Duxtop 1800W Portable Induction Cooktop Countertop Burner, Black 9100MC/BT-M20B

Just received the Duxtop 9100MC from Amazon. I tested it by boiling some water on the highest power setting while measuring the current with a clamp meter. The meter showed 14.3 A at 119 V, which works out to about 1700 W. Like so many of these portable units, it claims 1800 W. In reality, though, very few “1800 W” countertop induction cookers actually reach that number. Even the better ones usually top out around 1500–1650 W once you factor in things like: Real-world line voltage sag under load (120 V often dips to 115–118 V) Internal current limiting Efficiency and thermal constraints Conservative firmware to avoid tripping 15 A breakers Given all that, seeing this one reach 1700 W is impressive. I’m really happy with the performance — the highest power setting brings water to a boil noticeably fast. Longevity is still an unknown, of course. This unit replaces our Duxtop Gold 8100MC, which we used for almost four years (since December 2021). It eventually developed temperature-control issues, likely from the thermal paste between the thermistor and the glass plate drying out. But honestly, four years isn’t bad for a $57 purchase, especially since we bought it to get around how painfully slow our Bosch radiant stove was. The same model is now going for $67 in the Black Friday sale. We chose the 9100MC because it has finer temperature/power steps and a more user-friendly sloped control panel — and it was only a dollar more. Induction really is the way to go. We’re planning to replace the big Bosch radiant cooktop with a full induction model when the price is right. And if anyone is unsure about switching to induction, picking up one of these little portable units is a great way to try it out.

I have not yet found any dislikes about this product. It performs well. I tested the two cup boil test immediately after receiving it. This cooktop excelled way past my expensive 3 yr old smooth top range. To be clear, once you can heat water and your cookware this fast you cannot go back from that. I knew all of my current cookware would not work with the cooktop, I well understood that when I purchased it. However, about half of my cookware does work with it. Because I am so pleased with the use of this cooktop I was motivated to order a few more essential cookware. I’ve been using this cooktop for nearly a week now, I ordered two of them. I have not turned on my smooth top range since they arrived. I find that learning to regulate the temperature while cooking was easy for me. It didn’t take me long at all learning to regulate the temperatures I needed effectively which made for quick and easy meal preparation. Far easier than using my range. All of the food I’ve prepared using these two cooktops have turned out well and delicious. I’m sure I will eventually need to use my range again for some reason but with these two induction cooktops and my two instant pots it will certainly not be often. To be clear, I’m absolutely in love with these two induction cooktops. If you need to prep do it first because your pans are going to heat up quickly! You won’t have time to heat your pans and prep simultaneously! In about one minute or so it’s time to start cooking if you are sautéing and about 3 minutes if frying in shallow oil. Anything that helps me to produce quality meals quickly is a win win for me. Additionally other benefits of using induction is they do not heat up you or the room. They only heat the pan. The food cooks while the unit is in operation. Turn of the unit and the cooking process stops immediately. My big stove makes my air conditioner come on minutes after turning it on. That doesn’t happen with these induction cooktops! 🙂I’m so glad I bought these! I highly recommend this cooktop. 😎

While our induction range was busted, out of warranty and too expensive to repair, we took some time to decide what to replace it with and bought two of these individual burner cook tops to get us by in the meantime. We used these for about two months, and during the discernment process, considered using them permanently and buying a counter top oven. But using these convinced us that this is not an option. PROS: Understand that we were already sold on induction before buying them, and will probably never go back to gas or non-induction electric. So we already knew how to cook with stainless steel and we do so with ease. (You have to know to get the pan hot with fat before adding food, for example. If you are a non-stick cookware lover, you will probably hate these, or at least have a learning curve with them.) That understood, these work great. They heat up fast, are easy to use, easy to clean up, and are as efficient as was our GE induction range cook top. (We loved that range and are very sad that it died after less than 4 years of use.) Actually, they may even have heated up quicker than the GE range, and the settings definitely ran hotter than did our range burners. We have since bought a new induction range (an Electrolux), but are glad to have these as a supplement and a backup, and have stored them carefully for that purpose. Also, the price is right for an alternative to a full cook top. CONS: The fans on these things are LOUD. Again, we were used to induction, and so were used to the fans coming on with use of the oven and burners. But these are at least three times louder than were our GE range fans. And they are probably 6 times louder than our Electrolux range fans. It doesn't bother my husband so much, but I have more sensitive hearing. Before I would sit down and eat the meal just prepared on these things, I would turn off every noise making device (range hood fan, TV's, etc.) to give my ears and brain some peace after the loud droning sound, mixed with a light squeal, that was unavoidable while the meal was being cooked. The sound of two of these burners and a range hood fan was over the top. Also, the first time I had to do kitchen cleanup, I decided that using these permanently was not an option. I don't think the oil and "stuff" that spews from the pot or pan is any more with these than on a normal cook top (that would all just depend on the food and temperature), but having to clean grease splatter off the long, thick, hard-to-straighten out, zig-zaggy electric cord, as well as the sides of these, then move them and clean off the surface of whatever you have it sitting on (we had them on our broken range), was simply too big a pain to me. It is no big deal if these are an occasional use thing. It would be like using any counter top appliance--of course you need to clean it all up and the counter and wall around it afterward. But I would not want to have to do this daily. Also, the cord seems unnecessarily long. We used them on quite close to our counter top outlets, so the cord did not hang away from the appliance, but was zig-zagged quite close to the burner. It would have been nicer if we could plug them in down low on the wall behind the counter top. If we had to use them permanently, I would arrange to do that. In summary, these cook food great and are super user friendly. They're a great option as a way to test induction, and to have as a backup, or when cooking a large meal and you need extra burners. But as a permanent solution, in my opinion, they're just too loud. Even for other uses I have though of, like as warming plates on a buffet for a big holiday meals, I wouldn't recommend them, because they are simply too loud. A sound-sensitive guest may turn unexpectedly aggressive if you subject them to that sound throughout dinner. However, I think my husband would use them and think nothing of it. Background droning noises don't usually bother him.

I love induction cooking. I have a NuWave Pic also, but was unhappy with their business practices. The NuWave cooktop is fine, but when I wanted to purchase another through the website, I realized that the costs for shipping would be really high for the so-called "free" stuff. So, I went with the Duxtop. I wanted the extra wattage and larger induction surface anyway. This is a wonderful product and is more precise than the NuWave. It does have a little different learning curve, but that is really not an issue nor a deal breaker. My electric range is next to useless because of the fluctuations in temperature. You do not get this with the Duxtop. The heating is much more even than traditional electric, does not throw off excess heat, food does not burn on the surface if spilled and cooks very quickly. It takes a bit of getting used to the speed of cooking and will take a little experimentation to get things right, but it is worth it. Now I do not need to use my electric range at all. With the two induction surfaces, I can prepare whole meals for my husband and myself easily. Of course, as other reviewers have stated, you must be sure that you have the proper pots and pans. It is easy to test this by using a magnet. If it sticks to the bottom of the pan securely, it should work just fine. All of my magnetic pots and pans work really well. You can use certain stainless steel (must say induction on the box), cast iron, enameled cast iron, carbon steel, graniteware and various types of ceramic coated (again must state for induction on the box). The thickness of the cookware is of vital importance. It takes longer to cook with cast iron and you have to be certain that the whole surface is properly heated or you may wind up with hot spots. The graniteware is thinner and heats much faster. You can very easily burn your food with these. There are also certain ceramic coated pans of various thickness that work well for frying, etc. It is important to understand the ways the pans of varying thickness heat up. Good rule of thumb, the thicker the metal, the longer it will take to heat the surface. If you need really high heat for anything, I would say cast iron would be the best. Depending on what I am preparing, I make use of all of these various types of cookware. At any rate, the Duxtop is an excellent induction cooktop, and I highly recommend it. I also recommend Lafraise, the Amazon company through whom I purchased the unit. They are a very dependable company, send out the product quickly and package it well. They also follow up with the order which I really appreciate. Great purchase all around.

This is a preliminary review since my wife has not cooked with it yet, it arrived about an hour ago and she already made food this evening. The cooktop came in a sturdy and attractive box well padded with styrofoam. The unit is nice to look at, solid enough but remember it is made out of glass and plastic so treat it with some delicacy or you will break it and it will be your fault. I worked for several decades repairing kitchen appliances including induction stoves and cooktops. This purchase for my home is intended for use during a power failure primarily because it is fast, much faster than gas and it is easy to clean. We tested the unit using both a pot and a frying pan, their bottoms are perfectly flat and the diameters of the bottoms (this is very important) were larger than the inner circle BUT smaller then the outer circle, if you place a cooking utensil that overlaps the outer circle by much you will have edges that are considerably cooler than the inner portion, if you are dealing with liquids you might get by if you stir the content. If you use pots that reach or are very close to the plastic edges and you cook long enough the edges will crack or warp. In my brief testing it boiled 2 cups of water in about 2 minutes in a pot with high sides and a lid, the same 2 cups in a frying pan boiled in about a minute and a half no lid, the power setting defaults to 5 and after about 30 seconds I changed it to 10. One very pleasant surprise is that the product description on Amazon states the temperature range is between 140-460 degrees F but during testing the low temp dropped all the way down to 100 degrees so you should be able to melt chocolate without burning it. If you manage not to break the glass top or warp the plastic sides the most likely first source of failure is the membrane over the push buttons, over time it will harden and crack; to prolong its life occasionally wipe with a damp cloth, avoid using cleansers they will cause the membrane to crack sooner. Ceramic top cream will lessen the chance of scratching the glass top and it will keep it looking brand new longer. I will update my first impressions as the cooktop gets more use...since I gave it 5 stars on first impressions it can only go downhill from here :-)

Durable, reliable, and consistent heating for about a year so far. It is a little loud, if noise is a concern then this might not be right for you. Otherwise, it’s awesome.

We ordered this induction cooktop because we live in an area that is not supplied with natural gas, and our JennAir built-in electric non-induction stovetop seemed to take forever to simply boil a pot of water. A friend had demonstrated their built-in induction cooktop to us; we had been impressed with a pot of water coming to boil in about two minutes, and the fact that immediately after a burner was turned off, a person could place their hand on the burner itself and and it was not hot. So, based on the positive reviews we had read on the Amazon site, we ordered the 9100MC. We received our Duxtop countertop cooktop yesterday and, having read the instruction manual thoroughly, decided to test it by boiling 6 cups of cool water in a stainless steel pot that we had also tested would hold a magnet per the instruction manual. SEVENTEEN minutes later the water began to boil. We were also surprised that right on the unit it said the surface would remain hot. It did remain hot, for an additional TEN minutes. We then conducted a test for bringing water to a full boil between 1) a Russell Hobbs 1500 Watt electric tea kettle, 2) a different Le Creuset pot on the induction cooktop, and 3) a stainless pot on the JennAir stovetop. Each contained the identical amount of equallly cold water (6 cups). The results were: First place: the Russell Hobbs tea kettle at 6 minutes. Second place: the induction cooktop and Le Creuset pot at 10 minutes. The JennAir stovetop at 19 minutes. To our surprise, the surface of the Duxtop remained hot for an additional 17 minutes. We also noticed that it was quite noisy (fan and other noise) when running. This Duxtop unit did not come anywhere near what we had expected, based on reviews. But, since nobody else seems to have complained about how long it takes the Duxtop to boil water, we have to assume that we must have received a defective device. We are willing to give Duxtop another chance, and have used Amazon's easy return service to try another unit. We'll see how the next one works, and then write another review. It hardly seems worth the cost of this 1800 watt induction unit to save only 9 minutes of time over the JennAir. And for it to be occupying space on a countertop and remaining hot is a problem. It also has a footprint three times the size of our tea kettle. Since we have a kettle that is out performing the induction cooktop, we returned the unit. Granted we do not cook food in our tea kettle, but so much of what we do (canning, blanching, cooking pasta or rice) is about bringing water to a boil. We can simply heat the water in our kettle and put in a pot on the JennAir to remain boiling. Update November 2: We just got our replacement Duxtop from Amazon yesterday. It is definitely superior to the original one we got. We conducted the same test - boiling six cups of cold water in a LeCreuset cast iron 8 inch diameter pot. This unit took 8 minutes to get the water to a rolling boil. After removing the pot, its fan continued to run for 1.5 minutes, and its "Hot" message remained on for 8 to 10 minutes after removing the pot. We had hoped to reach a boil in under 4 minutes, based on other reports we had read. We are also surprised at how long the unit remained too hot to touch. We will be keeping this unit, but are now aware of its shortcomings. Its rating should probably go from one star to three stars. We highly recommend that the unit be tested when it's first received, just to make sure that it's working OK. Our first one wasn't.

Works really fast and well, and has a timer feature that makes it safe to leave the room while something's cooking. I set the timer to no more than it will take to cook and it shuts off the heat when the timer ends. This is so much faster than my oven's rangetop, which is made of Schott Ceran. The inductive cooktop heats the induction-ready pan directly, whereas the oven's rangetop has to heat its slow-heating ceramic top, which then heats the pan.