Duxtop 1800W Portable Induction Cooktop Countertop Burner, Black 9100MC

I use this every single day and cook on it almost exclusively. I only use my gas stove when I need another burner. My gas bill is much lower but I don't see a bump up in my electric bill. The cooktop heats water and everything else very quickly. The controls are precise, from low simmer to make-it-hot-now! The "burner" doesn't get hot. If something boils over (you have to watch it) turning off the cooktop stops the boiling immediately and you just wipe the surface with a kitchen towel. I think it's safer for youngsters in the kitchen. You can easily set a target temp for it to hold (so it doesn't boil over...) There is also a timer feature that will turn off the cooktop. As long as it lasts a long time, I'll continue to be thrilled with it. I picked this one because it was the budget recommendation by Wire Cutter and has delivered as reviewed.

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.

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 was very skeptical about getting an induction cooktop. I've seen some real bad reviews on many units , and I was concerned about the diameter of the heating area against the bottom of the pans. I've seen videos in my research on some of the induction tops and many of them looked as though the heating circle was only about 4 inches in the center because thats where the water was boiling, and I thought , if I put a skillet on it, I'll have to keep moving the food over the center, as the center is going to be the hot area and the outer portion of the pans are not going to get as much heat. Well, I searched and searched and came across this Duxtop 9100C model at a reasonable price and thought I would give it a try however, it says that for induction you need pans that a magnet will stick to or you can't use them. Well none of my stainless cookware would hold a magnet and I have a 32 piece set. So what I did was I researched more and came upon a nice 10 piece stainless set made by Duxtop for this induction top and I bought them. Boy, am I glad I did, but thats another review, if you're in need of a beautiful and very heavy triple clad set of pans check out the 10 piece set sold here on Amazon they are absolutely stunning. The bottom of each pan it a triple clad bottom with no line showing like my older stainless cook pans have, these Duxtop pans have a beautiful smooth rounded edge leading to the bottom so you dont even know they are clad on the bottom, plus the side walls of each pan has to be about 1/8 inch thick... I'm just amazed because they are so heavy, and my older set was very costly and the side walls of my stainless set are paper thin. The handles also on the Duxtop pans are solid not hollow. I have to say they cook so well on this Duxtop unit. The Duxtop unit itself is very accurate, and I put it the boil water test, and I took a 3 quart sauce pan and put is about half full of cold water they turned on the Duxtop. Well in less than 3 minutes I have a rolling boil. What I do it turn the unit on, and it defaults to a number 5 setting which is 320 degrees I believe on the dial when you press the temp button. When you press the Temp button you can toggle between the temperature you want of a number from 1 to 15. I also gave it the simmer test and yes it will simmer at 200 degrees, it will cycle on and off but you wont hear any changes. The unit has a fan that you can hear but it's not obnoxious or loud and it runs after you turn off the cooktop for about a minute to cool the internal parts. Nothing gets hot other than your pan like the commecials on Tv show about induction. The pan is hot but the cook top is not, and this is true you can put your hand right onto the glass cooktop right up to the pan you are cooking in and it is cool not even warm. I am very impressed with this unit, and it move in 20 degree increments when its in Temp mode, you can go 140, 160, 180, 200, etc all the way to 460 but I have found that I never have had to go beyond 320. Water will boil if you set it on 220 vigously so why set it higher and use more electricity? The unit begins at the bottom end using only 200 watts on the 140 degree setting, and it climbs up from there all the way to 1800 watts if you have it on 460 degrees. Personally I cant see having to set it very high because even frying eggs or burgers, or pork chops etc, I leave it about 320 and then I lower it down to about 200 to keep them hot. Nice thing is you can drop it to 140 and your food will stay nice and toasty. I can't do that on my Gas stove. I also can't boil a pot of water in 3 minutes, and with my gas stove there is always heat coming up around the sides of the pans, which make the handles super hot and I need pot holders a lot of the time. On the Duxtop you'll have cool handles and I really mean cool. I really like this Duxtop cooktop, so I purchased a second one and I plan on putting them side by side on the kitchen counter , but I'm going to install a separate 20 amp line for the second unit, as you can't run 2 of these on the same electric line or you will pop the breaker. Cleanup is very simple as the top is a tempered glass and very nice done up in black. Also what I was going to say is that the circle of magnetic force is larger on this Duxtop 9100MC. I would say it's 6 inches or better because when I put the 3 quart sauce pan on and boil water I can see the diameter of the bubbles and they pretty well cover the entire bottom of the pan. There are no humming sounds as I have read from some reviews, and I believe a humming or growling sound is due to the cookware being used. If you raise the pan off the surface the unit will display Error ,a and it will stop cooking but it resumes if you put the pan back on it . The unit is very light and you can take it anywhere. I've taken mine out on my back deck on a wood folding table and did some cooking outside with it . Also from the time I got the Duxtop units I've rarely used my gas stove, I prefer to use the Duxtop induction top to cook on. I can do fried eggs in minutes and not burn them and they don't stick. I make a grilled cheese sandwich in a couple of minutes and the bread comes out very nice with a golden tan and again no scorching, unless you set the temperature too high and don't flip it regularly. The cooktop is a 5 star unit in my book, I use it daily and out of all the units I reviewed this one is a Winner, you can't go wrong for the price and features. It's very safe, if you have a child you wont worry about them burning their hands unless they grab the pan itself, and when you turn the cooktop off, its instant off and the glass is just warm under the pan area and cools down rapidly. I like it a lot, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is thinking they might want to try induction cooking. It really does get the job done and it's very safe, I leave the wooden spoon on the skillet at times and I have no worry that the flames will toast the wooden spoon which is what happens on gas stoves. Try it out, you can always send it back if you're not happy but I'm sure you will love it as I do mine....Also lots of safety features such as auto shut down, if you forget it's on , 2 hours it will shut down and you wont blow up your eggs. If you're elderly and fall asleep when you put your tea water on you wont have to worry about the pan being red hot if your water evaporates it has a temperature sensor that will turn it off if ti's goes to high so the safety features alone are well worth the peace of mind. I used to always worry about my mother who was in her 80s'and she often forgot the pan on her stove, she lived alone after my father passed away and I was always worried that she might set her kitchen on fire, but not with a Duxtop induction unit, I would have had peace of mind.... These units are awesome....

Purchased this item to try induction cooking. In my life I have gone to extraordinary expense for gas cooking. I currently use a Kitchen Aid Professional dual fuel (Gas cook top - Electric oven) appliance which I paid $4600 ten years ago. No matter how low I adjusted the simmer burners, many long cooking recipes would burn on the bottom. The burn would be just above the flames. The K.A. even came with an aluminum plate expressly to be used while long simmering. Yesterday I used the Secura for the first time for beef stew. Incredible !!! The device does require some thought. I only used the Heating mode. Started out browning the meat on Level 7 - then turned down to Level 4 till finished browning. Added the tomatoes, etc. and brought to a rolling boil on Level 6. After getting to temperature I started playing with a simmer mode. Finally settled on Level 1.5. The entire pan bottom was gently bubbling - not like the gas cooking where there was a ring of bubbles just above the flames. This method of cooking is the first time I felt I could walk away from the pan and not have to stir the kettle to prevent clumping and burning of the contents. Secura does have fan noise - loud. Not nearly as bad as an exhaust fan. Seriously - I don't see how this product can be made for $70. It performs flawlessly. An unbelievable cooking concept. Now the bad !! Also yesterday I put my $4600 Kitchen Aid on Craig's List and today a lady is coming to my house to buy it for $500. Also today I'm buying a Jenn-Air induction oven combo for $3200 - paying $500 to have a 50 amp electrical service run and ordering $200 in stainless induction cookware from Amazon. So this Secura ended up costing me $8000. And I only used it one time. UPDATE: Am simmering Spaghetti sauce as I write. This is probably the item that requires the most attention to keep from sticking to the pan bottom. I am simmering on Level 1 POWER mode and the sauce is gently bubbling. I wouldn't hesitate to leave home for the 2 hour simmering duration and confident that the sauce would be perfect upon my return. UPDATE: On the above Spaghetti experience, I switched to TEMP mode for the last hour and it held 200 degrees - again gently bubbling - the entire time. I do think TEMP works. You must use POWER mode to get the food to the approximate temperature you desire before switching to TEMP mode for Secura to function properly in TEMP mode. UPDATE: For those who are interested in technical. All measurements are in AMPS Power On: 0.23 continuous 1.0 - Cycles up to 4.0 1.5 - Cycles up to 4.8 2.0 - Cycles up to 5.2 3.0 - Cycles up to 5.8 3.5 - Steady 5.9 4.0 - Steady 6.3 4.5 - Steady 6.8 5.0 - Steady 7.4 5.5 - Steady 8.0 6.0 - Steady 8.6 Stopped measuring. This demonstrates how the unit operates and at what Power levels. I have found that I do most of my cooking, after I get to a simmer, at Level 1.5 - which is 575 watts maximum, which is extremely efficient cooking.

I bought this as an anniversary present. We use it with Strauss Stainless Steel 2.6 Quart Whistling Tea Kettle - Induction Ready - Mirror Finish . The cooktop and kettle together are a replacement for a stovetop kettle that had seen its better days. Let me just compare the old with the new-- The new cooktop and kettle together cost about $125, and they replace an essentially zero cost kitchen tool. As a special gift, that's OK from my point of view. They are good quality and look nice, which was the main point. The induction cooktop avoids all the issues with cooking spatter, so we don't have any issues with burned on grease or food. That's a big improvement over the old one. The induction cooker heats water faster than our gas stove. I believe that it actually costs less to operate than the stove. The speed is nice, especially in the morning when we are struggling to get down our first cups of coffee and tea. The new cooker provides an alternative to our propane stove for when the propane tank is empty or frozen. We live in interior Alaska and like to have alternatives for things like that. It's simple. One button and the cooker is on. It always starts at a medium cooking rate (#5 out of 10), so I always punch the "+" button to crank it up to top speed for heating the kettle. A batch of hot water takes maybe 3 minutes. There are other functions, including temperature and a timer. They do what they are supposed to do. The whistle on the tea kettle tells us exactly when it starts boiling. It's safe. There is no way it can start a fire, as far as I can see. I left a pot of water on and forgot it for a couple of hours. It boiled dry and automatically shut off. The cooktop has a warning placard that you can burn yourself on it\, and it does get hot; but the heat comes from the pan, not from the cooker. After boiling a kettle of water, the cooktop is almost hot enough to burn my hand, but compared to any other cookware, that's great. The handle and the lid of the kettle stay cool to the touch. It's a bit bigger than I might prefer. Our kitchen is pretty tight, and it occupies some prime cabinet space, but I feel that it's well worth the room it takes. The fact that it stays clean with almost no effort counts for a lot. There are smaller, lower powered units, BTW. 1800 Watts is probably more than we absolutely need, but I went for the big one anyway. There is a little noise. I think it's louder than the microwave, and it runs for a minute or so after you turn it off. It requires iron or steel cookware, which means that we can't use a couple of our kitchen pots. Most of our stuff is black steel or cast iron, and they work fine. Note that a thin steel pan heats very fast--especially on high heat. Simmering or frying works fine, but I prefer to use the gas stove for low heat or for anything that can spatter.

I was skeptical of cooking on a hot plate but bought this one for car camping based on reviews. I’m so glad I did! It’s fantastic. It hears up and cools fast. The fan is loud but not unreasonable. And once you get the hang of the settings, it’s fantastic to cook on. I would absolutely recommend.

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.

Elle cuit les pâtes à point en peu de temps. On peut également faire mijoter par les fonctions inférieures à 5. Elle est très facile d'utilisation. J'apprécie fortement son mode de cuisson et le ventilateur n'est pas très dérangeant.

REVIEW 2016: I love this thing... It's fun to cook on this cooktop! It's my first induction cooktop experience and love it! After seeing online videos of how to use it, I couldn't wait to just try boiling water. It was fun and yep, sure enough, it was fast! This heats up faster than the regular coil stovetop. Make sure you have the compatible magnetic bottom cookware to use on this. I LOVE the fact that the surface is not hot to touch after it's been used. Warm perhaps but not hot. I can still take a rag and wipe the surface right after I cooked on it. It does heat up fast, so make sure you have everything ready. And be careful when using non-stick cookware, that you're at a really low setting. My 'medium' setting on the stove is equivalent to '2.5 or 3' on this cooktop! It's a bit noisy, but I'm okay with that considering how much I really like this thing. It also shuts off automatically after 2 hours, which I didn't expect. I was planning on slow cooking on this cooktop, and doesn't really do this now for X #hours consecutively. That's about the only downfall from my expectation. However, again, I like it so much that it doesn't bother me. For an induction cooktop that doesnt have this automatic shutoff, expect to pay a lot more. For this price, really it's great value! Update 2024: I’m writing this after 8 years of using this induction cooktop. I decided to write this review now as it’s just gone on the fritz. With that said, it’ has MORE than served me well and I have LOVED this induction burner. It was the best decision to get it 8 years ago and have loved cooking on it. I stopped using my big stove haha. While it’s no longer working I was so happy with this. Thrilled at its quickness, solidness, easy to clean-ness and made me feel only happy to cook. If you get this you won’t regret it.

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mee in de camper en waar 230 volt is makkelijk en snel voor elk recept. mooi compact en degelijk apparaat.

non funzionava, nonostante appoggiassi pentola induzione con acqua, dava errore, non riconosceva la pentola come adatta, ho ripetuto l'operazione con altre pentole e tegami sempre idonei all'induzione senza risultato. L'ho rispedita sostituendola con un altra di marca differente