- Sales Rank: #176539 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Brand: Salton
- Model: ID1401US
Features
- Portable induction cooktop, faster, safer, cleaner, energy efficient;
- Temperature setting range: 60C (140F) to 240C (465F);
- Power setting range: 300W to 1800W;
- Cooking Timer -up to 3 hours with auto shut-off and audible signal;
- "Set and Lock" cooking button;
Induction cooking is an amazing technology used for decades in Canadian restaurants and commercial kitchens. Induction cooking is completely different from all other cooking technologies.
Induction cooking is faster, safer and cleaner than conventional cooking methods
- Faster - no heat loss to the surrounding area
- Safer - no open flames or hot elements
- Cleaner - solid cooktop wipes clean with a damp cloth
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Easy to use! Gets hot fast
By Scott A. Keen
I bought this and tried it out last night. I have some Tramontina stainless induction cookware and put the dutch oven on the cooktop with about 1/4 full of tap water. When you turn on the cooktop, it senses the presence of induction cookware and immediately went to 1400 Watts (it goes up to 1800 in 200 increments), which according to the user manual is High. The water boiled in a few minutes, and the bubble pattern forming on the bottom of the pan looked very even.The highest setting, 1800 Watts, is Max/Sear mode and uses your entire 15A electrical circuit (1800 Watts / 120 Volts = 15 Amps) which means you can't have anything else running on your 15A circuit. I can't imagine ever using the Max/Sear mode, especially for no more than a few minutes or seconds to put a crust on a piece of meat or fish. The 1400 Watt setting uses 11.67A (1400W divided by 120V), leaving 3.33A for the rest of my electrical items on the circuit. This was fine with running my mini bar-fridge (0.65A) and my 32" LCD TV (1.0A) and some low-wattage LED ceiling lights (which added up to 56W total = 0.47A) on the same circuit simultaneously. Do the math with what's running on your circuit (don't forget ceiling lights and fans), so you don't trip your circuit breaker!Watts / Volts = AmpsIn the USA, the standard household electrical outlet is 120 Volts, and it's either on a 15 Amp or 20 Amp circuit (check your breaker box, the breaker switch will be labeled "15" or "20") which is your limit for the total Amperage you can have on the circuit. For example, a typical 60 Watt lightbulb uses only 0.5 Amps:60W / 120V = 0.5ASwitching the cooktop mode from Wattage to Temperature at the push of a button, sets the cooktop to 300°F automatically. Even though it was at 1400W (which according to the manual is 400°F), it still goes to 300°F when you switch to Temperature mode regardless of what setting you were on in Wattage mode. 300°F equates to 1000W (Medium) according to the manual. Water boils at 212°F, so at 300°F, the water in the pot continued to boil without any problem. The efficiency between the cooktop and the pot is excellent.After I turned the unit off, the cooling fans inside continued to run for a few minutes to cool down the coils and then shutoff immediately.I haven't tried cooking an entire meal on the cooktop yet, I just wanted to see how it worked, what the temperature control was like, and I can say that it's very efficient and even at 1000W (300°F, Medium) it uses 8.33A and it will cook 90% of what I need at that level, and will play nicely with my other electrical devices running on the same circuit at the same time.
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