns. The biggest hassle is that for some of the preset buttons, you can’t change the temperature - only some of the buttons allow you to do that. Link
That’s the one i was looking at, the presets are a turnoff though for same reasons as yours.
Might go the 2000w westinghouse, $150 on catch