Duxtop Induction Hob, Induction Cooker Countertop Burner with LCD Sensor Touch 2100 Watts, 20 Temperature Levels, 20 Power Levels, 10-Hour Timer, Safety Lock Design 9600LS

This is an excellent portable cooking hob. With appropriate cookware the heating is quick and even. The temperature control takes a little getting used to, it reads the temperature under the glass, not the pan itself (obviously). However, once this is got used to (with a relatively thin bottom to the pan the response time to any adjustments are readily observable, as is the evenness of heating across the pan base) the stability is excellent. Gentle simmering at 110°C preset, steady boiling at 120°C preset, both remain constant and, with the built-in timer, accurate preparation requirements can be set and left. I have used it for boiling, gentle simmering and frying (I would NOT use it for sous vide, temperature control is too remote). I have used both gas and several versions of electric hobs in the past. This appears to combine the best attributes of both, and adds temperature and time control. What is there not to like, so long as one has the right sort of ferrous bottomed cookware (magnet sticks to the pan bottom). I particularly appreciated the 20 levels of power/temperature control, most other, cheaper, ones have 10 or 15 and less power than the 2.1Kw. While this might be adequate I played safe with a first-time purchase. So far I have had no regrets!I would highly recommend this to anyone to whom it might be useful, possibly as a worktop adjunct to an existing, conventional, hob of any type.

Instant heat, easy to control but like all things in cooking, you have to get to know its character!Clever instant buttons for boil and warm but beware they sometimes seem to revert when you have changed the setting when the water/dish has boiled and you want to just simmer. Don't know why!BUT EXCELLENT overall - light and easy to put away on its side.ADVICE: start on the default 5 setting and just use the power numbers to go up and down, 10 for hottest, 1 for lowest simmer, to discover which setting is best for your dish. The response is instant so you get quick feedback. My pressure cooker has worked better than ever before on low simmer! Temperature control is fine too but it is slow to settle and you may got too hot or too cold for a while until it settles to the temp you want.I would not change it and after reading all the reviews of problems with other hobs, eg full on/off simmer, NONE of those apply to this excellent design, I am relieved and pleased to discover!

I bought this for use in our campervan and I’ve found that its versatility is excellent. The power control is good for simmering through to boiling, which is does surprisingly quickly. I would guess that this is because all of the heat is produced in the bottom of the pan unlike on a gas hob where lots of heat goes up around the sides of the pan. Another advantage of this is that you can leave your spatula in the pan without its handle getting hot.So, all the things which they say in the advert are true as far as I can see but you can also use it as a mini oven.I have cooked quiches in it by heating a dry saucepan on a temperature setting of 70ºC until I hear the power turn off which means that the temperature sensor under the glass is at that temperature. Then I turned it up to 80ºC, then 90ºC and so on until I got to 120ºC. If you don’t do this, if you just start at 120ºC, the pan will get very hot while the heat is creeping through to the sensor. Then put the quiche in the pan for 20 minutes or whatever.Similarly you can do this to warm up croissants.As I say, I bought it for the campervan but I find it so good that I use it all the time at home in the kitchen instead of the gas hob.

Over a year on - this hob has lasted with quite a lot of use, and still cleans so easily, with just a wipe with a damp cloth after each use. It's light enough to pick up and put away in a cupboard between uses. It heats very quickly to a high temperature and goes low enough to just keep warm too. Now for the downside. I often use a frying/saute pan with a 22cm base. This does NOT work well. The outer ring marked on this hob might give you the impression it will heat to that size pan. It doesn't. It heats around 5 inches in the centre. The food in the outside areas of the pan will not cook like the centre, and thus you find the centre of expensive induction pans are all burning and have a dark circle in the middle where they have been damaged with a high temperature but the outside is still like factory finish because the pan simply hasn't heated outside that small ring it shows. Yes, you can put bigger pans on but nothing will cook! Looking at other makes, it seems this is common with induction hobs made for the home cook. They have a coil in that only is as big as that middle circle. They all say how a bigger pan can be used, but food won't cook unless you keep drawing it to the middle which you can with something like a stir fry, but not pancakes or something that needs leaving flat until it's cooked. Even 6 fried eggs will cook in the middle of the pan but the outside few inches won't. If you want something that is going to heat a larger base, it seems you need to go for the commercial pans.The second issue with this, and I've had two of these now and they're both the same, is that you leave something simmering at a certain level and the timer on for say 10 minutes. Half way through the level of heat changes and it goes on to full! Not good.

Bought two August 2022 and worked very well however both stopped working almost within two weeks of each other. In fact they didn't just stop working they blew the plug fuse and tripped a switch on the fuse board. I still bought two more as they replace the electric AGA tops and have saved a huge amount in electricity bills .

Excellent product use the item to boil water but trade time to boil.So does the job on a low setting and therefore able to use off grid