shopping for induction cooktop

[optionsexplored]

Does anyone have numbers on how much amp hours are used making meals? We are considering induction but battery usage is a concern. I have no idea how much typical use might draw.

Thanks.

[maki2]

It is all just basic math and it can be done using spread sheets. You just have to set up the sheet with the calculations for wattage to turn it into amp multiplied by the length of time. It won't take you all that long to set up a simple spread sheet so that you can find out how many amp hours any recipe will use. Each induction cooker might vary slightly just look at the wattage ratings for high, medium, low etc. Then look at the recipe which says how long to cook at what temperature setting. Enter the values from the recipe into your spread sheet.

It won't be perfect science but it will get you close.

(This post was last modified: 06-18-2019, 10:49 AM by maki2.)

[optionsexplored]

I guess what I'm struggling with is I have never used induction so I don't know if "cook on medium" on a 120v induction is the same as a typical range, gas stove, etc.

Thanks for the spreadsheet idea, I had one for total power but I'm refining it for "run time estimate" now.

[geogentry]

I worked in restaurants for almost two decades, and in one place I worked we had small 1 burner induction stoves.

A lot of what you're asking, length of time to cook something and efficiency is very dependent on what pan you use. Since the stove uses magnetics the amount of iron in the pan will directly affect both how long it takes to cook something and how you have to adjust the burner. We did try using cast iron, without using Extreme Caution it was very easy to crack the top of the burner as it was made of glass. We did eventually get pans designed for use with induction stoves and it seemed with those pans that the cook time and settings of the burner were analogous to normal gas burner.

Sorry I can't give more specifics but we really didn't run an in-depth study as to efficiency of the burners.



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[optionsexplored]

Thank you, very helpful geogentry. Was the cracking due to weight of the pan and
/or hitting the glass top during use? Or something else.

(This post was last modified: 06-20-2019, 07:45 AM by optionsexplored.)

[geogentry]

The cracked tops were from two causes. One of course was carelessness. Set the pan down to quickly, too hard, you got a crack top. The other cause was kind of interesting. If you put a lightweight pan that does work on the cooking surface and turn up the heat too high the pain will actually seem to levitate slightly and bounce around. It was really amazing to watch until it cracked the top.

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[optionsexplored]

Thanks for clarifying.

[optionsexplored]

I did find some usage number numbers on a post in case it's useful for anyone else
https://sprinter-source.com/forum/showpost.php?p=418595&postcount=11